MIT physicists have trapped electrons in pure crystals

The results open the door to exploring superconductivity and other exotic electronic states in 3D materials.

Light can make water evaporate without heat

The process could explain a variety of natural phenomena and enable new approaches to desalination.

Tackling the mystery: Where do protons get their spin?

New study shows that the spins of gluons align with the spin of the protons they are in.

A superatomic material sets a speed record

The fastest and most efficient semiconductor yet.

Electrons drive giant, nonlinear elastic response in Sr2RuO4

Current-carrying electrons can make the lattice much softer than usual in the material Sr2RuO4.

Milestone: A new kind of wave equation for accelerating waves

Accelerating waves shed light on major problems in physics.

A rare electronic state emerges in five-layer graphene

A newly discovered type of electronic behavior could help with packing more data into magnetic memory devices.

Milestone: A particle accelerator on a chip

FAU team of researchers succeed for the first time in accelerating electrons using a nano device.

A new pathway to achieve superlensing without a superlens

Microscopes boosted beyond limits.

Replicating pseudogravity is possible

Photonic crystals bend light as though it were under the influence of gravity.

A powerful physics phenomenon demonstrated

Study hints at new way to improve on spintronics for future tech.

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