Using the large TRIUMF cyclotron in Vancouver, British Columbia, UCLA researchers have developed a new method to visualize topological insulators, a class of materials that could lead to improved performance in spintronics, at the nanoscale. The new method is the first use of beta-detected nuclear magnetic resonance to study the...

Scientists at Rice University combined titanium and gold to make an itinerant antiferromagnetic metal, TiAu, from nonmagnetic constituent elements. While the uses for this particular magnet have yet to be determined, this discovery could enhance the scientific understanding of magnetism.

On July 14, the LHCb experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider reported the discovery of a class of particles known as pentaquarks, which are composed of four quarks and an antiquark. The collaboration has submitted a paper reporting these findings to the journal Physical Review Letters.

On July 8, scientists announced that the US Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab, CSA CSM) set a world record for the most powerful high-energy particle beam for neutrino experiments: a sustained 521-kilowatt beam generated by the Main Injector particle accelerator. More than 1,000 physicists from around the...

The IEEE Council on Superconductivity (CSC) Awards Committee has announced the winners of the 2015 IEEE CSC Graduate Study Fellowship. The fellowship is awarded annually to a full-time graduate student pursuing a PhD (or equivalent) degree in the area of applied superconductivity and is intended to encourage students to enter...

Cold Facts visited Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory recently to learn more about the lab's involvement in LCLS-II, a project that will provide a major upgrade to the functionality of the existing Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Laboratory. LCLS-II involves several scientific institutions, features cutting-edge physics...