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A delegation from the Institute of Superconducting and New Materials and Devices (SPIN) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) visited several scientific Institutions and Universities in Shanghai

During the week 17-24 February 2024, Dr. Fabio Miletto Granozio (FMG), Director of the CNR-SPIN, and Dr. Alessandro Stroppa (AS), Deputy Director of SPIN Unit of L’Aquila, were invited by Prof. Wei Ren, Shanghai University (SHU), to visit several scientific institutions in Shanghai, in order to share common interests for potential collaborations.

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Quantum materials: A new state of matter with chiral properties discovered

A research team which includes a large group of researchers from CNR-SPIN, CNR-IOM together with scientists of University Ca’ Foscari, University of Salerno, and MagTop Research Centre in Warsaw, as well as other national and international partners, has discovered a new state of matter characterized by the existence of a quantum phenomenon dubbed “spin-orbital chiral current”. These currents are generated on an atomic scale by a chiral cooperative movement of electrons, unlike conventional magnetic materials whose properties originate from the quantum characteristic of an electron known as spin and their ordering in the crystal.
Chirality is a property of extreme importance in science. In the quantum phenomenon discovered, the chirality of the currents was detected by studying the interaction between light and matter, in which a suitably polarized photon can emit an electron from the surface of the material with a well-defined spin state.

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Room temperature superconductors in Nature's 10: Rai Radio3 Scienza intervista Gaia Grimaldi

Lo scorso 13 Dicembre, la rivista Nature ha pubblicato i cosiddetti Nature's 10, la lista dei dieci personaggi che si sono distinti nelle cronache scientifiche del 2023. Si tratta di 10 personalità che hanno contribuito in maniera significativa al dibattito scientifico globale nel corso dell’anno su temi di particolare interesse e rilevanza quali, tra gli altri, la deforestazione dell'Amazzonia, la cura del cancro, gli effetti del riscaldamento globale.

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SPIN e il centenario del CNR

Con l’evento del 18 Novembre, svoltosi presso la sede centrale di Piazzale Aldo Moro, a Roma, e che ha visto anche la presenza del Presidente della Repubblica Sergio Mattarella, le celebrazioni per il Centenario della fondazione del CNR (1923-2023) hanno raggiunto il loro momento culmine. La giornata è giunta a conclusione di un lungo anno celebrativo in cui l’intera comunità CNR, nelle sue varie articolazioni, ha organizzato più di duecento iniziative con il coinvolgimento di migliaia di cittadini. Nelle sue sedi, SPIN ha partecipato a vari eventi, integrando il proprio contributo con quello di altre realtà del CNR attive negli stessi territori di riferimento.

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Macaroni, spaghetti, and physics

The National Festival “Primi d’Italia” was held on September 28-October 1, 2023, in Foligno. In its frameworks, Andrey Varlamov (CNR-SPIN) delivered the talk “Macaroni, spaghetti, and physics”, which represents a part of his long-standing popular science activity “Culinary Universe”.

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