Dirac Electrons Come Back to Life in Magic-Angle Graphene – Unusual Breaking of Symmetry
A new symmetry-broken parent state discovered in twisted bilayer graphene. In 2018 it was discovered that two layers of graphene twisted one with respect to…
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Clever Decoy That Neutralizes Viruses Points Way to Treat Viruses That Cross From Animals to Humans
A host of disease-causing viruses called arenaviruses lurk in animal populations in various parts of the world, sometimes crossing over into humans. When they do…
Method for Measuring Animal Personality Developed to Explore Connections Between Genes and Behavior
A study on mice shows animal research may need to take into account the connection between genes, behavior and personality. We might refer to someone’s…
Juno Reveals Surprising Activity in Jupiter’s Interior
New results from the Juno Spacecraft show that Jupiter’s gravitational field is askew, with different patterns in its northern and southern hemispheres. NASA’s Juno spacecraft…
Newly Discovered Phenomenon Shows Electrons Can Move Much Faster Than Expected
A new study shows that electrons passing through a narrow constriction in a piece of metal can move much faster than expected, and that they…
Research Shows Volcanism and Greenhouse Gas Could Have Warmed Mars
New research from Brown University and Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science shows that warmth and water flow on ancient Mars were probably episodic, related to…
Early Quasars Got a “Super Boost” from Star Clusters
New research form Yale University and the Weizmann Institute shows that early quasars took in a “super boost,” feasting from large reservoirs of gas that…
Physicists Measure Magnetic Interactions between Single Electrons
By using a technique that binds two electrons together so that their spins point in opposite directions, physicists at the Weizmann Institute of Science were…
Scientists Demonstrate a Photonic Router for the First Time
Scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science have taken another step forward toward building quantum computers, demonstrating a photonic router for the first time. Weizmann…
Weather on Uranus and Neptune Limited to a “Weather Layer”
In a newly published study, researchers detail the atmospheric circulation patterns of Uranus and Neptune, finding that the streams of gas observed in the atmosphere…