New research examining the crystal structure of the silica mineral quartz under shock compression is challenging longstanding assumptions about this ubiquitous material. …read more Source:: Science
Tag: crystal
Fedora 31: Peering into Red Hat Enterprise Linux’s future
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•Fedora, Red Hat’s cutting-edge community Linux distribution, is a crystal ball into RHEL’s future. …read more Source:: Linux
The best topological conductor yet: Spiraling crystal is the key to exotic discovery
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•A team of researchers has discovered the strongest topological conductor yet, in the form of thin crystal samples that have a spiral-staircase structure. …read more Source:: Science
Strange things happen when a crystal gets split in two
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•Researchers have carefully broken potassium tantalate crystals in specific directions, and imaged the resulting surfaces using a state of the art atomic force microscope. Their data was combined with computations …read more Source:: Science
‘Spooky’ sightings in crystal point to extremely rare quantum spin liquid
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•Little is rarer than an observable quantum spin liquid, but now, tests reveal that a synthetic crystal with ytterbium as its base may house one at near absolute zero. It …read more Source:: Science
Unusual quantum liquid on crystal surface could inspire future electronics
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•For the first time, an experiment has directly imaged electron orbits in a high-magnetic field, illuminating an unusual collective behavior in electrons and suggesting new ways of manipulating the charged …read more Source:: Science