Unaffected by imperfections
- Current flowing along the edges of a promising quantum device is insensitive to its magnetic impurities -
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 -
Predicting a chain of order
- Calculations can now predict when and how spins of electrons and ions arrange in one-dimensional
multiferroic materials -
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 -
Finding hope in a meltdown
- Theoretical physicists find evidence of a new state of matter in a simple oxide -
Spin lattices enter a new phase
- A new ordered phase is predicted for geometrically frustrated spin systems even in the absence of magnetic order -
A tale of two excitations
- A new theory predicts an unusual excitation spectrum for a chain of ultracold gas atoms -
Quantum force on the edge
- A standard measurement of resistance, the quantum Hall effect, changes dramatically at the edge of a sample -
Superconductivity: back to basics
- The origin of superconductivity in iron-based materials can now be studied using a basic theoretical model -
Critical questions
- Ripples in the structure of graphene could be the key to understanding its unusual characteristics -
A hot connection with spin
- A particular spin topology in solid-state materials has a strong influence on thermally generated electron transport -
Frustration yields results
- Theoretical calculations elucidate the origin of unusual electronic behaviors recently observed in geometrically frustrated compounds -
Spins in nickel stand together
- Theorists extend a simple model to explain ferromagnetism in transition metals -
The indecisive insulator
- Researchers are applying relativistic quantum theory to explain how graphene could switch from a metal to an insulator -
Electron theory solves heavy problem
- Unusual properties of lithium vanadate explained -
Electrons on the edge are fractal
- Understanding a materialfs transition from a metallic to an insulating state hinges on the fractal nature of electrons -
Itfs all in the spin
- Researchers show subtle fluctuations in electron spins are the origin of magnetism and superconductivity in a common oxide -
Choreography of electrons in one dimension
- A novel theory successfully describes the different interactions governing electrons in narrow quantum wires -
Flipping spins create unusual quantum phase
- Mathematical model prompts investigations of solid helium -
Transistor statistics add up
- Better predictions of electron behavior could reduce the size of computer chips -