Spintronics—a technology that harnesses the electron's magnetic quantum states to carry information—could pave the way for a new generation of ultra-energy-efficient electronics. Yet a major challenge ...

My academic path studying physics at Tsinghua University began in 1981 where I completed a Bachelor’s and Master’s before earning a PhD in 1992. I then did a postdoc at the Central Iron & Steel ...

For more than 40 years, scientists have known that the quantum Hall effect impacts electrons in strong magnetic fields, but ...

Next-generation optoelectronic systems (devices that convert light to electrical energy) leverage organic semiconductor-based indoor energy-autonomous architectures for cutting-edge applications.

Professor Sir Anthony Leggett, the theoretical physicist who has died aged 87, shared the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics for his ...

The computer-generated "ideal glass" solves a 75-year-old physics paradox and promises revolutionary materials.

Published today in Science, the discovery marks the creation and observation of the first molecule with a half-Möbius ...

Professor Saw Wai Hla's groundbreaking atomic-scale imaging research, recognized by the DOE and prestigious awards, advances understanding and manipulation of rare earth elements critical to modern ...

Caltech scientists have developed a method that detects tiny, imperceptible movements at the surface of objects to reveal details about what lies beneath. By analyzing the physics of waves traveling ...

With wearable Internet of Things devices, such as smartwatches, contact with skin adds a new layer of complexity. .

1 Department of Physics, University of Man, Man, Côte d’Ivoire. 2 Centre of Physics and Mathematics (CPM), Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco. 3 LPHE, Modeling & Simulations, ...

Sometimes a visually compelling metaphor is all you need to get an otherwise complicated idea across. In the summer of 2001, a Tulane physics professor named John P.