They found that the pointed cusps that form at the edge of rose petals are due to a type of geometric frustration called a ...

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Rahmanudin tells Physics World that fluid-based electrodes could lead to entirely new battery designs, including batteries ...

Physicists have observed axion quasiparticles for the first time in a two-dimensional quantum material. As well as having applications in materials science, the discovery could aid the search for ...

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Isabel Rabey reviews Einstein’s Tutor: the Story of Emmy Noether and the Invention of Modern Physics by Lee Philips ...

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By using bilayers of recently-discovered materials known as altermagnets, the researchers developed a tuneable and ...

The full version of Henney’s story will be published in the Physics World Quantum Briefing 2025 – a free-to-read digital ...

Researchers in Singapore and the US have independently developed two new types of photonic computer chips that match existing ...