{
  "id": 14747108,
  "title": "Laser pulses bring order to a quantum material's tiny electrical regions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/laser-pulses-bring-order-to-a-quantum-materials-tiny-electrical",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-15T17:00:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-laser-pulses-quantum-material-tiny.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Physicists at Auburn University have used flashes of laser light to bring order to tiny electrically charged \"islands\" inside a crystal. The discovery helps answer a decades-old question about how the material organizes itself and shows how light could be used to control its behavior—a step toward exploring new technologies for processing and storing information.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}