Half Ice, Half Fire: A Bizarre New State of Matter That Could Reshape Physics

Driven to succeed: Physicists explore a new way to control quasiparticles

In a new study, Yale physicists demonstrate a new way to manipulate quasiparticles —quantum objects often used to study cutting-edge quantum technology concepts.

Half Ice, Half Fire: A Bizarre New State of Matter That Could Reshape Physics

In a groundbreaking study, scientists at Brookhaven National Lab uncovered a new phase of matter dubbed “half ice, half fire” — a bizarre mix of cold, orderly electron spins and hot, chaotic ones. This discovery flips the script on previously accepted limits in physics and could spark advances in quantum computing, magnetic refrigeration, and more. [...]

The superconductors, these materials capable of driving electricity without any resistance, are one of the greatest challenges of modern physics. For more than a century, scientists have dreamed of discovering a superconducting material capable of operating at room temperature. Today, a new study may well be the key that brings us closer to this Holy Grail [...]

Physicists who played with water, oil and magnetic particles expected to get a very classic emulsified mixture. A kind of laboratory dressing. But what they observed turned out to be very different...

Half Fire, Half Ice: A Revolutionary Paradoxical Material Set to Challenge Quantum Physics

A paradox in the organization of spins When we talk about the state of the material, we often think of the classics: solid, liquid, gas, even plasma. But in the quantum world, there are exotic phases with surprising properties. In the case of this new phase “half-fire, half-ice”, the strangeness comes from the organization of Electronic spinsthese tiny magnetic properties associated with electrons. Usually, in an ordered material (associated wit…

The finding is fundamental for future applications in quantum computing and data storage, with a focus on manipulation of the magnetic behavior of advanced materials.