Topological matter News Topological physics pioneer and Nobel laureate David Thouless dies at 84 Theorist helped create a thriving branch of condensed matter physics Read article: Topological physics pioneer and Nobel laureate David Thouless dies at 84
Topological matter Research update Magnetic monopoles found lurking in topological chiral crystals Exotic quantum effects observed in rhodium and cobalt silicides Read article: Magnetic monopoles found lurking in topological chiral crystals
Topological matter Research update Chiral surface excitons spotted on topological insulator Circularly polarized light emission could lead to better solar cells and lighting Read article: Chiral surface excitons spotted on topological insulator
Biophysics and bioengineering Podcasts Discussing the mystery of life with Paul Davies, plus new catalogues of topological materials Paul Davies on the new science of life and a round-up of the week’s research news highlights Read article: Discussing the mystery of life with Paul Davies, plus new catalogues of topological materials
Advanced materials Research update Unveiling the topological nature of electromagnetic surface waves Predicting the number of surface modes and their polarization may be possible from the helicity operator, according to a recent study Read article: Unveiling the topological nature of electromagnetic surface waves
Topological matter Research update How to engineer topology in graphene nanoribbons Varying the width of graphene ribbon creates 1D array of qubits Read article: How to engineer topology in graphene nanoribbons
Advanced materials Research update Topological semimetals go thermoelectric Applying an intense magnetic field to Dirac semimetals allows them to produce record amounts of thermopower Read article: Topological semimetals go thermoelectric
Topological matter Research update Superfluid chirality mapped using MRI Chiral domains in helium-3 emerge spontaneously Read article: Superfluid chirality mapped using MRI
Topological matter Research update Evidence mounts for Majorana quasiparticles in solids Ultra-clean observations could lead to topologically-protected quantum computers Read article: Evidence mounts for Majorana quasiparticles in solids
Topological matter Research update Quadrupole topological insulator created in mechanical metamaterial Vibrations point the way to "corner states" Read article: Quadrupole topological insulator created in mechanical metamaterial
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