Stumping the Best Scientists for 50 Years: Physicists Solve a Lightning Mystery
Approximately 8.6 million lightning strikes take place each day all over the planet, each moving at a speed of more than 320,000 kilometers per hour…
Approximately 8.6 million lightning strikes take place each day all over the planet, each moving at a speed of more than 320,000 kilometers per hour…
Researchers use an optoelectronic resonator to increase the sensitivity of an electron pulse detector, which may lead to ultrafast electronic characterization of proteins and materials….
A new model for matter in neutron star collisions. After a massive star burns its fuel and explodes as a supernova, an exceedingly compact object…
Quantum entanglement is a phenomenon in which the quantum states of two or more objects become correlated, meaning that the state of one object can…
For the first time, scientists formed a charged rare earth molecule on a metal surface and rotated it using scanning tunneling microscopy. Scientists from Ohio…
A Peculiar Protected Structure Links Viking Knots With Quantum Vortices A vortex structure that is impervious to decay has been identified through mathematical analysis. In…
Physicists observe wormhole dynamics using a quantum computer in a step toward studying quantum gravity in the lab. For the first time, scientists have developed…
Explainable AI-Based Physical Theory for Advanced Materials Design Scientists develop an “extended Landau free energy model” for causal analysis and visualization in nano-magnetic devices with…
Researchers discover that ions behave differently in fusion reactions. Ions behave differently in fusion reactions than previously expected, according to new findings by scientists at…
A tenfold increase in electron holography sensitivity exposes the net charge in a single platinum nanoparticle with a precision of just one electron. If you…
Osaka University researchers show the relativistic contraction of an electric field produced by fast-moving charged particles, as predicted by Einstein’s theory, which can help improve radiation and…
Stability in Asymmetry By breaking the symmetry of their environment, scientists demonstrate a new technique for extending the length of time qubits can retain information….
Scientists have successfully conducted the world’s first room-temperature continuous-wave lasing of a deep-ultraviolet laser diode (wavelengths down to UV-C region). These results represent a step…
The theory of acoustic levitation is extended by new research, which also highlights potential uses. Sound waves, like an invisible pair of tweezers, can be…
For the first time, physicists have experimentally demonstrated that there is a negative correlation between the two spins of an entangled pair of electrons from…
Researchers from Dresden and Vienna reveal a link between the connectivity of three-dimensional structures in tissues and the emergence of their architecture to help scientists…
Contact electrification (CE) was humanity’s earliest and sole source of electricity until about the 18th century, but its real nature remains a mystery. Today, it…
Physicists have created the first Bose-Einstein condensate — the mysterious “fifth state” of matter — made from quasiparticles. These are entities that do not count…