An international team has shown through a sensational experiment how diverse the possibilities for employing synchrotron light sources are. The most modern light sources for…
A new theory that could explain how unconventional superconductivity arises in a diverse set of compounds might never have happened if physicists Qimiao Si and…
Fast and energy-efficient future data processing technologies are on the horizon after an international team of scientists successfully manipulated magnets at the atomic level. Physicist…
A novel computer algorithm, or set of rules, that accurately predicts the orbits of planets in the solar system could be adapted to better predict…
Scientists shed light on how the magnetic properties of 2D interlayers can enhance spin accumulation effects in thermoelectric heterostructures. Spin thermoelectric materials are an area…
Researchers have identified a new form of magnetism in so-called magnetic graphene, which could point the way toward understanding superconductivity in this unusual type of…
Lasing – the emission of a collimated light beam of light with a well-defined wavelength (color) and phase – results from a self-organization process, in…
In 2018, the physics world was set ablaze with the discovery that when an ultrathin layer of carbon, called graphene, is stacked and twisted to…
Physicists use atomic magnetometers to measure the biomagnetic signals of the carnivorous plant. The Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is a carnivorous plant that encloses its…
Rice University and Los Alamos National Laboratory make low-cost, scalable photocathodes from halide perovskites. Rice University engineers have discovered technology that could slash the cost…
Tool uses electromagnetic energy to help study inactivation of aerosolized viral particles and reduce the spread of infection. As the pandemic has continued to spread…
QCLs Exhibit Extreme Pulses Extreme events occur in many observable contexts. Nature is a prolific source: rogue water waves surging high above the swell, monsoon…
A new methodology for an abstract and universal description of the fidelity of quantum circuits. Manipulating individual electrons with the goal of employing quantum effects…
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory and collaborators at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the University of Alabama at Birmingham have discovered a…
Real-life applications like magnetometry or quantum gyroscope typically involve precise measurement on multiple parameters. How to achieve the ultimate precision limits simultaneously is a long…
Transmitter density means greater population exposure to high levels of radio frequency electromagnetic fields. We should err on the side of caution and stop the…
A new Columbia study indicates energy can be extracted from black holes through reconnection of magnetic field lines. A remarkable prediction of Einstein’s theory of…
Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have developed a prototype detector of solar particles. The device is capable of picking up…