Technique captures a process that commonly causes electrical resistance in materials while, in others, can cause the absence of resistance, or superconductivity. For the first…
Ultrafast Stimulated Emission Microscopy of Single Nanocrystals The ability to investigate the dynamics of single particle at the nano-scale and femtosecond level remained an unfathomed…
Researchers from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the University of Vienna and the University of Geneva, have proposed a new interpretation of classical physics without…
Calculations by University of California Riverside’s Allen Mills predict metastable positronium bubbles in liquid helium. A physicist at the University of California, Riverside, has performed…
Scientists invent a way to see attosecond electron motions with an X-ray laser. Called XLEAP, the new method developed by SLAC will provide sharp views…
As scientists study approaches to best sustain a fusion reactor, a team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory investigated injecting shattered argon pellets into a…
Fusion by strong lasers: HZDR scientists want to use quantum mechanics to trigger the fusion of atomic nuclei at lower energies. Nuclear physics usually involves…
University of California, Riverside, physics students design a table-top experiment for the classroom. Physicists at University of California, Riverside, have designed an experiment to explain…
An obstacle to generating fusion reactions inside facilities called tokamaks is that producing the current in plasma that helps create confining magnetic fields happens in…
Recent research settles a long-standing debate. Move over Godzilla vs. King Kong — this is the crossover event you’ve been waiting for. Well, at least…
New instrument extends LIGO’s reach: Technology “squeezes” out quantum noise so more gravitational wave signals can be detected. Just a year ago, the National Science…
The first sub-femtosecond study of the linear photon momentum transfer during an ionization process provides unprecedented insight into the birth of photoelectrons. The interaction between…
It reveals an abrupt transition in cuprates where particles give up their individuality; the results flip a popular theory on its head. Every character has…
PTB scientists have developed a new primary method for the measurement of pressure based on electrical measurements carried out on helium gas. Scientists from the…
An École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Bachelor’s student has solved a mystery that has puzzled scientists for 100 years. He discovered why gas bubbles…
Solving the thermoelectric ‘trade-off’ conundrum in metallic carbon nanotubes with strategy to bypass trade-off between thermoelectric voltage and conductivity. Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have…
Additional evidence of an unknown particle from a Hungarian lab gives a new impetus to NA64 searches. Fresh evidence of an unknown particle that could…
The field of magnetic fusion research has mysteries to spare. How to confine turbulent plasma fuel in a donut-shaped vacuum chamber, making it hot and…