Nov 26, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at Heidelberg University have succeeded in their aim of not only changing the strength but also the nature of the interaction between microscopic quantum magnets, known as spins. Instead of falling into a state of complete disorder, the especially prepared magnets can maintain their...
In the quantum realm, not even time flows as you might expect
Nov 26, 2021 (Nanowerk News) A team of physicists at the Universities of Bristol, Vienna, the Balearic Islands and the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI-Vienna) has shown how quantum systems can simultaneously evolve along two opposite time arrows - both forward and backward in time. The study,...
Creating coherent motion based on coordinated microscopic movements (w/video)
Nov 26, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Thanks to work by scientists from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science and collaborators, scientists are closer to creating devices that can use microscopic movements in a coordinated way to create coherent motion on a macroscopic scale. This replicates the way living organisms move...
Thermoelectric crystal conductivity reaches a new high
Nov 26, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Just as a voltage difference can generate electric current, a temperature difference can generate a current flow in thermoelectric materials governed by its “Peltier conductivity” (P). Now, researchers from Japan demonstrate an unprecedented large P in a single crystal of Ta2PdSe6 that is 200 times...