nanoscale views

A blog about condensed matter and nanoscale physics. Why should high energy and astro folks have all the fun?

Thursday, November 20, 2025

Quantum geometry - some intuition

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There has been a great growing interest in quantum geometry in recent years.  Last week, I heard an excellent talk by Raquel Queiroz about ...
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Saturday, November 08, 2025

Vortices everywhere

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The 2026 APS Oliver E. Buckley Prize in condensed matter physics was announced this week, and it's a really interesting combination of ...
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Saturday, October 25, 2025

Science journalism - dark times

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At this point it's old hat to decry the problems facing traditional news media.  Still, it is abundantly clear in our late stage capital...
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Saturday, October 18, 2025

Interesting preprints: chirality-induced spin selectivity + quantum gravity

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This continues to be a very busy time, but I wanted to point out two preprints that caught my eye this week.  Their subjects are completely ...
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Thursday, October 09, 2025

Postdoctoral opportunity in materials

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The Rice Advanced Materials Research Institute is having its 2025-2026 competition for prestigious postdoctoral fellowships - see here:  ht...
Tuesday, October 07, 2025

2025 Physics Nobel: Macroscopic quantum tunneling

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As announced this morning, the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke , Michel Devoret , and John Martinis , for a ser...
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Sunday, October 05, 2025

ACS National Nanotechnology Day webinar, Thursday Oct 9

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Time for a rare bit of explicit self-promotion on this blog.  This coming Thursday, October 9, as part of the American Chemical Society ...
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Douglas Natelson
I am a physics professor at Rice University. My group uses nanoscale tools to address open questions in condensed matter physics, the study of the remarkable emergent properties of materials. Views expressed here are my own; they do not represent the views of my employer or any other entity.
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