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Physicists use quantum entanglement to crack mystery of strange metals

Scientists have long sought to unravel the mysteries of strange metals — materials that defy conventional rules of electricity and…

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Contact electrification depends on materials’ contact history, physicists show

For centuries, static electricity has been the subject of intrigue and scientific investigation. Now, researchers from the Waitukaitis group at…

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Physicists uncover evidence of two arrows of time emerging from the quantum realm

What if time is not as fixed as we thought? Imagine that instead of flowing in one direction — from…

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Physicists measure a key aspect of superconductivity in ‘magic-angle’ graphene

Superconducting materials are similar to the carpool lane in a congested interstate. Like commuters who ride together, electrons that pair…

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Physicists pioneer entanglement microscopy algorithm to explore how matter entangles in quantum many-body systems

Quantum entanglement — a phenomenon where particles are mysteriously linked no matter how far apart they are — presents a…

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Physicists magnetize a material with light

MIT physicists have created a new and long-lasting magnetic state in a material, using only light. In a study that…

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Physicists ‘bootstrap’ validity of string theory

String theory, conceptualized more than 50 years ago as a framework to explain the formation of matter, remains elusive as…

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Storm in a laser beam: Physicists create ‘light hurricanes’ that could transport huge amounts of data

Much of modern life depends on the coding of information onto means of delivering it. A common method is to…

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Physicists discover first ‘black hole triple’

Many black holes detected to date appear to be part of a pair. These binary systems comprise a black hole…

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