Dead stars — or neutron stars — normally spin at breakneck speeds, but a team of astronomers has clocked the new-found star taking a leisurely six-and-a-half hours to undertake just one spin ...

It has been crucial to the development of "spintronics," electronics based on the spin of the electron, and was the basis for the proposal of the spin transistor. The effect depends on the product ...

Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Centre for Functional Photonics (CFP), City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Hong Kong S.A.R. 999077, People’s Republic of China ...

Physical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955−6900, Saudi Arabia ...

Most of the paper goes into detail about this, focusing on relativistic electron beams. This mission concept, known as Sunbeam, would use just such a beam. Utilizing electrons traveling at such ...