Quasicrystals are intriguing materials with long-range atomic order that lack periodicity. It has been a longstanding ...

In a groundbreaking study, scientists at Brookhaven National Lab uncovered a new phase of matter dubbed "half ice, half fire" ...

The researchers discovered that the Au-In-Eu quasicrystal hosts an antiferromagnetic phase due to its unique positive ...

Scientists have discovered a surprising magnetic spin phase where order and disorder mix, challenging old ideas.

For example, ultrasharp phase switching with a giant magnetic entropy change—offered by "half fire, half ice"—could be useful for refrigeration technologies. The phenomenon could also be used as the ...

Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered a brand-new phase of matter in a ...

For example, ultrasharp phase switching with a giant magnetic entropy change—offered by "half fire, half ice"—could be useful for refrigeration technologies. The phenomenon could also be used ...