Research reveals a surprising topological reversal in quantum systems

In principle, one shouldn't compare apples to oranges. However, in topology, which is a branch of mathematics, one must do just that. Apples and oranges, it turns out, are said to be topologically the ... Read More

Scientists Spotted ‘Massless’ Electrons Moving in 4 Dimensions

Dirac electrons have a key role in a relatively recent discovery called topological materials ... and quantum behaviors), scientists pick apart all the different ways unusual particles behave ... Read More

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A Single Atom Layer of Gold: Researchers Create Goldene Apr. 16, 2024 — For the first time, scientists have managed to create sheets of gold only a single atom layer thick. The material has been ... Read More

Scientists learn to detect unusual human behavior by gait

Specialists of the National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI" (Russia) have created a program that recognizes unusual behavior of people according to their behavior in the crowd, including the ... Read More

Materials follow the 'Rule of Four,' but scientists don't know why yet

Scientists are normally happy to find regularities and correlations in their data—but only if they can explain them. Otherwise, they worry that those patterns might just be revealing some flaw in the ... Read More

Weird electron behavior gets even weirder: Charge fractionalization observed spectroscopically

As such, it does not reveal the microscopic behavior ... to a strange place where they stop following normal rules. In conventional metals, electrons typically move through the material, generally ... Read More

Scientists made the coldest large molecule on record — and it has a super strange chemical bond

Researchers created the oddball molecule — a strange configuration ... the quantum behavior in a system of ultracold molecules could one day help scientists identify the material properties ... Read More

Scientists push new paradigm of animal consciousness, saying even insects may be sentient

Far more animals than previously thought likely have consciousness, top scientists say in a new declaration — including fish, lobsters and octopus. Recent research backs them up. Read More

Understanding Topological Materials

Dirac materials, named after the Dirac equation which describes the behavior of relativistic ... promising a future where topological materials play a key role in advancing technology and science. Read More

Scientists deliver quantum algorithm to develop new materials and chemistry

Naval Research Laboratory. "Scientists deliver quantum algorithm to develop new materials and chemistry." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 03 / 240325135059.htm (accessed ... Read More

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