Prof. James F. Scott, FRS of the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge UK, has published advice (in the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter) for the attention of fellow ferroic researchers. “If your ‘hysteresis loops’ look like figure 1(a), please do not publish them. Publish data that are saturated and have a region in Q versus V that […]
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Language of science: The Berry Phase begets the Belly Phase
“The Berry Phase” is not the only Berry phrase. Quantum physics turns (in more than one sense) on a concept called “the Berry phase“. The phrase, and in a way the concept, has recently given rise to a name for a phenomenon that occurs in your stomach: “the belly phase“. (Note for quibblers: Yes, quantum […]
Trouble in magneto paradise (with or without underwear)
This video shows measured evidence from a nasty spat between two manufacturers of tiny amusement magnets (thanks to Cliff Pickover for bringing it to our attention): The companies are Zen Magnets and Buckeyballs. The video shows a man from Zen responding to a ear-poppingly aggressive message sent to him by Jake Bronstein of the Buckyball […]
How to levitate a hamster, using a magnet
The BBC reports (HT Betsy Devine): Smurf the hamster gets stuck to cage with magnet A hamster found itself stuck to the bars of its metal cage in Northamptonshire after chewing a magnet that had fallen off a Spiderman toy. Kate Meech, of Bugbrooke, near Northampton, returned home from a day out to find the […]