Rivers beyond Regeneration

04 November 2014

Best-known for his treatment of shell-shock victims in World War I, a new study examines William Rivers鈥 crucial, but often overlooked contributions to the study of human culture 鈥 revealing how, late in his career, they led him to believe that society as a whole could suffer from 鈥渟hell-shock鈥.

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Spin manipulation in a noisy environment. In the quest for ever more precise manipulation of quantum systems, any uncontrolled interaction with the environment is usually considered detrimental.

Spin with a new twist

10 October 2014

Scientists have successfully demonstrated a new way to control the 鈥渟pin鈥 of an electron 鈥 the natural intrinsic angular momentum of electrons which could underpin faster computing in the future. 探花直播technique counterintuitively makes use of the ever-changing magnetic field of the electron鈥檚 environment - one of the main obstacles to traditional methods of spin control.

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