New Dark Matter Detector Will Be 100 Times More Sensitive to Dark Matter
A team of scientists is building a supersized version of the dark matter detector Lux, called Lux-Zeplin, which will be roughly 100 times more sensitive…
Physics
Researchers Demonstrate Superconductivity without Cooling
New research details how scientists used an infrared laser pulse to briefly modify the structure of a high-temperature superconductor, removing its electrical resistance at room…
A Pulsar Orbiting a Black Hole Could be the ‘Holy Grail’ for Testing Gravity
A new study examines in what sense a neutron star-black hole binary could the ‘holy grail’ for testing gravity. The intermittent light emitted by pulsars,…
Engineers Move Toward Using Light Instead of Wires Inside Computers
Using a new algorithm, engineers from Stanford University have developed a prism-like device that can split a beam of light into different colors and bend…
Study Investigates Interaction between the Higgs Particle and Gravity
A newly published study details how the spacetime curvature provided the stability needed for the universe to survive after the Big Bang. Studies of the…
Scientists Develop a Nanolamp with a Lightning-Fast Switch
Scientists have developed a light source which converts an electrical voltage pulse into a light pulse by means of a single molecule, possibly serving as…
The Future of Astrophysical Neutrino Measurements
An international team of scientists has published an extensive report on the future of astrophysical neutrino measurements, discussing how facilities that measure the microwave background…
Physicists Demonstrate Control of a Two-Qubit System
In a newly published study, UCSB physicists demonstrate the high level of controllability needed to explore ideas in quantum simulations. While the Martinis Lab at…
New Theory Suggests Quantum Effects Caused by Interacting Parallel Worlds
A new theory of quantum mechanics presumes not only that parallel worlds exist, but also that their mutual interaction is what gives rise to all…
New Approach May Enable Portable Atomic Clocks
A team of researchers from MIT and Draper Laboratory has developed a new approach to atomic timekeeping that may enable more stable and accurate portable…
Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Milestone
Researchers hit a milestone in demonstrating the practicality of plasma wakefield acceleration, boosting bunches of electrons to energies 400 to 500 times higher than they…
Scientists Use String Field Theory to Validate Quantum Mechanics
A new study uses string field theory to try to validate quantum mechanics, proposing a link that could open the door to using string field…
CWRU Theoretical Physicists Suggest Dark Matter May Be Massive
In a new study, theoretical physicists from Case Western Reserve University suggest that dark matter may be massive and that the Standard Model may account…
Physicists Propose Existence of Parallel Universes, Challenge Quantum Science
In a newly published study, physicists propose that parallel universes really exist and that they interact and influence one another by a subtle force of…
New Research Suggests Electron Wave Function Can Be Split and Trapped
A newly published study from Brown University suggests that the quantum state of an electron — the electron’s wave function — can be shattered into…
Physicists Produce New Evidence for an Exotic Superconducting State
A newly published study led by Brown University reveals new evidence for an exotic superconducting state that can arise when a superconductor is exposed to…
Chip-Scale Device Enables Yale Engineers to ‘See Without Looking’
Engineers at the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science have developed a chip-scale device that uses the wave-particle duality of single photons to sense…
Mysterious Signal – A Potential Indication of Dark Matter
New research from the University of Leicester provides the first potential indication of the direct detection of Dark Matter. Space scientists at the University of…