Weird magnetic ‘skyrmion’ quasiparticle could be used as a bit in advanced computing memory
– Researchers have found that a quasiparticle known as a “skyrmion” could potentially be used as a bit in advanced magnetic memory technologies. Skyrmions are nanometer-sized swirling magnetic bubbles formed from a few dozen atoms. – Skyrmions were previously too slow to use, moving at only 100 m/s. However, researchers have now sped them up […]
Scientists spot ‘glory effect’ on a world beyond our solar system for the first time
– Astronomers have detected a “glory effect” on the exoplanet WASP-76b, located 637 light years from Earth. This is the first time this phenomenon has been observed on a world outside our solar system. – The glory effect causes concentric, colorful light rings when light reflects off uniformly sized cloud particles. It was previously only […]
Ella Purnell Takes Chloë Grace Moretz Into the Wasteland
Ella Purnell and Chloë Grace Moretz discuss Purnell’s role in the new post-apocalyptic TV adaptation of the video game Fallout. Purnell plays Lucy MacLean, sent on a mission into a radioactive wasteland to save her father. The shoot took place over 8 months across locations like Utah, Namibia, and New York. It was physically demanding. […]