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Abstractions blog

Strange Metal-like Bonds Discovered in Customized Crystals

By Erika K. Carlson
September 3, 2019
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While studying materials made from DNA-coated nanoparticles, researchers found a new form of this matter: lattices in which smaller particles roam like electrons in metallic bonds.

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What’s the Magic Behind Graphene’s ‘Magic’ Angle?

By David H. Freedman
May 28, 2019
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A new theoretical model may help explain the shocking onset of superconductivity in stacked, twisted carbon sheets.

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Black, Hot Ice May Be Nature’s Most Common Form of Water

By Joshua Sokol
May 8, 2019
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A new experiment confirms the existence of “superionic ice,” a bizarre form of water that might comprise the bulk of giant icy planets throughout the universe.

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Universal Pattern Explains Why Materials Conduct

By Kevin Hartnett
May 6, 2019
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Mathematicians have found that materials conduct electricity when electrons follow a universal mathematical pattern.

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With a Simple Twist, a ‘Magic’ Material Is Now the Big Thing in Physics

By David H. Freedman
April 30, 2019
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The stunning emergence of a new type of superconductivity with the mere twist of a carbon sheet has left physicists giddy, and its discoverer nearly overwhelmed.

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Quantum Machine Appears to Defy Universe’s Push for Disorder

By Marcus Woo
March 20, 2019
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One of the first quantum simulators has produced a puzzling phenomenon: a row of atoms that repeatedly pops back into place.

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A Child’s Puzzle Has Helped Unlock the Secrets of Magnetism

By Marcus Woo
January 24, 2019
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People have known about magnets since ancient times, but the physics of ferromagnetism remains a mystery. Now a familiar puzzle is getting physicists closer to the answer.

In Theory

How Complex Wholes Emerge From Simple Parts

By John Rennie
December 20, 2018
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Throughout nature, throngs of relatively simple elements can self-organize into behaviors that seem unexpectedly complex. Scientists are beginning to understand why and how these phenomena emerge without a central organizing entity.

A still from an animated illustration of electrons dispersing through a cuprate sample.
condensed matter physics

Universal Quantum Phenomenon Found in Strange Metals

By Natalie Wolchover
November 19, 2018
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Experiments suggest that exotic superconducting materials share a “strange metal” state characterized by a quantum speed limit that somehow acts as a fundamental organizing principle.


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