Researchers Track Interactions Between Individual DNA Molecule Segments
Using an optical microstructure and gold nanoparticles, researchers at the Max Planck Institute have amplified the interaction of light with DNA to the extent that…
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UNIGE Physicists Teleport Quantum State of a Photon to a Crystal
Quantum physicists have teleported the quantum state of a photon to a crystal over 25 kilometers of optical fiber, smashing the previous record of 6…
New Research Helps Uncover the Mechanism Behind Solid-Solid Phase Transitions
An international team of researchers helps uncover mechanism behind solid-solid phase transitions, providing new insight for all sorts of solid-solid phase transformations. Two solids made…
Using ‘Solid’ Light to Answer Previously Unsolvable Problems
By crystallizing light, Princeton University researchers have begun to address questions about the fundamental study of matter. The researchers are not shining light through crystal…
Experimental Cosmologists Probe Beyond the Big Bang
Cornell’s experimental cosmology research group recently announced the first results from a Cosmic Microwave Background study using a polarization-sensitive camera (ACTPol). A long tradition of…
New Titania-Based Material Shows Promise as Superconductor Insulator
In a newly published study, a team of researchers at North Carolina State University detail a new titania-based material that shows promise as an insulator…
Physicists Reveal a Neutron Halo Around Neutron-Rich Magnesium Nuclei
Using the RIKEN Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory, physicists have revealed that the extra neutrons in a neutron-rich magnesium nucleus produce a neutron halo. Most stable…
Superabsorption Can Be Achieved and Sustained in Simple Nanostructures
Research from the University of Oxford establishes that superabsorption can be achieved and sustained in certain simple nanostructures, by trapping the system in a highly…
Physicists Detect Neutrinos in the Sun’s Core
For the first time, an international team of physicists has directly detected neutrinos created by the proton-proton fusion process going on at the sun’s core….
Physicists Preserve Spin Information for Much Longer than Previously Possible
By isolating the spin information from the influence of the outside world in a nanoscale graphene device, physicists have found a way to preserve spin…
Mysterious 3D Grid of Quantum “Tornadoes” in Liquid Helium Revealed
A new experiment at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory revealed a 3D grid of quantum “tornadoes” inside microscopic droplets of supercooled liquid helium, allowing scientists…
Magneto-Optical Trapping of Strontium Monofluoride
Using magneto-optical trapping, Yale physicists cooled molecules of strontium monofluoride to 2.5 thousandths of a degree above absolute zero, the lowest temperature yet achieved by…
Theorists Show How Energy Landscapes Dominate Both Evolution and Folding of Proteins
A team of biophysicists at Rice University used computer models to show that the energy landscape involved in the long-term evolution of proteins is essentially…
Higgs Boson May Explain the Earliest Expansion of the Universe
In a newly published study, physicists propose that the Higgs boson, which was recently confirmed to be the origin of mass, may also be responsible…
New Measurements May Help Identify Antiquark’s Role in Proton’s Spin
Using the STAR detector at Brookhaven National Laboratory, scientists have identified a new method sensitive to the antiquark spin, which can shed light on where…
Our Universe May Have Emerged from a Black Hole in a Higher Dimensional Universe
New research from theoretical physicists at the Perimeter Institute proposes that our universe may have emerged from a black hole in a higher-dimensional universe. The…
Atomic Scale Imaging of Magnetic Structures
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research use atomic scale imaging of magnetic structures to study new aspects of high-temperature superconductivity. Superconductors…
Engineers Clear a Path Toward Better Quantum Computers and Nanoscale Sensors
Engineers at the University of Chicago have used a diamond defect called a nitrogen vacancy center to clear a path toward better quantum computers and…
