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A new way to trap and twist light inside quasicrystals
By reshaping quasicrystals with carefully designed defects, researchers can create and control stable twisting beams of light in new ways.
The physics of protein condensates
Simulations reveal how disordered proteins cluster and form biomolecular condensates
Nonlinear photoexcitation in Mott Insulators
Laser-driven feedback effects reveal new ways to engineer conductivity in strongly interacting systems
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Making sense of quantum wavefunction collapse
By modelling measurement as a continuous stochastic process, this work offers a compelling alternative to discontinuous collapse processes
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Experimental realisation of percolation with coupled lasers
Researchers use 100 coupled lasers to physically realise percolation and uncover how nonlinearities alter collective lasing behaviour
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Advanced simulations of exotic quantum matter
A new method allows physicists to study fractional quantum Hall systems and anyon behaviour at unprecedented scale and accuracy
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Controlling glycine polymorphs through nanoconfinement
A novel electric-field-assisted spraying method demonstrates how nanoconfinement dictates whether glycine crystallizes into its stable α-phase or its highly functional, piezoelect...
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Can surplus renewable power make green hydrogen cheaper?
Using excess electricity from grid bottlenecks offers a promising cost reduction pathway, though uncertainty and pricing risks remain
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How can you fast-forward a quantum simulation?
Limits on the speed of quantum algorithms are not quite as rigid as previously thought, according to new research
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Observation of top-antitop quark excess
ATLAS probes top-antitop quark interactions near threshold
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Water use in green hydrogen production
A lifecycle analysis of Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis reveals where water is consumed and how it can be reduced
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Strain relaxation in van der Waals heterostructures
New insights into how van der Waals heterostructures manage lattice mismatch at the nanoscale
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Defects as topological sensors
Researchers show that routine lattice flaws can reliably detect topological phases, opening new routes for quantum materials and device engineering
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How do collisions cause light to condense in solid-state devices?
New research explains how light can behave like a quantum fluid in semiconductors, opening up possibilities for new kinds of practical quantum light sources
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Exotic physics revealed in a simple circuit
Scientists have built an electronic circuit that is able to mimic a subtle symmetry normally only found in particle physics
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