X-ray Laser Reveals Ultrafast Chemistry in Motion
Researchers at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory used SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source X-ray Laser to measure atomic-scale details of how ring-shaped gas molecules break…
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“Black-Hole-Scope” Provides Insight into Space Directly Surrounding a Supermassive Black Hole
Astronomers used the magnifying effect of the stars to ‘zoom in’ on galaxy PKS 1830-211, revealing very small structures in the distant galaxy. The Integral,…
Hyperentanglement Allows Photons to Carry More Data
By slicing up and entangle each photon pair into multiple dimensions, researchers from UCLA have demonstrated a new way to harness light particles. A team…
Cryogenic Storage Ring Reproduces the Chemical Conditions of Space
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics conducted initial experiments in the Cryogenic Storage Ring. The Cryogenic Storage Ring can reproduce the chemical…
MIT Physicists Create Ultracold Molecules of 23Na40K
A team of physicists from MIT has successfully cooled molecules in a gas of sodium potassium (NaK) to a temperature of 500 nanokelvins, creating ultracold…
Engineers Develop a Computer That Operates on Water
Researchers at Stanford University have developed a synchronous computer that operates using the unique physics of moving water droplets. Their goal is to design a…
Researchers Developed a Frictional Interface at the Atomic Level
Scientists from MIT have developed a frictional interface at the atomic level. The new technique tunes friction between two surfaces, to the point where friction…
Researchers Develop a New Quantum Error Correcting Code
A team of researchers from MIT, Google, the University of Sydney, and Cornell University present a new quantum error correcting code that requires measurements of…
Physicists Build a Quantum-Gas Microscope for Fermionic Atoms
A team of physicists has built a microscope that is able to freeze and image 1,000 individual fermionic atoms at once. Fermions are the building…
Physicists Corral Electrons Using a New Quantum Tool
A newly published study details how physicists from MIT used a new “whispering gallery” effect to confine electrons in a nanoscale circular cavity in graphene….
New Tabletop Detector Identifies Single Electrons
A new tabletop particle detector is able to identify single electrons in a radioactive gas, a big step toward measuring the mass of a neutrino….
Physicists Make Objects Invisible without Metamaterial Cloaking
A team of physicists has managed to make homogenous cylindrical objects completely invisible in the microwave range without relying on metamaterial coatings. The method is…
First Data from Ultra-Cold Neutrino Experiment
Physicists have announced the first scientific results from the Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events experiment, which is designed to confirm the existence of the…
New Entanglement Technique Could Make Atomic Clocks More Accurate
Researchers have developed a new technique that can entangle thousands of atoms with a single photon, opening the door to a new class of entangled…
Quantum Experiment Verifies Nonlocal Wavefunction Collapse for a Single Particle
Physicists from Griffith University have demonstrated “spooky action at a distance” for the first time with no efficiency loophole by splitting a single photon between…
Experimental Evidence That Stars May Generate Sound
A chance discovery by a team of physicists has provided experimental evidence that stars may generate sound. The study of fluids in motion – now…
Researchers Hope To Provide New Insights Into Quantum Gravity
A new grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation will help fund experiments at Yale University that may provide new insights into quantum gravity. Yale University…
Entanglement Can Improve Optical Sensor Performance
A new study from MIT demonstrates that entanglement can improve the performance of optical sensors, even when it doesn’t survive light’s interaction with the environment….