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Bumpy Particles Take One Step to Become Glass

Roughing up the surfaces of particles in a colloidal system can smooth its transition into a glassy state. Continue reading

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Flowers may be big antennas for bees’ electrical signals

Plants might use the signals to communicate when to trigger nectar production. Continue reading

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A Ferromagnet That Easily Sheds Spins

Researchers demonstrate room-temperature spin transfer across an interface between an iron-based ferromagnet and a semiconductor, opening a route to creating novel spintronic devices. Continue reading

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Boron Nitride with a Twist Could Lead to New Way to Make Qubits

Easy control over bright emissions from the crystalline material offer a route toward scalable quantum computing and sensing. Continue reading

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An Exotic Fractional Quantum Hall State

The even-denominator state appears in a 2D quasiparticle system, but researchers still can’t explain its origin. Continue reading

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High Expectations for Black Hole Simulations

Andrew Chael’s simulations identify black hole features that he hopes could be spotted by the next-generation Event Horizon Telescope. Continue reading

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Low-Loss Quantum Buses for Photons

Researchers demonstrate a way to shuttle photons between modules of a quantum processor that can detect and correct communication losses. Continue reading

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