Imaging the Wigner crystal state in a new type of quantum material

In some solid materials under specific conditions, mutual Coulomb interactions shape electrons into many-body correlated states, such as Wigner crystals, which are essentially solids made of electrons ...
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Earth is 'missing' lighter elements. They may be hiding in its solid inner core.

These chemical oddities may explain why Earth seems to be deficient in certain elements — and could prove useful in catalysts ...
Science Daily

Scientists discover hidden geometry that bends electrons like gravity

Researchers have discovered a hidden quantum geometry inside materials that subtly steers electrons, echoing how gravity ...
Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering

New Electron Microscopy Technique Reveals Zeolite Structure to Enhance Function

Researchers from the labs of Professors Vinayak Dravid and Omar Farha developed a high-resolution approach to map ...
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How ALICE reverse-engineered the formation of light nuclei

CERN's ALICE experiment has resolved the puzzle of deuteron formation, showing that most deuterons form via resonance-driven ...

Framework sets new benchmarks for 3D atom maps in amorphous materials

Researchers at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA published a step-by-step framework for determining the ...

Meet the mysterious electrides

These chemical oddities may explain why Earth seems to be deficient in certain elements — and could prove useful in catalysts ...