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Quantum Hall effect in HGTe
Science invention

Quantum Hall effect in HGTe

German and American physicists have for the first time observed the first signs of an unusual solid phenomenon called the Quantum spin Hall effect (QSHE), in which elect…

December 14, 2018
Fermion pairs do not have superfluidity
Science invention

Fermion pairs do not have superfluidity

In recent years, physicists have realized that fermions (such as electrons) can exhibit superfluidity because of their ability to pair at very low temperatures. Now, a g…

December 14, 2018
First spintronic components use commercial Si
Science invention

First spintronic components use commercial Si

Spintronic components (generation of electronic components of the future simultaneously exploiting the electronic properties as well as electrical charges) are gradually…

December 14, 2018
Turn the light on and off with spin
Science invention

Turn the light on and off with spin

Canadian and US researchers have released information about a new material that can turn off or open the light beam by changing the spin polarization of electrons in the…

December 14, 2018
Storage techniques and light recovery
Science invention

Storage techniques and light recovery

American physicists are now able to record a synchronized pulse of light into a set of supercooled atoms - and afterwards

December 14, 2018
Spintronic memory breakthrough
Computer science

Spintronic memory breakthrough

An international team of researchers has found a way to encode information in electron spins - a technique that promises to be able to create smaller, faster memory for…

December 13, 2018
High-speed 32 GB Flash hard drive has appeared
Computer science

High-speed 32 GB Flash hard drive has appeared

Are you ready for a laptop with a hard drive without a spin, less battery life, light weight and no noise? That's what you'll get with Samsung's new 32GB SSD (Solid Stat…

December 13, 2018
Space explorer robot
New technology

Space explorer robot

A new generation of robot robots developed by scientists at Stanford University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory…

December 11, 2018