Transport properties Research update Spin-flip speed is pushed to the limit Physicists discover a faster way to store data using spin-polarized electrons
Transport properties Research update Spinning electrons make for an unconventional metal Simple exception to Landau-Fermi liquid could provide new route to spintronics Read article: Spinning electrons make for an unconventional metal
Telescopes and space missions Research update Liquid mirror shows promise for adaptive optics Device is controlled by an array of magnetic coils Read article: Liquid mirror shows promise for adaptive optics
Transport properties Research update Combination technique shows the strain Moiré technique and electron holography combined to give 2D strain map Read article: Combination technique shows the strain
Ultrafast science Research update Multi-particle entanglement in solid is a first Three diamond nuclei are entangled by international team
Transport properties Research update Technique probes nanoscale magnetism Magnetic and electronic structure of atomic layers revealed for first time Read article: Technique probes nanoscale magnetism
Transport properties Research update ‘Racetrack’ memory demonstrated Cheaper, faster data storage could be around the corner
Nuclear power Research update New probe measures magnetic fields inside solids Spin-polarized neutrons produce 3D images Read article: New probe measures magnetic fields inside solids
Transport properties Research update Physicists discover the ‘superinsulator’ Material found to have infinite resistance could be exploited to make “ideal” batteries
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Feeling the force on a single atom Microscope measures force needed to move one atom Read article: Feeling the force on a single atom