Solving Complex Physics Problems at Lightning Speed – 20 Years of Calculations in 1 Hour
A calculation so complex that it takes twenty years to complete on a powerful desktop computer can now be done in one hour on a…
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A Powerful Ion Microscope Developed to Study Quantum Gases
University of Stuttgart researchers developed a particle-based imaging approach that enables the spatially and temporally resolved investigation of vastly different systems such as ground-state samples,…
Physicists Guide a Single Ion Through a Bose-Einstein Condensate
Transport processes are ubiquitous in nature but still raise many questions. The research team around Florian Meinert from the 5th Institute of Physics at the…
Hyperchaos Phenomenon Used to Model Complex Quantum Systems at a Fraction of the Computing Power
Physicists have discovered a potentially game-changing feature of quantum bit behavior that would allow scientists to simulate complex quantum systems without the need for enormous…
New Rocket Thruster Concept Exploits the Mechanism Behind Solar Flares
A new type of rocket thruster that could take humankind to Mars and beyond has been proposed by a physicist at the U.S. Department of…
Record-Breaking Source for Single Photons Developed That Can Produce Billions of Quantum Particles per Second
Researchers at the University of Basel and Ruhr University Bochum have developed a source of single photons that can produce billions of these quantum particles…
How Heavy Is Dark Matter? For the First Time Scientists Radically Narrow the Potential Mass Range
Scientists have calculated the mass range for Dark Matter – and it’s tighter than the science world thought. Their findings – due to be published…
Efficiently Converting Light Energy Into Surface Waves on Graphene
Dotty graphene and doping: Whatever it takes for Russia’s record plasmonics to shine. Physicists from MIPT and Vladimir State University, Russia, have achieved a nearly…
New Turbulence Model Could Help Design Aircraft Capable of Handling Extreme Conditions
Engineers make it possible to simulate complete ‘dance’ of colliding vortices at reduced computational time. In 2018, passengers onboard a flight to Australia experienced a…
Laser Transformation of Crystal Structures in Super Slow Motion
Physicists from Göttingen first to succeed in filming a phase transition with extremely high spatial and temporal resolution. Laser beams can be used to change…
Light-Induced Twisting of Weyl Nodes Switches on Giant Electron Current – Useful for Spintronics and Quantum Computing
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory and collaborators at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the University of Alabama at Birmingham have discovered a…
A Frankenstein of Order and Chaos: Researchers Discover a Hybrid Quantum System
Normally the word “chaos” evokes a lack of order: a hectic day, a teenager’s bedroom, tax season. And the physical understanding of chaos is not…
Do Simulations Actually Represent the Real World at the Atomic Scale?
Multidisciplinary research team develops new strategy for validating computer simulations. Computer simulations hold tremendous promise to accelerate the molecular engineering of green energy technologies, such…
Egg Experiment Reveals Scrambling of the Brain on Impact to Find Answers About Concussions
Put to the test, impact from rotational deceleration causes tremendous egg yolk deformation. What causes brain concussions? Is it direct translational or rotational impact? This…
Scientists Use Nanoscale Diamonds to Generate More Efficient Accelerator Beams
Beam-driven wakefield acceleration approaches are promising candidates for future large-scale machines, including X-ray free electron lasers and linear colliders, as they have the potential to…
Ultimate Precision: Scientists Reach Limit of Multi-Parameter Quantum Measurement With Zero Trade-Off
Real-life applications like magnetometry or quantum gyroscope typically involve precise measurement on multiple parameters. How to achieve the ultimate precision limits simultaneously is a long…
Unusual Quantum Phenomena: Physicists Observe Competition Between Magnetic Orders
Nature study: research team from the University of Bonn gains insights into novel quantum phenomena. They are as thin as a hair, only a hundred…
Improving LIDAR and GPS: Breaking Through the Resolution Barrier With Quantum-Limited Precision
Researchers at Paderborn University have developed a new method of distance measurement for systems such as GPS, which achieves more precise results than ever before….