IceCube Collaboration Announces New Observations on Cosmic Neutrinos and Dark Matter
The IceCube Collaboration and DM-Ice have announced new observations on cosmic neutrinos and the nature of dark matter. Yale University physicists are part of two…
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Physicists Spawn Rings of Exceptional Points Out of Dirac Cones
Physicists outline a new concept called the “exceptional ring.” Optics research just got a bit more exceptional, and the world may benefit. Physicists have long…
Plasma Wakefield Acceleration, A Step Toward Smaller Particle Colliders
In a new study, researchers detail how a technique called plasma wakefield acceleration could enable them to build more economical particle colliders. A study led…
Physicists Create a Magnetic Wormhole for the First Time
Physicists have created the first experimental wormhole that can connect two regions of space magnetically. It consists of a tunnel that transfers the magnetic field…
Physicists Successfully Demonstrated the Squeezing of Individual Light Particles
Using an artificially constructed atom, known as a semiconductor quantum dot, a team of physicists has successfully demonstrated the squeezing of individual light particles. A…
New CERN Study Suggests Subatomic Particles Could Defy the Standard Model
New research from physicists working at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider shows evidence of leptons acting out against time-tested predictions, suggesting that subatomic particles may defy…
Physicists Observe and Control Quantum Motion
For the first time, a team of physicists has discovered a way to observe and control quantum motion of an object that is large enough…
IceCube Collaboration Confirms Cosmic Neutrino Sighting
Using data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, scientists have confirmed the existence of astrophysical neutrinos from our galaxy as well as cosmic neutrinos from sources…
UCLA Physicists Use Cold Atoms to Probe Dark Energy
A team of physicists reproduced the low-density conditions of space to precisely measure dark energy, helping to reveal how strongly dark energy interacts with normal…
CERN Experiments Reveal No Difference in Mass of Proton and Antiproton
The most precise experiments ever to compare the mass of the proton and antiproton reveal no difference between the particles, determining that the masses of…
“Proximity Magnetism” Could Be a Building Block for Quantum Computers
Researchers reveal an unusual magnetic behavior that could be used to probe a variety of exotic physical phenomena, and could ultimately be used to produce…
Scientists Predict Material with Record-Setting Melting Point, More Than 4,400 Kelvins
Scientists at Brown University predict that a material made from hafnium, nitrogen, and carbon would have the highest known melting point, about two-thirds the temperature…
New Design Could Finally Help Bring Fusion Power Closer to Reality
Advances in magnet technology have enabled MIT scientists to propose a new design for a practical compact tokamak fusion reactor. It’s an old joke that…
MIT Physicists Create a Superfluid in a Record-High Magnetic Field
Physicists from MIT have created a superfluid gas, the so-called Bose-Einstein condensate, for the first time in an extremely high magnetic field. The magnetic field…
Physicists Observe Weyl Points for the First Time
An international team of physicists has confirmed for the first time the experimental observation of Weyl points. Part of a 1929 prediction by physicist Hermann…
How Electrical Charge Carriers Move in Conjugated Polymers
In a newly published study scientists from MIT and Brookhaven National Laboratory reveal how electrical charge carriers move in conjugated polymers, potentially opening up further…
CERN Reports Observation of Pentaquark Particles
Physicists at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider have reported the discovery of a class of particles known as pentaquarks. “The pentaquark is not just any new…
MIT Engineers Explain Why Puddles Stop Spreading
New research from engineers at MIT helps explain the science of why puddles stop spreading. When you spill a bit of water onto a tabletop,…