A stable "exceptional fermionic superfluid," a new quantum phase that intrinsically hosts singularities known as exceptional points, has been discovered by researchers at the Institute of Science ...

Data collected by the SAMURAI spectrometer at RIKEN's RI Beam Factory (RIBF) in Japan recently led to the detection of a rare fluorine (F) isotope, known as 30 F. This has opened interesting ...

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A fundamental question in physics is how a system can transition into an ordered phase with broken symmetry. The Kibble–Zurek (KZ) mechanism describes the spontaneous formation of topological defects ...

We can learn a lot by studying microscopic and macroscopic changes in a material as it crosses from one phase to another, for example from ice to water to steam. A new study examines systems ...

Symmetry plays a critical role in the scientific and mathematical descriptions of the universe. Symmetries can be continuous, as in rotations of a circular cylinder about its axis; or discrete, as in ...

Physicists predict that layered electronic 2D semiconductors can host a curious quantum phase of matter called the supersolid. This counterintuitive quantum material simultaneously forms a rigid ...

Researchers used a non-Hermitian version of the Hubbard model with spin-resolved asymmetric hopping to reveal how spin depairing creates a stable superfluid with embedded exceptional points. A stable ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When science dips into the quantum realm, things can get a bit strange—and that includes foundational ...

We can learn a lot by studying microscopic and macroscopic changes in a material as it crosses from one phase to another, for example from ice to water to steam. A new Australian study examines ...