Researchers have created an optical device that can generate both electric and magnetic vortex-ring-like light patterns.

Researchers at Kyushu University have shown that careful engineering of materials interfaces can unlock new applications for ...

A new metasurface lets scientists flip between ultra-stable light vortices, paving the way for tougher, smarter wireless communication.

Magnetic skyrmions are topologically stable, nanoscale spin structures that have emerged as promising candidates for the next generation of data storage and logic devices. Their unique swirling ...

As AI and IoT drive explosive global data growth, energy-efficient information devices have become critical for sustainability. Kyushu University researchers demonstrate that inserting an atomic-scale ...

New device switches terahertz pulses between electric and magnetic skyrmions On-demand control of stable toroidal vortices lays groundwork for robust wireless data e ...

Schematic illustration showing how nanoscale magnetic skyrmions flow through an H-shaped junction to perform logic operations. The device demonstrates fluid-like collective behavior of skyrmions in ...

Scientists want to replace electrons with so-called 'nanobubbles' — or skyrmions — to store data more densely and efficiently in advanced components that would replace RAM and flash storage. When you ...

Kirsten von Bergmann and André Kubetzka explain the nature of a type of quasiparticle known as a magnetic skyrmion, which looks promising as a “bit” for future data-storage technology (Courtesy: ...

Through numerical simulations, a researcher details the discovery of a new isolated skyrmion with a half-integer topological quantum number in the ferromagnetic phase of the magnetic quantum fluid ...

A skyrmion is a spin structure arranged in a vortex shape, theoretically reducible to just a few nanometers and capable of moving with very low power. If skyrmions can be freely created and ...