Invisible Quantum Weirdness Enables Heat Energy to Travel Through Complete Vacuum
Heat Energy Leaps Through Empty Space, Thanks to Quantum Fluctuations If you use a vacuum-insulated thermos to help keep your coffee hot, you may know…
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Space-Time Phase Modulated Metasurface Makes Light Reflect Only in One Direction
Light propagation is usually reciprocal, meaning that the trajectory of light traveling in one direction is identical to that in the opposite direction. Breaking reciprocity…
‘Cheerios Effect’ Forces Directly Measured for the First Time
There’s an interesting fluid dynamics phenomenon that happens every morning in millions of cereal bowls. When there are just a few bits of cereal left…
Discovery Reveals Tractionless Self-Propulsion Is Possible
In an article published in Physical Review Letters on December 13, 2019, Bristol scientists have answered the fundamental question: “Is it possible to move without…
Taking an X-Ray of an Atomic Bond – Unlocking Potential of Engineering Materials at Atomic Level
Understanding the behavior of materials at their interfaces — where they connect to and interact with other materials — is central to engineering a variety…
New Ghost Imaging Nanoscopy Approach Captures the Details of Processes Occurring in Living Cells
Ghost imaging speeds up super-resolution microscopy: New nanoscopy approach poised to capture biological processes occurring inside cells at submillisecond speeds. Researchers have used advanced imaging…
New Photonics Breakthrough Could Lead to Unprecedented Internet Data Speeds
A new approach to trapping light in artificial photonic materials by a City College of New York-led team could lead to a tremendous boost in…
Nanoscale Quantum Sensors Image Stress and Magnetism at High Pressures
Tiny Quantum Sensors Made From Atomic Flaws Inside Diamond Anvils Watch Materials Transform Under Pressure Scientists at Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley convert diamonds’ atomic flaws…
New Laser Quantum Imager Lives Its Life a Trillionth of a Second at a Time
Technique captures a process that commonly causes electrical resistance in materials while, in others, can cause the absence of resistance, or superconductivity. For the first…
New Technique for Studying Ultrafast Events in Individual Quantum Dots
Ultrafast Stimulated Emission Microscopy of Single Nanocrystals The ability to investigate the dynamics of single particle at the nano-scale and femtosecond level remained an unfathomed…
Has Physics Ever Been Deterministic? New Insights on the Relationship Between Classical and Quantum Physics
Researchers from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the University of Vienna and the University of Geneva, have proposed a new interpretation of classical physics without…
Breakthrough in Development of Gamma-Ray Lasers – Useful in Medicine and Spacecraft Propulsion
Calculations by University of California Riverside’s Allen Mills predict metastable positronium bubbles in liquid helium. A physicist at the University of California, Riverside, has performed…
Scientists Invent Way to See Fastest Motions of Electrons That Drive Chemistry for the First Time
Scientists invent a way to see attosecond electron motions with an X-ray laser. Called XLEAP, the new method developed by SLAC will provide sharp views…
Shattered Argon Pellet Injection Technology for Fusion Reactors
As scientists study approaches to best sustain a fusion reactor, a team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory investigated injecting shattered argon pellets into a…
Using Quantum Mechanics to Trigger Atomic Fusion
Fusion by strong lasers: HZDR scientists want to use quantum mechanics to trigger the fusion of atomic nuclei at lower energies. Nuclear physics usually involves…
Magnetic Resonance Explained by Simple Experiment
University of California, Riverside, physics students design a table-top experiment for the classroom. Physicists at University of California, Riverside, have designed an experiment to explain…
Blowing Bubbles: New Way to Launch and Drive Current in Fusion Plasmas Confirmed
An obstacle to generating fusion reactions inside facilities called tokamaks is that producing the current in plasma that helps create confining magnetic fields happens in…
A Playground for Exotic Physics, A Platform for Stable Quantum Computing
Recent research settles a long-standing debate. Move over Godzilla vs. King Kong — this is the crossover event you’ve been waiting for. Well, at least…
