These phenomena appear to break the most fundamental rules of physics. Experiments revealed materials that flow against gravity, systems where cooling increases energy, and effects that challenge ...

Researchers made small, pure samples of the elusive mineral lonsdaleite – also known as hexagonal diamond — and tested its material properties to show it's harder than diamond. When you purchase ...

Silicon is ubiquitous in modern electronics, and now it is becoming increasingly useful in quantum computing. In particular, silicon's compatibility with existing chip technology and its long ...

A new, miniature laser source developed by applied physicists in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Technical University of Vienna (TU Wien) could ...

Magnetic vortices When researchers at UT Austin coaxed an atomically thin sheet of nickel phosphorus trisulphide to enter an unusual magnetic state called the BKT phase, the magnetic orientations of ...

Physics of the future: "AI will keep getting better and better at physics. We will not." Matthew Schwartz of Harvard University predicts an inevitable role for AI in physics. (Courtesy: Candice Chua) ...

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