Experiment Running To Turn Light Into Matter
In laser facilities in the UK, Imperial physicists are testing an 84-year-old theory which was once thought impossible to prove. The theory of the Breit-Wheeler…
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New Quantum Electronic Material Discovered by Physicists
With an atomic structure resembling a Japanese basketweaving pattern, “kagome metal” exhibits exotic, quantum behavior. A motif of Japanese basketweaving known as the kagome pattern…
DarkSide-20k Will Push the Search for WIMP Dark Matter to New Levels
University of Houston scientists are helping to develop a technology that could hold the key to unraveling one of the great mysteries of science: what…
New Dynamo Experiment to Demonstrate Magnetism in the Universe
Flows of molten metal can generate magnetic fields. This so-called dynamo effect creates cosmic magnetic fields, like those found on planets, moons, and even asteroids….
Physicists Gain Unprecedented Visibility in Quantum Mechanical Systems
When we talk about “information technology,” we generally mean the technology part, like computers, networks, and software. But information itself, and its behavior in quantum…
Physicists Show That Precision Atom Qubits Can “Talk” to Each Other
The unique Australian approach of creating quantum bits from precisely positioned individual atoms in silicon is reaping major rewards, with UNSW Sydney-led scientists showing for…
Physicists Reveal Graphene is Both Insulator and Superconductor
It’s hard to believe that a single material can be described by as many superlatives as graphene can. Since its discovery in 2004, scientists have…
Physicists Solve 70-Year-Old Magnetic Wave Mystery
Scientists at Queen’s University Belfast have led an international team to the ground-breaking discovery that magnetic waves crashing through the Sun may be key to…
Physicists Develop New Technique to ‘See’ the Quantum World
JILA scientists have invented a new imaging technique that produces rapid, precise measurements of quantum behavior in an atomic clock in the form of near-instant…
Physicists Identify the Basic Principle of Electric Wind in Plasma
A KAIST team identified the basic principle of electric wind in plasma. This finding will contribute to developing technology in various applications of plasma, including…
Physicists Create a New Quantum Particle That Exhibits Ball Lightning Characteristics
Scientists at Amherst College and Aalto University have created, for the first time a three-dimensional skyrmion in a quantum gas. The skyrmion was predicted theoretically…
Physicists Reveal a New State of Quantum Matter Called Rydberg Polaron
Scientists have observed a new class of quantum matter at the very smallest scales in one of the coldest environments ever made. This discovery could…
Scientists Provide Vital Clues on How the ‘Heating by Cooling’ Effect Functions
A Leicester mathematician has developed a theory to explain ‘heating by cooling,’ where the temperature of a granular gas increases while the total energy drops…
Physicists Image Individual Quantum Dots in 3-D for the First Time
Researchers have developed an imaging technique that uses a tiny, super sharp needle to nudge a single nanoparticle into different orientations and capture 2-D images…
These Unusual Black Holes Offer an Infinite Number of Possible Futures
In the real world, your past uniquely determines your future. If a physicist knows how the universe starts out, she can calculate its future for…
Physicists Confirm the Existence of a New Superionic Form of Water
An original state, both solid and liquid at the same time: this is the latest news on a substance — water — so familiar to…
Physicists Create a Topological Superconductor for Quantum Computing
With their insensitivity to decoherence what are known as Majorana particles could become stable building blocks of a quantum computer. The problem is that they…
MIT Physicists Create a New Form of Light Where Photons Interact
Try a quick experiment: Take two flashlights into a dark room and shine them so that their light beams cross. Notice anything peculiar? The rather…
