Researchers Reveal the Origin of Water’s Unusual Properties
Using x-ray lasers, researchers at Stockholm University have been able to map out how water fluctuates between two different states when it is cooled. At…
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Physicists Chart the ‘Secret’ Movement of Quantum Particles
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have taken a peek into the secretive domain of quantum mechanics. In a theoretical paper published in the journal…
Physicists Discover the Temperature at Which Carbon Nanotubes Become Superconductors
Scientists from Ural Federal University (UrFU) together with their colleagues from Lomonosov Moscow State University found out the mathematical method to calculate the temperature at…
Ion-Trap Technologies Are Suitable for Building Large-Scale Quantum Computers
A study led by physicists at Swansea University in Wales, carried out by an international team of researchers and published in the journal Physical Review…
Graphene Flagship Paves the Way for New Spintronic Logic Devices
The strong collaborative ethos of the Graphene Flagship is accelerating developments in new technologies based on graphene – the single-atom-thick allotrope of carbon – and…
The Amazing Properties of Cornstarch and Water
At the right ratio, a blend of water and cornstarch displays some mysterious qualities. It’s a liquid until you throw a bowling ball on it….
Physicists Discover New Form of Matter, Excitonium
Abbamonte group achieves first-ever measurement of excitonium collective modes and first observation of soft plasmon in any material. Excitonium has a team of researchers at…
Kiel Physicists Store Data on a Single Molecule
Over the past few years, the building blocks of storage media have gotten ever smaller. But further miniaturization of the current technology is hindered by…
Researchers Decode the Mechanics of Platelet-Matrix Composites
How a material breaks may be the most important property to consider when designing layered composites that mimic those found in nature. A method by…
Quantum Simulator Could Shed Light on a Host of Complex Processes
Programming a computer is generally a fairly arduous process, involving hours of coding, not to mention the laborious work of debugging, testing, and documenting to…
Physicists Demonstrate A New Way To Manipulate Quantum Bits of Matter
Physicists at MIT and Harvard University have demonstrated a new way to manipulate quantum bits of matter. In a paper published today in the journal…
MIT Physicists Develop a Faster Way to Make Bose-Einstein Condensates
Using a new process of laser cooling, MIT physicists have invented a new technique to cool atoms into condensates faster than the conventional method while…
Los Alamos Uses Quantum Dots to Successfully Amplify Light
In a new study, Los Alamos researchers have shown that they can successfully amplify light using electrically excited films of the chemically synthesized semiconductor nanocrystals…
HAWC Collaboration Sheds Light on Antimatter Puzzle
A mountaintop observatory about four hours east of Mexico City, built and operated by an international team of scientists, has captured the first wide-angle view…
A New Technique to Map Energy and Momentum of Electrons
For the first time, physicists have developed a technique that can peer deep beneath the surface of a material to identify the energies and momenta…
NIST Physicist Asks, “What is the Computational Power of the Cosmos?”
Can a close look at the universe give us solutions to problems too difficult even for a planet-sized computer to solve? In this video,The Computational…
New MIT Study Details How Droplets Can “Levitate” on Liquid Surfaces
A drop or two of cold cream in hot coffee can go a long way toward improving one’s morning. But what if the two liquids…
Laser-Produced Plasma Sheds Light on Cosmic Rays, Solar Eruptions
Scientists reveal that laser-produced plasma can provide insight into bursts of subatomic particles that occur in deep space. Such findings could help scientists understand cosmic…