A new spintronic phenomenon: Chiral-spin rotation found in non-collinear antiferromagnet
Researchers at Tohoku University and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) have discovered a new spintronic phenomenon—a persistent rotation of chiral-spin structure......»»
How 2023 became the year of the half-movie
With Fast X, Across the Spider-Verse, and Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, 2023 is shaping up to be the year of the half-movie. DT explains the phenomenon......»»
It’s Barbenheimer time: The best double feature movies like Barbie and Oppenheimer
The pop culture phenomenon known as Barbenheimer is here. To celebrate, DT has compiled a list of wildly different movies that were released on the same day......»»
Spin defects in hexagonal boron nitride created by helium ion bombardment
National University of Singapore (NUS) physicists have developed a method using a focused beam of helium ions to create arrays of defects in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) that can potentially be used for magnetic sensing applications......»»
Study demonstrates consistency of rotational evolution between open cluster and field stars for determining age
Scientists at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) and Boston University have successfully established a connection between the rotation rates of stars in star clusters and those outside them, so-called field stars, enabling the ages.....»»
Team forecasts a surge in extreme El Niño events despite carbon dioxide reductions: A call to refine climate policy
El Niño is a term derived from Spanish to describe a natural phenomenon marked by higher-than-average sea surface temperatures in the tropical Eastern Pacific. The convective Extreme El Niño denotes events with daily rainfall exceeding five millime.....»»
Something in space has been lighting up every 20 minutes since 1988
We have no explanations for this sort of slow repeat. Enlarge / Most of the explanations for this phenomenon involve a neutron star, depicted above. These explanations are uniformly terrible. (credit: MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO L.....»»
Researchers investigate "lipid raft" phenomenon on nanocarbon surfaces
A research team from the Department of Applied Chemistry and Life Science at the Toyohashi University of Technology has discovered a phenomenon in which specific lipids were concentrated on graphene oxide in a multicomponent lipid bilayer membrane se.....»»
"Stunning" discovery: Metals can heal themselves
Scientists for the first time have witnessed pieces of metal crack, then fuse back together without any human intervention, overturning fundamental scientific theories in the process. If the newly discovered phenomenon can be harnessed, it could ushe.....»»
Time Flowed Five Times Slower Shortly after the Big Bang
Voracious black holes feeding on matter in the early universe display the curious spacetime phenomenon known as time dilation.....»»
Aggregation-induced catalysis: Asymmetric catalysis with chiral aggregates
Asymmetric synthesis and catalysis have been actively pursued in chemical and materials sciences for some time. Increasing numbers of drugs and pesticides contain chiral structural units in their structures since drug actions require conformational m.....»»
Researchers investigate rotation in solar transition region
The solar transition region, located between the chromosphere and corona, plays an important role in the formation of solar wind and coronal heating mechanism. The solar transition region is not a statically layered structure, but a dynamic region wi.....»»
Visualizing the topology of electrons with "3D glasses"
They are seen as a beacon of hope for energy-saving electronics and the high-tech of the future: topological quantum materials. One of their properties is the conduction of spin-polarized electrons on their surface—even though they are actually non.....»»
First search for axion-like particles in a storage ring using a polarized deuteron beam
For the first time, scientists have applied a promising new method to search for dark matter particles in a particle accelerator. The method used by researchers in the international JEDI collaboration is based on the observation of the spin polarizat.....»»
Using new tech to identify the cause of an old phenomenon in meat tenderness
When you bite into a juicy steak, tough isn't what you're looking for. There's a lot of science behind the spectrum from tough to tender......»»
A surprising discovery about the magnetic interactions in a Kagome layered topological magnet
A team from Ames National Laboratory conducted an in-depth investigation of the magnetism of TbMn6Sn6, a Kagome layered topological magnet. They were surprised to find that the magnetic spin reorientation in TbMn6Sn6 occurs by generating increasing n.....»»
Researchers want to use gravitational waves to learn about dark matter
A team of astronomers has come up with a method for using gravitational waves to study the mysterious phenomenon of dark matter......»»
Best Buy just slashed the price of this 2-in-1 Chromebook to $129
The Acer Chromebook Spin 311, which combines Google's Chrome OS with the versatility of a 2-in-1 laptop, is now on sale from Best Buy with a $120 discount......»»
An inhomogeneous Dirac cone system gives rise to in-plane chiral Landau levels
Chiral zeroth Landau levels are topologically protected bulk states that propagate in a single direction. In the field of quantum field theory and condensed matter physics, these levels are crucial for breaking chiral symmetry and triggering the chir.....»»
Doom-and-gloom climate news may scare but also encourage audiences
A team of Penn State researchers investigated how seeing frightening news about climate change day after day may shape the way people feel about the phenomenon and how willing they are to take action to address it......»»
Scientists synthesize isotopic atropisomers based on carbon isotope discrimination
In chemistry, a molecule or ion is said to be chiral if it cannot be superposed on to its mirror image by any combination of rotations, translations, or conformational changes. A chiral molecule or ion exists in two forms, called enantiomers, that ar.....»»