Researchers Use Light to Control High-Speed Chemical Reactions in a New Way
Many natural and synthetic chemical systems react and change their properties in the presence of certain kinds of light. These reactions can occur too quickly…
Many natural and synthetic chemical systems react and change their properties in the presence of certain kinds of light. These reactions can occur too quickly…
New findings from University of Kansas experimental nuclear physicists Daniel Tapia Takaki and Aleksandr (Sasha) Bylinkin were just published in the European Physical Journal C….
Scientists measure precise proton radius to help resolve decade-old puzzle, resulting in York University research that confirms protons are smaller than expected. York University researchers…
Observation of the predicted non-Abelian Aharonov-Bohm Effect may offer step toward fault-tolerant quantum computers. An exotic physical phenomenon, involving optical waves, synthetic magnetic fields, and…
Airplane wings, wind turbines, and indoor heating systems all struggle under the weight and chill of ice. Defrosting and de-icing techniques are energy-intensive, however, and…
An explosion is a complex event involving quickly changing temperatures, pressures, and chemical concentrations. In a paper in the Journal of Applied Physics, from AIP…
Theoretical findings in a study performed by researchers with FAPESP’s support and published in Scientific Reports could be exploited in the development of quantum computing….
Researchers have successfully created a model of the Universe using artificial intelligence, reports a new study. Researchers seek to understand our Universe by making model…
A group of researchers has devised a method of sliding ice and frost off surfaces by melting the interfacial layer directly. In the future, a…
Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have created a device that acts like a synapse in the living brain, storing information and…
An experiment to test a popular theory of dark energy has found no evidence of new forces, placing strong constraints on related theories. Dark energy…
Nanoblades could reshape how circuits are cooled and provide a better way of converting waste heat. A University of Texas at Dallas physicist has teamed…
Theoretical physicists at Trinity are among an international collaboration that has built the world’s smallest engine – which, as a single calcium ion, is approximately…
Austrian and Chinese scientists have succeeded in teleporting three-dimensional quantum states for the first time. High-dimensional teleportation could play an important role in future quantum…
The theories of quantum mechanics and gravity are notorious for being incompatible, despite the efforts of scores of physicists over the past fifty years. However,…
Stellarators, twisty machines that house fusion reactions, rely on complex magnetic coils that are challenging to design and build. Now, a physicist at the U.S….
Researcher proves that boat wakes can be skewed. He solved a 127-year-old physics problem on paper and proved that off-centered boat wakes could exist. Five…
With help from next-generation particle accelerators, the approach may nail down the rate of oxygen production in the universe. Nearly all of the oxygen in…