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- XXIV Meeting on Surfaces and Nanostructured Materials (Nano2026) 03/06/2026 – 05/06/2026 – 08:00
- 70th Brazilian Ceramics Congress (CBC) and 6th Ibero-American Ceramics Congress (CIC) 07/06/2026 – 10/06/2026 – 00:00
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- International School on Advanced Quantum Materials 13/07/2026 – 17/07/2026 – 00:00
- ICHEP - 2026 - 43rd International Conference in HIgh Energy Physics 30/07/2026 – 05/08/2026 – 00:00
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Silver nanoparticles enable assembly of a theorized, previously unobserved crystal metallic structure
Using finely tuned nanoscale building blocks, researchers from Brown University and the University of Michigan College of Engineering have stabilized a fleeting structural phase of matter that had been predicted theoretically but never before stabilized in a physical material.
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When order gives way to chaos—the turbulent birth of magnetic nanovortices
Magnetic switching processes are considered a prime example of controllable physics at the nanometer scale: in certain thin-film systems, a short electrical current pulse is sufficient to reverse the magnetization in a targeted way. The underlying effect is the so-called spin–orbit torque: the current exerts a force on the magnetic moments in the material and can thus flip them in a controlled manner. This effect is expected to enable new data storage and computing architectures in the future.
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New quantum sensor could count individual photons and hunt dark matter
Researchers have built an ultra-sensitive sensor capable of detecting unimaginably small amounts of energy — below one zeptojoule. The breakthrough relies on fragile superconducting materials that react to even the slightest temperature change. This level of precision could improve quantum computers, enable photon counting, and even help scientists detect elusive dark matter particles from space.
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