Topology explains queer electrical current boost in non-magnetic metal

Topology explains queer electrical current boost in non-magnetic metal Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Apr 15, 2016 - Insights from pure mathematics are lending new insights to material physics, which could aid in development of new devices and sensors. Now an international team of physicists has discovered that applying a magnetic field to a non-magnetic metal made it conduct 70% more electricity, even though basic physics principles would have predicted the opposite. "We never expected that magnetoresis ... more

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