A Century-Old Physics Effect Gains a New Dimension

According to Carnegie Mellon University researchers, a newly discovered in-plane anomalous Hall effect overturns a century-old physics assumption that electronic materials only respond to perpendicular magnetic fields. Published in Nature Materials, the breakthrough demonstrates that an ultrathin device can detect magnetic fields across multiple axes simultaneously, a development that could transform vector magnetometry and multidimensional … Read more

Strange Quantum Oscillations Reveal New Physics in Exotic Materials

Under magnetic fields reaching 60 tesla at temperatures near absolute zero, the three-dimensional topological insulator zirconium pentatelluride (ZrTe₅) exhibits electrical resistance oscillations that persist far beyond expected quantum limits, according to findings published in Nature Communications by researchers from the University of São Paulo (USP), Los Alamos National Laboratory, the University of Washington, and other … Read more