{"@attributes":{"version":"2.0"},"channel":{"title":"Condensed Matter News - Physics News, Physic Materials News, Physics, Materials ","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/physics-news\/materials\/","language":"en-us","description":"The latest news on Physics, Materials, Science and Technology","item":[{"title":"Physicists discover attractive forces between molecular condensates may cause running off","description":"Inside cells, certain functions are carried out by locally adjusting molecular composition. This condensation of material results in the formation of dense droplets that can dynamically rearrange. Because of this, interactions between such dense regions determine the shaping of condensates. Scientists from the Department of Living Matter Physics at MPI-DS recently developed a model that can describe such phase separation dynamics based solely on attraction. The work is published in the journal Physical Review Letters.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-06-physicists-molecular-condensates.html","category":"General Physics","pubDate":"Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:00:01 EDT","guid":"news699875073"},{"title":"Light pulses uncover Higgs mode that reshapes perovskite crystal symmetry","description":"Waves of light and sound interact to drive electronic and structural changes in a perovskite crystal. At the atomic scale, nothing is ever truly still. Materials that appear perfectly rigid and motionless to the naked eye are in fact swarms of vibrating atoms. This motion is generally random and uncoordinated, but with the right input, the atoms in certain materials will start to move together, vibrating in sync.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-06-pulses-uncover-higgs-mode-reshapes.html","category":"Condensed Matter","pubDate":"Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:00:01 EDT","guid":"news699875875"},{"title":"Nanomagnets control diamond qubits, pointing to more scalable quantum hardware","description":"Quantum computing, once only a theoretical possibility, promises to deliver faster, more energy-efficient computers\u2014but only if scientists can build and scale the hardware needed to run the machines. New research from Virginia Commonwealth University brings scientists one small step closer to quantum computing at a practical scale, which could help dramatically reduce energy usage and computing times in some industries.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-06-nanomagnets-diamond-qubits-scalable-quantum.html","category":"Condensed Matter","pubDate":"Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:20:04 EDT","guid":"news699717662"},{"title":"Chip-scale 'acoustic atom' controls sound waves to imitate atomic energy levels and advance computing","description":"For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. What goes up must come down. Physical laws like these govern all of the natural world\u2014except for the tiny internal components of today's microprocessors, which operate according to the unique and complicated rules of quantum physics.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-06-chip-scale-acoustic-atom-imitate.html","category":"Condensed Matter","pubDate":"Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:00:04 EDT","guid":"news699704401"},{"title":"Better math discriminates exotic from classical materials","description":"The planar Hall effect is a tabletop diagnostic tool for special quantum properties useful in basic research and technological applications. Or so it was thought, because careful calculation by Kobe University researchers clarifies the conditions under which this effect may also appear in classical materials. This makes the diagnostic more meaningful and enables more purposeful design.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-05-math-discriminates-exotic-classical-materials.html","category":"Condensed Matter","pubDate":"Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:00:07 EDT","guid":"news699263693"},{"title":"Diamond quantum sensor could reveal elusive altermagnets","description":"For nearly a century, there were two known kinds of magnets. Ferromagnets are the classic magnets that attract metal and keep pictures stuck to the refrigerator. Antiferromagnets hide their magnetism at the atomic scale but are increasingly prized for their technological potential. A third category discovered within the last decade may combine the best qualities of both. Dubbed altermagnets, they could someday help create faster, more energy-efficient electronics.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-05-diamond-quantum-sensor-reveal-elusive.html","category":"Condensed Matter","pubDate":"Fri, 29 May 2026 15:20:02 EDT","guid":"news699280720"},{"title":"Spin wave signals used in computing boosted more than 5,000 times in Z-shaped path approach","description":"A research team from Tohoku University, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., and \u00c9cole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne (EPFL) has invented a new way to efficiently guide spin waves around sharp corners with minimal loss\u2014representing an exciting discovery for energy-efficient computing. Using a two-dimensional magnonic crystal\u2014a copper (Cu) film with a hexagonal array of tiny holes placed on a magnetic garnet film\u2014the team showed through calculations that spin waves travel along a Z-shaped path more than 5,000 times more efficiently than in conventional waveguides.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-05-boosted-path-approach.html","category":"Condensed Matter","pubDate":"Thu, 28 May 2026 15:50:01 EDT","guid":"news699198962"},{"title":"Quantum vibronics research points to future energy and computing technologies","description":"Scientists at the University of California, Riverside are making breakthroughs in understanding how quantum wave functions move across ultra-thin materials\u2014research that could eventually improve solar energy technologies and help lay the groundwork for new forms of quantum computing.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-05-quantum-vibronics-future-energy-technologies.html","category":"Condensed Matter","pubDate":"Thu, 28 May 2026 15:00:02 EDT","guid":"news699191461"},{"title":"Cobalt honeycombs open a new path to quantum computing","description":"Honeycombs are famous for their elegant design, but now they may have found a new application: quantum computing. To collect knowledge from subatomic particles, quantum computers require carefully designed materials capable of performing necessary, complex functions. However, the metals used, such as ruthenium and iridium, are often rare and expensive, limiting the potential to build new technology.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-05-cobalt-honeycombs-path-quantum.html","category":"Condensed Matter","pubDate":"Thu, 28 May 2026 11:20:05 EDT","guid":"news699179222"},{"title":"The generation of massive Schr\u00f6dinger cat states using ultracold atoms","description":"Quantum mechanics is a physics framework that describes how matter and energy behave at an extremely small scale, specifically at the scale of atoms and subatomic particles. An effect predicted by the laws of quantum mechanics is superposition, which entails that particles can exist in multiple states or positions simultaneously, which remain indefinite until they are measured or observed.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-05-generation-massive-schrdinger-cat-states.html","category":"Condensed Matter","pubDate":"Thu, 28 May 2026 07:10:01 EDT","guid":"news698933812"},{"title":"The strange quantum property of tomorrow's insulator","description":"Ultra-fast data transfer and superconductivity: Quantum materials offer significant technological prospects\u2014if we can understand them at the atomic scale. A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), in collaboration with the University of Salerno, the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona, and the National Research Council of Italy, has succeeded in observing the \"quantum metric\" in a topological insulator\u2014a unique geometric property of these materials, which conduct electricity only on their surface.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-05-strange-quantum-property-tomorrow-insulator.html","category":"Condensed Matter","pubDate":"Wed, 27 May 2026 12:20:44 EDT","guid":"news699096241"},{"title":"Memory-preserving transistors could bypass the Boltzmann limit","description":"Researchers have created a new theoretical framework that shows how memory-preserving \"memtransistors\" could overcome the intrinsic limits in efficiency faced by conventional semiconductor transistors, imposed by the laws of thermodynamics.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-05-memory-transistors-bypass-boltzmann-limit.html","category":"General Physics","pubDate":"Wed, 27 May 2026 07:00:03 EDT","guid":"news698927164"},{"title":"Imaginary-time technique speeds X-ray scattering simulations by 50-fold for extreme matter","description":"Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) have developed a new procedure, enabling them to speed up elaborate computer simulations that analyze matter under extreme conditions. In particular, this work improves the evaluation of experiments at large-scale research facilities like the European XFEL\u2014and should facilitate substantial progress, among others, in fusion research and laboratory astrophysics.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-05-imaginary-technique-ray-simulations-extreme.html","category":"Condensed Matter","pubDate":"Tue, 26 May 2026 10:20:02 EDT","guid":"news699003482"},{"title":"Collective vibrations unlock fast ion flow in superionic crystals","description":"In the race to develop safer, faster-charging solid-state batteries and more efficient thermoelectric conversion technologies, engineers and scientists have long faced a fundamental challenge: how to ensure ions move through hard, solid materials as quickly as they do in liquids?","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-05-vibrations-fast-ion-superionic-crystals.html","category":"Condensed Matter","pubDate":"Tue, 26 May 2026 09:20:07 EDT","guid":"news698999221"},{"title":"New three\u2011dimensional magnetic structure discovered with laser light","description":"Flashes of femtosecond laser light, lasting just a few trillionths of a second, have made it possible to observe new magnetic structures for the first time. By using light as a remote control, researchers were able to switch magnetism into previously unseen three-dimensional states at the nanoscale.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-05-threedimensional-magnetic-laser.html","category":"Condensed Matter","pubDate":"Mon, 25 May 2026 17:00:01 EDT","guid":"news698942462"},{"title":"Rethinking hysteresis\u2014a thermodynamic framework for history-dependent solids","description":"Many solid materials \"remember\" their past. A piece of metal may respond differently after being stretched, heated, or cooled, and memory materials rely precisely on this kind of history-dependent behavior. This phenomenon, known as hysteresis, is central to technologies such as memory devices, energy conversion materials, and durable structural materials.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-05-rethinking-hysteresis-thermodynamic-framework-history.html","category":"General Physics","pubDate":"Mon, 25 May 2026 15:00:05 EDT","guid":"news698939777"},{"title":"Nickelate reveals nodeless gap, providing key clue to high-temperature superconductivity","description":"The mechanism of high-temperature (TC) superconductivity is a key challenge in condensed matter physics. Recently, Chinese scientists made significant progress in the study of high-TC nickelate superconductors.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-05-nickelate-reveals-nodeless-gap-key.html","category":"Condensed Matter","pubDate":"Fri, 22 May 2026 16:40:02 EDT","guid":"news698673481"},{"title":"Unusual nonlinear thermoelectric effect appears in chiral tellurium, confirming theoretical predictions","description":"An unusual thermoelectric effect has been observed in the semiconductor tellurium by RIKEN physicists for the first time. This demonstration points to the potential of similar materials to be used in applications such as energy harvesting and advanced heat management.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-05-unusual-nonlinear-thermoelectric-effect-chiral.html","category":"Condensed Matter","pubDate":"Thu, 21 May 2026 12:40:13 EDT","guid":"news698581321"},{"title":"Piezoelectric effect in diamond membranes challenges century-old scientific dogma","description":"A research team in China has reported a significant piezoelectric effect in ultrathin and ultra-flexible polycrystalline diamond membranes. This pioneering discovery challenges a century-long scientific dogma that diamonds are strictly non-piezoelectric.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-05-piezoelectric-effect-diamond-membranes-century.html","category":"Condensed Matter","pubDate":"Thu, 21 May 2026 12:20:05 EDT","guid":"news698578321"},{"title":"Optoelectronic synapse shows exceptional photoresponse for neuromorphic vision","description":"Like so much else in nature, the human visual system has both a complex structure and functional efficiency that is difficult for scientists to replicate. The system is both a sensor and a processor, with the eyes and the brain working together to resolve images with less energy use than anything people have invented.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-05-optoelectronic-synapse-exceptional-photoresponse-neuromorphic.html","category":"Condensed Matter","pubDate":"Wed, 20 May 2026 17:20:03 EDT","guid":"news698508661"},{"title":"The complete evolution of spin glass from order to chaos","description":"How come our universe is full of disorder, when all elementary particles appear to follow strictly ordered laws of physics? And are there organizing principles behind disorder and apparent chaos?","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-05-evolution-glass-chaos.html","category":"Condensed Matter","pubDate":"Wed, 20 May 2026 15:46:10 EDT","guid":"news698510725"},{"title":"Beyond 0 and 1: Ferrotoroidic material can store four magnetic states","description":"Today's computers store information using only two values: 0 and 1. But as electronic devices become smaller and reach their limits, scientists are searching for new ways to pack more information into the same space. One idea is to use magnetism. In some materials, atoms behave like tiny magnets that can arrange themselves in different patterns. If each pattern represents a different value, one memory element could store more than just two possibilities.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-05-ferrotoroidic-material-magnetic-states.html","category":"Condensed Matter","pubDate":"Tue, 19 May 2026 17:20:04 EDT","guid":"news698424301"},{"title":"Ultrafast switching device unlocks low-power optical-to-electrical conversion for AI hardware","description":"Modern energy demands are soaring as technologies like AI and IoT become more common, and researchers have been working hard to develop hardware that can keep up. Now, a team of researchers from the University of Tokyo has developed an ultrafast and energy-efficient nonvolatile switching device, described in an article published in the journal Science, that may soon be able to significantly reduce power consumption for high-energy demand technologies.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-05-ultrafast-device-power-optical-electrical.html","category":"Condensed Matter","pubDate":"Mon, 18 May 2026 16:20:03 EDT","guid":"news698335116"},{"title":"Twisted WSe\u2082 reveals elusive charge-neutral quantum modes","description":"Quantum materials, materials with properties that are influenced by the laws of quantum mechanics, have attracted considerable attention over the past few decades. Their unique properties make these materials advantageous for the development of numerous cutting-edge technologies, including quantum computers, highly sensitive sensors and energy-efficient electronics.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-05-wse-reveals-elusive-neutral-quantum.html","category":"Condensed Matter","pubDate":"Mon, 18 May 2026 07:40:03 EDT","guid":"news698056753"},{"title":"Bilayer antiferromagnet reveals photocurrent that flips with magnetic state","description":"In recent years, atomically thin materials\u2014crystals only a few atoms thick\u2014have attracted growing attention because they can exhibit physical properties that do not appear in conventional bulk materials. Among them, atomically thin magnetic materials are particularly intriguing, as they can host unconventional magnetic states and offer new possibilities for spin-based electronic technologies.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-05-bilayer-antiferromagnet-reveals-photocurrent-flips.html","category":"Condensed Matter","pubDate":"Mon, 18 May 2026 05:00:35 EDT","guid":"news698069701"},{"title":"Roadmap charts three paths to room-temperature quantum materials for cooler computing","description":"Imagine a laptop that never gets hot, a phone that holds its charge for days, or a computer memory chip designed to permanently retain data, even when the power goes out. This is the possibility sitting inside a remarkable family of materials that a team of researchers from the University of Ottawa and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has spent years trying to understand, and they just published a comprehensive roadmap of the field to date in the journal Newton.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-05-roadmap-paths-room-temperature-quantum.html","category":"Condensed Matter","pubDate":"Sun, 17 May 2026 18:40:02 EDT","guid":"news698071930"},{"title":"Quantum geometry provides theoretical limits on measurable properties of solids","description":"Two RIKEN physicists have established new theoretical limits for experimentally measurable quantities by viewing solids through a lens of quantum geometry. Their results shed light both on the physics of solids and on quantum mechanics.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-05-quantum-geometry-theoretical-limits-properties.html","category":"Condensed Matter","pubDate":"Wed, 13 May 2026 13:09:42 EDT","guid":"news697896542"},{"title":"Liquid crystals enable on\u2011demand skyrmion formation at room temperature","description":"Researchers have recently found a new way to summon useful structures in magnetic materials using light, heat, and electric fields. This new method, described in a new study published in Physical Review Letters, may lead to more energy-efficient and flexible technologies for data storage and optical devices.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-05-liquid-crystal-demand-skyrmions-room.html","category":"Condensed Matter","pubDate":"Wed, 13 May 2026 12:40:02 EDT","guid":"news697890165"},{"title":"3D atomic rearrangement creates 40,000 quantum defects in 40 minutes","description":"It's been 37 years since scientists first demonstrated the ability to move single atoms, suggesting the possibility of designing materials atom by atom to customize their properties. Today there are several techniques that allow researchers to move individual atoms in order to give materials exotic quantum properties and improve our understanding of quantum behavior.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-05-3d-atomic-rearrangement-quantum-defects.html","category":"Condensed Matter","pubDate":"Wed, 13 May 2026 11:00:10 EDT","guid":"news697802941"},{"title":"Atomic bands in two transition metal dichalcogenides hint at long-theorized quantum state","description":"Insulators are materials in which electrons cannot move freely. Past theoretical studies predicted the existence of an unusual insulating state dubbed obstructed atomic insulator (OAI), in which electrons are localized inside a crystal, while their centers of charge lie in empty spaces between atoms, rather than on the atoms themselves.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-05-atomic-bands-transition-metal-dichalcogenides.html","category":"Condensed Matter","pubDate":"Wed, 13 May 2026 06:40:02 EDT","guid":"news697807903"}]}}