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A first: Spintronics made visible

News: Quantum Physics    April 27, 2010
It’s an important emerging field, spintronics; though it’s not too well known. It’s based on a quantum property of electrons – they spin. Some electrons spin ‘up,’ some spin ‘down’ and if you can get a device to read that state of up or down, that’s the basis for many kinds of electronics. This includes [...]
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Atomic motion pictures

News: Scientific Instruments    December 30, 2009
Often advances in science go hand-in-hand with advances in scientific instrumentation. The ability to capture atoms in motion, that is, images at the atomic level over a period of time, is a major advancement. The achievement required combining the power of a conventional three-dimensional electron microscope with the ability to capture the images in an [...]
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