Fluid Mechanics Discovery Inspired by Street Performers Making Gigantic Soap Bubbles
Physics of giant bubbles burst a secret of fluid mechanics that may help the flow of oil through pipes. A study inspired by street performers…
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Theoretical Physicists Find Deep Link Between Quantum Entanglement and Thermalization
How Supercomputers Helped Link Quantum Entanglement to Cold Coffee Theoretical physicists from Trinity have found a deep link between one of the most striking features…
Light Trapped in Nanoresonators for Record Time – Could Enable Night Vision Devices
The reference particle captured light for a time exceeding 200 periods of one wave oscillation, 20-40 times longer than usual; this opens new perspectives in…
‘Zee Burst’ – Ghost Particles Studied Through Ultra-High Energy Events
With ‘Zee burst,’ physicists propose new resonance beyond the standard model. Physicists at Washington University in St. Louis have proposed a way to use data…
Exploring Strangeness in the Universe’s First Ten Microseconds
Having studied quark-gluon plasma since the late 1970s, Dr. Johann Rafelski summarizes the evolution in our understanding of the exotic quark signature of this primordial…
Ultrafast Microscope Works Like an HD Camera for the Quantum World
Processes taking place inside tiny electronic components or in molecules can now be filmed at a resolution of a few hundred attoseconds and down to…
Quantum Logic Spectroscopy Unlocks Potential of Highly Charged Ions
Atomic frequencies measured with 100 million times higher resolution. Scientists from the PTB and the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (MPIK), both Germany, have…
Detection of Terahertz Electromagnetic Waves Could Revolutionize Electronics
University of California Riverside-led research has applications in ultrafast and spin-based nanoscale devices. A team of physicists has discovered an electrical detection method for terahertz…
Intriguing New Result From the Large Hadron Collider May Signal a Crack in the Standard Model
For the first time, LHCb uses beauty baryons to test this key principle of the Standard Model. The Large Hadron Collider beauty experiment (LHCb) collaboration…
On the Way to Quantum Networks: Record Setting 20km Entanglement Over Optical Fiber
Physicists at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), together with colleagues at Saarland University, have successfully demonstrated the transport of an entangled state between an…
Laser Doppler Velocimetry Delivers New Insights Into Mysterious Fluid Motions
Scientists gain a deeper understanding of turbulent and transitional pipe flows. Water issuing from an ordinary faucet tells a complex tale of its journey through…
Multi-Dimensional Quantum Communications With Twisted Light Across Optical Fiber Networks
A team from Wits (South Africa) and HUST (China) show that multi-dimensional quantum communications with twisted light is possible down legacy fiber networks. New research…
Record-Breaking Terahertz Laser Beam Turns Air Into Glowing Plasma
A new, extremely efficient source of terahertz radiation has been developed at TU Wien (Vienna): Lasers turn air into plasma, thereby producing terahertz rays for…
New Kirigami (Folded Paper) Designs Support 14,000 Times Their Own Weight
A team of researchers found that using the origami-inspired art of paper cutting and folding, it is possible to create super strong models from lightweight…
Physics Shows That Imperfections Make Perfect: Systems Can Synchronize Only When Individual Parts Are Mismatched
Northwestern University researchers have added a new dimension to the importance of diversity. For the first time, physicists have experimentally demonstrated that certain systems with…
Direct Evidence of Entanglement’s Role in Quantum Criticality Found in ‘Strange Metal’
Study Finds Billions of Quantum Entangled Electrons in ‘Strange Metal’ In a new study, U.S. and Austrian physicists have observed quantum entanglement among “billions of…
New Insights Into the Mysterious Atomic-Level Movement of Water Molecules
Water is all around us and essential for life. Nevertheless, research into its behavior at the atomic level – above all how it interacts with…
50-Year-Old Mechanics Puzzle Solved: Physicists Prove 2D and 3D Liquids Are Fundamentally Different
A 50-year-old puzzle in statistical mechanics has been solved by an international team of researchers who have proved that two-dimensional (2D) liquids have fundamentally different…