Break in Temporal Symmetry Produces Molecules That Can Encode Information
Theoretical findings in a study performed by researchers with FAPESP’s support and published in Scientific Reports could be exploited in the development of quantum computing….
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Cutting Edge AI Learns to Model Our Universe
Researchers have successfully created a model of the Universe using artificial intelligence, reports a new study. Researchers seek to understand our Universe by making model…
Defrosting Surfaces in Seconds at 100x Efficiency
A group of researchers has devised a method of sliding ice and frost off surfaces by melting the interfacial layer directly. In the future, a…
Physicists Create Device for Imitating Biological Memory
Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have created a device that acts like a synapse in the living brain, storing information and…
Clever Experiment on Single Atoms Advances Understanding of Dark Matter
An experiment to test a popular theory of dark energy has found no evidence of new forces, placing strong constraints on related theories. Dark energy…
Physicists Use Silicon Nanoblades to Harvest Energy From Waste Heat
Nanoblades could reshape how circuits are cooled and provide a better way of converting waste heat. A University of Texas at Dallas physicist has teamed…
Physicists Create World’s Smallest Engine – 10 Billion Times Smaller Than a Car Engine
Theoretical physicists at Trinity are among an international collaboration that has built the world’s smallest engine – which, as a single calcium ion, is approximately…
Complex Quantum Teleportation Achieved for the First Time
Austrian and Chinese scientists have succeeded in teleporting three-dimensional quantum states for the first time. High-dimensional teleportation could play an important role in future quantum…
Physicists’ Discovery Helps Theory of Quantum Gravity Move Forward
The theories of quantum mechanics and gravity are notorious for being incompatible, despite the efforts of scores of physicists over the past fifty years. However,…
New Technique Streamlines Design of Intricate Fusion Devices
Stellarators, twisty machines that house fusion reactions, rely on complex magnetic coils that are challenging to design and build. Now, a physicist at the U.S….
After 127 Years, Physics Riddle Finally Solved
Researcher proves that boat wakes can be skewed. He solved a 127-year-old physics problem on paper and proved that off-centered boat wakes could exist. Five…
Physicists Design Experiment to Pin Down the Origin of the Elements
With help from next-generation particle accelerators, the approach may nail down the rate of oxygen production in the universe. Nearly all of the oxygen in…
Unraveling One of the Greatest Mysteries in Condensed Matter Physics
Illinois and SLAC researchers use a new technique. One of the greatest mysteries in condensed matter physics is the exact relationship between charge order and…
Superconductor Discovery Comes From Disorder
Useful chaos — introduced disorder improves superconductivity. Discovered more than 100 years ago, superconductivity continues to captivate scientists who seek to develop components for highly…
Scientific Breakthrough: New State of Matter Discovered
A team of physicists has uncovered a new state of matter—a breakthrough that offers promise for increasing storage capabilities in electronic devices and enhancing quantum…
Ultracold Quantum Particles Break Classical Symmetry
Experiments in quantum physics confirm theoretically predicted deviation. Many phenomena of the natural world evidence symmetries in their dynamic evolution which help researchers to better…
Chameleon Theory Could Change How Scientists Think About Gravity
Einstein’s theory of General Relativity is world famous – but it might not be the only way to explain how gravity works and how galaxies…
Physicists Develop New Tool for Identifying Phases of Matter
Even if you’re not a physicist, phases of matter … really matter. They’re the distinct physical forms taken on by all the “stuff” in the…