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Quantum-Hall Effect Observed, Sans Magnetic Field

The quantum-Hall effect (where electrons condense into an exotic quantum fluid) was thought to only occur in specially prepared materials under the influence of an intense magnetic field, but Princeton University researchers have observed the effect in a bulk crystal of bismuth-antimony without any magnetic field being present. In 1879 Edwin Hall discovered that in […]

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