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Information theory was originally developed to study the fundamental limits of telecommunication. But thanks to recent extensions it can now also be applied to solid ...

Science and technology could be revolutionized by quantum computers, but building them from solid-state devices will not be easy. Robert W Keyes of IBM's research division outlines the challenges in ...

From the macroscopic to the microscopic physical properties of the world around us, condensed-matter and materials-science research have a huge impact on daily life. And yet, as James Kakalios ...

Researchers from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and collaborating institutions have developed a novel ...

Condensed matter physics, which analyzes the behavior of electrons in organized solid matter, has been treated as a completely separate field of study from soft matter physics, which deals with ...

This article was produced in partnership with the author by Scientific American Custom Media, a commercial division separate from the magazine’s board of editors. The temperature dependence of the ...