topological
Americanadjective
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The researchers focused on topological quasicrystals, unusual materials that host unconventional quantum excitations.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2026
This diagram serves as a visual guide to different stable quantum phases, each defined by fixed topological properties.
From Science Daily • May 4, 2026
The team also mapped out how these exotic states form, revealing a precise structure in the system's topological phase diagram.
From Science Daily • May 4, 2026
This field is important because it can bring about topological quantum computing, a hypothetical way of storing and manipulating quantum information while protecting it against errors.
From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026
A topological map is a very simplified map, not to scale, so with no relation to the real distances.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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