Emergence of soliton chirality in a quantum antiferromagnet

Hans-Benjamin Braun, Jiri Kulda, Bertrand Roessli, Dirk Visser, Karl W. Kraemer, Hans-Ulrich Guedel and Peter Boeni

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For the first time a Swiss research group has participated in the discovery of new chemical elements. The elements have the numbers 113 and 115 and were discovered by a combination of physical and chemical techniques in the Russian nuclear research centre in Dubna. With its radiochemical expertise the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) was central to the experiment's success.

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Superconductors : an area to watch in 2006 according to Science

Science's editors point at several areas that could achieve breakthroughs this year. Among those : High Tc superconductors, ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays, etc.

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Science 23 December 2005: Vol. 310. no. 5756, p. 1885
DOI:
10.1126/science.310.5756.1885

Ernst Hafen started in his new position on December 1st, 2005. He announces changings in the teaching systems and closer links to the industry.

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THIOX News are out !

Important meetings and events are planned for the ESF-THIOX community for 2006. You can find the whole list in the latest THIOX Newsletter that was issued in January.

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According to an AP press release : « Elevators controlled by magnetic levitation are set to debut as early as 2008 (…). Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corp. said the elevators would be the first in the world to employ magnetic levitation — a technology (…) of magnetic attraction and repulsion. Maglev technology has already been used to develop high-speed trains. The only passenger-carrying maglev train in the world links Pudong International Airport in Shanghai to the city center at up to 267 miles per hour ... ».

Superconductor Fault Current Limiter successfully demonstrated in China

Current spikes in power grid suppressed by over five times utilizing American Superconductor's smart high tc superconductor wire…

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