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RIKEN RESEARCH

  1. Unaffected by imperfections
    - Current flowing along the edges of a promising quantum device is insensitive to its magnetic impurities -

  2. Pushing the frontier of state control
    - The ability to use magnetic fields to control a newly identified state of matter could enable more efficient memory devices -

  3. Predicting a chain of order
    - Calculations can now predict when and how spins of electrons and ions arrange in one-dimensional multiferroic materials -

  4. Particles that are their own worst enemies
    - A newly proposed superconducting device could lead to the first observation of particles that are their own antiparticles -

  5. Finding hope in a meltdown
    - Theoretical physicists find evidence of a new state of matter in a simple oxide -

  6. Spin lattices enter a new phase
    - A new ordered phase is predicted for geometrically frustrated spin systems even in the absence of magnetic order -

  7. A tale of two excitations
    - A new theory predicts an unusual excitation spectrum for a chain of ultracold gas atoms -

  8. Quantum force on the edge
    - A standard measurement of resistance, the quantum Hall effect, changes dramatically at the edge of a sample -

  9. Superconductivity: back to basics
    - The origin of superconductivity in iron-based materials can now be studied using a basic theoretical model -

  10. Critical questions
    - Ripples in the structure of graphene could be the key to understanding its unusual characteristics -

  11. A hot connection with spin
    - A particular spin topology in solid-state materials has a strong influence on thermally generated electron transport -

  12. Frustration yields results
    - Theoretical calculations elucidate the origin of unusual electronic behaviors recently observed in geometrically frustrated compounds -

  13. Spins in nickel stand together
    - Theorists extend a simple model to explain ferromagnetism in transition metals -

  14. The indecisive insulator
    - Researchers are applying relativistic quantum theory to explain how graphene could switch from a metal to an insulator -

  15. Electron theory solves heavy problem
    - Unusual properties of lithium vanadate explained -

  16. Electrons on the edge are fractal
    - Understanding a materialfs transition from a metallic to an insulating state hinges on the fractal nature of electrons -

  17. Itfs all in the spin
    - Researchers show subtle fluctuations in electron spins are the origin of magnetism and superconductivity in a common oxide -

  18. Choreography of electrons in one dimension
    - A novel theory successfully describes the different interactions governing electrons in narrow quantum wires -

  19. Flipping spins create unusual quantum phase
    - Mathematical model prompts investigations of solid helium -

  20. Transistor statistics add up
    - Better predictions of electron behavior could reduce the size of computer chips -