 Nanotechnology combined with superconductivity could pave the way for 'spintronics'May 05, 2005
As the ever-increasing power of computer chips brings us closer and closer to the limits of silicon technology, many researchers are betting that the future will belong to "spintronics": a nanoscale technology ... |
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 A Positive SpinFeb 22, 2006
Beams with polarized particles greatly boost the physics output of high energy physics colliders. While it has been straightforward to make polarized electron beams, polarizing positrons is more difficult, ... |
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Researchers untangle quantum quirkJun 11, 2008
Quantum computing has been hailed as the next leap forward for computers, promising to catapult memory capacity and processing speeds well beyond current limits. Several challenging problems need to be cracked, however, before ... |
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 Discovery by UC Riverside physicists could enable development of faster computersJun 24, 2008
Roland Kawakami's lab proposes a simple technique for controlling electron spin and current flow
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Could better spin injection lead to a quantum information device?Jun 30, 2008
One of the more promising types of materials for use in spintronics today is the class of metal alloys known as Heusler alloys. These alloys are named after a German engineer, and might be useful in technology in which electron ... |
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 Proposed NASA Mission Could Explore Twisted Space Around Black HolesJul 01, 2008
A new NASA mission could discover the shape of space that has been distorted by a spinning black hole's crushing gravity, and explore the structure and effects of the formidable magnetic field around magnetars, ... |
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Physicists Discover New Particle: the Bottom-most 'Bottomonium'Jul 10, 2008
(PhysOrg.com) -- Thirty years ago, particle physics delighted in discovering the "bottomonium" family—the set of particles that contain both a bottom quark and an anti-bottom quark but are bound together with different energies. ... |
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Exotic materials using neptunium, plutonium provide insight into superconductivityJul 21, 2008
Physicists at Rutgers and Columbia universities have gained new insight into the origins of superconductivity – a property of metals where electrical resistance vanishes – by studying exotic chemical compounds that contain ... |
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