Research in the lab of UC Santa Barbara materials professor Stephen Wilson is focused on understanding the fundamental physics behind unusual states of matter and developing materials that can host ...

Scientists have shown that changing magnetic fields in precise ways can create exotic quantum matter that does not normally ...

Quantum computers are still a work in progress but quantum sensors are already in use at hospitals, laboratories and by ...

A quantum state that exists only because a magnetic field keeps flipping on schedule may turn out to be one of the hardest things in nature to disrupt. That is the central finding from a team at ...

The tree diagram shows three perspectives for evaluating the sensitivity limits (green leaves). These perspectives are interconnected (red dashed lines) and are constrained by fundamental principles ...

The ability to conduct heat is one of the most fundamental properties of matter, crucial for engineering applications. Scientists know well how conventional materials, such as metals and insulators, ...

A quantum 'miracle material' could support magnetic switching, a team of researchers has shown. A quantum "miracle material" could support magnetic switching, a team of researchers at the University ...

For almost a century, physicists have tried to understand why and how materials become magnetic. From refrigerator magnets to magnetic memories, the microscopic origins of magnetism remain a ...

Quantum sensors, which leverage quantum phenomena to dramatically increase sensitivity compared to traditional sensors, open a plethora of new applications for electric vehicles (EVs), GPS-denied ...

Experiments hint that quantum mechanisms are vital to the machinery of life. Now researchers are exploring if these effects ...