A new paper in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society argues the simplest answer may work: contact binaries like ...

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Scientists have observed a new microscopic mechanism enabling precise control of the magneto-optical properties of excitons in alloys of two-dimensional semiconductors. This discovery opens up ...

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Solid-state lasers are lasers made from crystalline materials. The very first laser used ruby as a solid-state active region in 1960, and there are now hundreds of known alternatives. The most common ...