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A single theory for complicated quantum systems
A unified field‑theoretic framework models open quantum spins across all coupling and memory regimes
Decoding The Impact of Sudden Shocks: A New Predictive Framework for Climate and Complex Systems
Accurately predicting how a system responds to sudden changes is a major challenge across fields like climate science, finance, and epidemiology. Now, a team of researchers has dev...
Revealing hidden orbital topology in light-element materials
Phosphorene hosts an orbital Chern insulator with an experimentally distinct orbital Hall effect
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The search for new bosons beyond Higgs
CMS researchers probed top‑quark pairs for signs of new scalar and pseudoscalar particles
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Pushing thermopower to the 2D limit
LETO/ETO superlattices achieve 20× thermopower enhancement through true 2D electron behaviour
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Resolving the spin of sound
Researchers show how sound waves can hold conserved spin angular momentum, resolving a long‑standing theoretical debate
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A breakthrough in modelling open quantum matter
By analysing the Liouville gap in imaginary time, scientists reveal universal phase‑transition behaviour in both ground and finite‑temperature states
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How reversibility becomes irreversible
A new framework shows how lost information in quantum systems gives rise to macroscopic entropy and the arrow of time
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Rethinking how quantum phases change
A new framework explains direct transitions between ordered states, offering insights into real quantum materials
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How a Single Parameter Reveals the Hidden Memory of Glass
Glass may look just like a normal solid, but at the microscopic level it behaves in surprisingly complex ways
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The hidden footprint of hydrogen
Leaked hydrogen boosts methane’s lifetime, yet its overall impact remains small compared to other emissions
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What shape is a uranium nucleus?
The STAR collaboration has released new results based on their imaging-by-smashing technique revealing uranium-238 could actually be pear-shaped
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Wave scattering explained
A team of researchers have extended Berry’s well-known geometric-dynamic decomposition from the wave-evolution phase to a distinct class of wave scattering problems
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The secret limits governing quantum relaxation
A new proof has emerged, confirming the universal speed limit on quantum relaxation, and providing new insights on how it works
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ATLAS narrows the hunt for dark matter
A new search for emerging jets at CERN has ruled out key dark‑sector scenarios
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