In a Nature Physics paper, scientists demonstrate that mechanical resonators can be made into a nonlinear system with vibrations approaching the quantum ground state.
Cutting-edge ultrafast imaging by several methods revealed ultrafast mechanical motion tied to a change in magnetic state in a layered material. This magnetic effect could have applications in nanodevices requiring ultra-precise and fast motion control.
In a Computational Materials Science paper, scientists describe an automated workflow, Elastemp, to predict the temperature dependence of the thermal expansion coefficients and elastic constants for materials.
In a Nature paper, scientists report that they have determined both the elemental type and chemical state of single iron and terbium atoms using synchrotron X-rays.
In a Science paper, researchers report developing a cobalt-based catalyst to replace the expensive iridium-based catalyst used in electrolyzers for hydrogen and oxygen separation from water.
It’s summer blockbuster season. Before you buy tickets for the next comic book movie, be sure to binge all of the ways that Argonne celebrated quantum science with the spring release of Marvel’s Antman and the Wasp: Quantumania.
In the most powerful X-ray facilities in the world, scientists can analyze samples so small they contain only 10,000 atoms. Smaller sizes have proved exceedingly difficult to achieve, but a multi-institutional team has scaled down to a single atom.