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Microelectronics forms the foundation of much modern technology today, including smartphones, laptops and even supercomputers. It is based on the ability to allow and stop the flow of electrons through a material.

Comprehending the electrons’ arrangement in compounds that have actinide elements, like plutonium and uranium, can aid in progressing the development of next-generation nuclear materials.

To analyze particles in motion, experimentalists have been following a 100-year-old theory that asserts that the microscopic movement of a particle is identified by random collisions with molecules of the adjoining medium, irrespective of the macroscopic forces that influence that motion.

In magnetic solids, electrons feel each other as what scientists call an effective magnetic field. This field forces the electrons' magnetic moments (spins) to align.

Orbital angular momentum (OAM) is known as the angular momentum regarding a chosen center of rotation.

This ‘beautiful’ herringbone-like pattern could give rise to unique features that scientists are just starting to explore.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced awards totaling more than $68 million that will go to 53 small businesses that are solving scientific problems.

If scaled up successfully, the teams new system could help answer questions about certain kinds of superconductors and other unusual states of matter.

Small-displacement turbocharged internal combustion engines can experience "knock" without suffering lasting damage. Knock happens when the fuel ignites earlier than expected. Much more damaging is "super-knock." Unlike normal knock, super-knock is caused by a detonation wave due to a feedback loop between the heat release associated with the flame and pressure inside an engine cylinder.

A new type of analog quantum computer has been invented that can tackle physics problems that digital supercomputers can't solve.