Pinpointing Excitonic Insulation with Atomic-Scale Defects

New research directly observes impurity states within an excitonically insulating material, confirming the role of charge dipoles formed by material vacancies.

New research directly observes impurity states within an excitonically insulating material, confirming the role of charge dipoles formed by material vacancies.

The PlayStation 4 game we’re discussing came out in 2016, the same year Overwatch was named Game of the Year. However, according to Metacritic, the highest-rated game of that year was actually Inside, which received a score of 93. It shared this top spot with the PlayStation 4 exclusive game, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End. Although Inside didn’t win the overall Game of the Year award ten years ago, it did win awards for Best Independent Game and Best Art Direction, and was also nominated for Best Narrative and Best Music/Sound Design.

Okay, so this is pretty big news for soap opera fans like me! For the very first time, characters from different shows are going to cross over – and it’s happening because of a huge car crash! Apparently, a massive pile-up is going to bring people from all these different fictional towns together in the aftermath. It’s a really interesting way to connect these worlds and I’m super curious to see how it plays out.

The 38-year-old actor, nominated for Best Actor at both the Critics Choice Awards on January 4th and the Golden Globes on January 11th for his role as the charming twins Smoke and Stack in Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, doesn’t take any of his success for granted.

Despite being nominated for both Game of the Year and an award recognizing strong storytelling, Warhorse Studios didn’t win either prize. One user, u/Velkoadmiral, jokingly expressed their disappointment online, saying they felt the results were unfair and questioning what was going on.
Nonetheless, he issued a caveat: the full fortress of security these advancements promise is a distant utopia, a few years away, no less- much like the hypothetical utopias often joked about by politicians. 🤷♂️

The fifth and final season of Stranger Things left viewers with some confusing questions, especially regarding what happens to Eleven, but clues throughout the series suggest she wouldn’t have survived. After a decade, the show has concluded, and although many fans are disappointed by the lack of clear answers, certain aspects of the ending seem definitive.

O’Brien first appeared in the role in 1999, replacing Lynsay King. She was involved in several major storylines during her initial run on the show, which lasted until 2008.

The Yellow Brick Road is paved with changes.
New research reveals a deep connection between two-dimensional integrable systems and the asymptotic symmetries of three-dimensional Chern-Simons theories, offering insights into their underlying mathematical structure.