Bizarre Breakthrough – Scientists Discover Unusual “Floppy” Crystals
When it comes to crystals, we tend to imagine solid, rigid structures with distinct, repeating patterns, such as ice, salt, and quartz. However, new research…
When it comes to crystals, we tend to imagine solid, rigid structures with distinct, repeating patterns, such as ice, salt, and quartz. However, new research…
Chinese scientists have created the first ambient-temperature superionic hydride ion conductor, enabling advancements in clean energy storage and electrochemical conversion technologies. Chinese scientists have developed…
Smart surfaces mimic elusive photonic time crystals. Scientists have created two-dimensional photonic time crystals that amplify light, with potential applications in improving wireless communications and…
India has approved the construction of LIGO-India, a gravitational-wave observatory that will join a global network, enhancing the ability to pinpoint sources of gravitational waves…
Physicists from the University of Utrecht and the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw have observed — for the first time experimentally —…
Researchers at ETH Zurich have created the heaviest Schrödinger cat to date by putting a crystal in a superposition of two oscillation states. Their results…
Putting hydrogen on solid ground: simulations with a machine learning model predict a new phase of solid hydrogen. A machine-learning technique developed by University of…
New findings from Jefferson Laboratory shed light on the process of forming strange matter from ordinary matter. Nuclear physicists have made a groundbreaking discovery through…
The MINERvA experiment at Fermilab, utilizing the NuMI beam, has made the first precise depiction of a proton using neutrinos instead of light as the…
Physicists relate the quantum property of ‘magic’ to the chaotic nature of black holes for the first time. A quantum property dubbed ‘magic’ could be…
A novel approach for predicting the behavior of quantum systems provides an important tool for real-world applications of quantum technology. Scientists have discovered a method…
A research team has developed a technique for room-temperature all-solid-state hydride cells, which could enable advanced clean energy storage and conversion technologies. By introducing defects…
New material properties, at lightning speed and on demand – this vision moves a step closer thanks to recent findings from a pan-European physics research…
Physicists have recreated the double-slit experiment in time rather than space, using materials that change their optical properties in femtoseconds. This research could lead to…
A hidden pattern of electrons could provide clues to exotic quantum behavior. Hidden stripes in a crystal could help scientists understand the mysterious behavior of…
An international team, headed by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), has created a quantum material that allows the fabric of the space inhabited by electrons…
Where does the Higgs boson come from? The CERN Theoretical Physics department hosted a workshop to explore unconventional explanations for the Higgs boson’s properties and…
The observation brings physicists a step closer to finding the origin of collective phenomena in small collision systems. In a significant discovery, the ALICE collaboration…