A research group led by Prof. WU Kaifeng from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) revealed the mechanism for molecular spin-triplets formation from ...

Theoretical physicists along with an experimental team have found evidence of a quantum spin liquid in a material known as pyrochlore cerium stannate. They achieved this by combining state-of-the-art ...

Quantum communication Artist’s impression of a quantum network. This latest research could lead to quantum dots being used as quantum repeaters in future implementations. (Courtesy: iStock/Quardia) A ...

HOUSTON – (May 10, 2022) – Computational detective work by U.S. and German physicists has confirmed cerium zirconium pyrochlore is a 3D quantum spin liquid. Despite the name, quantum spin liquids are ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Superconductivity occurs when electrical current moves without resistance, a phenomenon that gave rise to particle accelerators, magnetic resonance imagining machines and trains ...

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A crucial number that rules the universe goes big in a strange quantum material. The fine-structure constant is about 10 times its normal value in a type of material called quantum spin ice, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about physics, science, academia, and pop culture. The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics was announced this morning, “for ...