KATRIN Breakthrough Expands Understanding of Elusive Neutrino Particles
An international team of scientists has announced a breakthrough in its quest to measure the mass of the neutrino, one of the most abundant, yet…
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Matter Without Antimatter? Closing In on Elusive Particles.
Major steps forward in understanding neutrino properties. In the quest to prove that matter can be produced without antimatter, the GERDA experiment at the Gran…
New Method for Detecting the Invisible Properties of Nano-Structured Light Fields
Researchers combine nano-optics and organic chemistry to measure complex light landscapes in the tight focus of a laser beam in a study published in Nature…
New Hunt for Dark Matter – This Time With Lasers
Physicists theorize a novel way to explore the nature of dark matter with lasers. Dark matter is only known by its effect on massive astronomical…
Micius Quantum Satellite Shows Bridge Between Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity Still Possible
Quantum mechanics and the general theory of relativity form the bedrock of the current understanding of physics — yet the two theories don’t seem to…
Scientists Closing In on “Holy Grail” of Room Temperature Quantum Computing Chips
Photons interact on chip-based system with unprecedented efficiency. To process information, photons must interact. However, these tiny packets of light want nothing to do with…
Physicists at MIT Shave Estimate of Mass of Neutrino “Ghost Particle” in Half
Joseph Formaggio explains the discovery that the ghostly particle must be no more than 1 electronvolt, half as massive as previously thought. An international team…
New Tool to Probe Fundamental Matter – Quarks, Bosons, Electrons
The origin of matter remains a complex and open question. A novel experimental approach — described in Nature Physics — could be exploited to better…
Miniaturizing Medical Imaging, Sensing Technology Is a “Big Deal”
High-quality medical images produced using a microchip prove researcher’s fabrication method can be used to miniaturize sensing, imaging, and optical communication systems. Scientists in Christine…
Newly Discovered Property of Cadmium Could Lead to the Most Accurate Clock Ever
Researchers experimentally determined a property of cadmium called the magic wavelength which is considered essential for the development of the most accurate clocks ever envisaged….
New Advance in Noise Canceling for Quantum Computers
A team from Dartmouth College and MIT has designed and conducted the first lab test to successfully detect and characterize a class of complex, “non-Gaussian”…
Astonishing Nanomaterial Is Both Twisted and Untwisted at the Same Time
Scientists illuminate secrets of a nanomaterial that is both twisted and untwisted at the same time. The material developed at University of Bath allows for…
Researchers Use Light to Control High-Speed Chemical Reactions in a New Way
Many natural and synthetic chemical systems react and change their properties in the presence of certain kinds of light. These reactions can occur too quickly…
Near Misses at Large Hadron Collider Shed Light on the Behavior of Gluons
New findings from University of Kansas experimental nuclear physicists Daniel Tapia Takaki and Aleksandr (Sasha) Bylinkin were just published in the European Physical Journal C….
Are Protons Smaller Than We Thought? New Measurement Helps Resolve Mystery.
Scientists measure precise proton radius to help resolve decade-old puzzle, resulting in York University research that confirms protons are smaller than expected. York University researchers…
Exotic Physics Phenomenon Involving Time Reversal Observed for First Time
Observation of the predicted non-Abelian Aharonov-Bohm Effect may offer step toward fault-tolerant quantum computers. An exotic physical phenomenon, involving optical waves, synthetic magnetic fields, and…
Researchers Develop Technique to Efficiently De-Ice Surfaces in Seconds
Airplane wings, wind turbines, and indoor heating systems all struggle under the weight and chill of ice. Defrosting and de-icing techniques are energy-intensive, however, and…
Physicists Use Lasers to Study Explosions
An explosion is a complex event involving quickly changing temperatures, pressures, and chemical concentrations. In a paper in the Journal of Applied Physics, from AIP…
