Quantum oscillations defy expectations in this exotic materialhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260901010715.htm
Scientists have uncovered an unusual form of electron behavior in zirconium pentatelluride, a quantum material that can act as both an insulator and a conductor. Under temperatures near absolute zero and magnetic fields reaching 60 tesla, electrons produced quantum oscillations that continued even after conventional physics predicted they should disappear.