Unparalleled Precision: Scientists Reveal the Net Charge in a Single Platinum Nanoparticle
A tenfold increase in electron holography sensitivity exposes the net charge in a single platinum nanoparticle with a precision of just one electron. If you…
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Electron Whirlpools Seen for the First Time – Fluid Flow Could Enable Next-Generation Electronics
Long predicted but never observed before, this fluid-like electron behavior could be leveraged for efficient low-power next-generation electronics. Water molecules, although being distinct particles, flow…
Physicists Manipulate Electrons To Create “Synthetic Dimensions”
Rice University lab manipulates ultracold Rydberg atoms to mimic quantum interactions. Our spatial sense doesn’t extend beyond the familiar three dimensions, but that doesn’t stop…
Experiment With Turnstiles of Single Electrons Lights Way Towards New Power Standard
Researchers at Aalto University propose method of transducing frequency to power. The world’s most commonly used system of measurement, the International System of Units (SI),…
New Super-Conducting Technology Takes Data Beyond Ones and Zeroes
Leveraging electron spin adds a new dimension to data encoding. Remember flip-phones? Our smartphones may one day look just as obsolete thanks to spintronics, an…
Physicist’s Radical Solution to Century Old Problem of Radiation Reaction – With Controversial Implications
A Lancaster physicist has proposed a radical solution to the question of how a charged particle, such as an electron, responded to its own electromagnetic…
Electrons Set the Stage for Neutrino Experiments – Solving Mystery of the Origins of Our Matter-Dominated Universe
Early-career nuclear physicists show that a better understanding of how neutrinos interact with matter is needed to make the most of upcoming experiments. Neutrinos may…
Physicists Snap First Image of “Electron Ice” – Predicted More Than 90 Years Ago
Breakthrough demonstrates solid state of electrons predicted more than 90 years ago. More than 90 years ago, physicist Eugene Wigner predicted that at low densities…
Novel Metal Discovered Where Electrons Flow in the Same Way Water Flows in a Pipe
The findings confirm theoretical predictions that certain metallic specimens could support an electron-phonon liquid phase. A team of researchers from Boston College has created a…
The Fast Dance of Electron Spins – Spin-Flip Within Ten Femtoseconds
Chemists investigate the interactions of metal complexes and light. When a molecule is hit by light, in many cases a so-called “photoinduced” reaction is initiated….
Electron-Cloaking Material May Enable More Efficient Transfer of Electrons
MIT researchers are working to develop an electron-cloaking material that would “hide” particles from passing electrons, possibly leading to more efficient thermoelectric devices and new…
New Research Paper Solves the N-Representability Problem
A new paper from David Mazziotti, a professor in chemistry at the University of Chicago, solves what specialists call the “N-representability problem,” how to compute…
LCLS Zaps Electrons Out of Atoms, Resulting in Chemical Analysis with Atomic Resolution
A new technique developed by an international research team uses X-ray laser pulses from SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source to zap the innermost electrons out…
Unexpected Graphite Experiment Results Raise New Questions
While using a technique to simultaneously blast and probe samples of graphite, scientists at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory saw ultrafast changes from solid to liquid…
Electron Behavior Represents a New Era in Materials Science Research
Using SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source, a team of physicists discovered never-before-seen behavior by electrons in a material called striped nickelate, representing a new era…
Cooling of Excitons Leads to a New State of Matter
A newly published paper details the findings made by physicists while measuring the coherence and spin of excitons in a refrigerated system. The team discovered…
Mapping the Pathways of Electrical Charge From Molecule to Molecule
As efforts continue to improve nanotechnology and molecular electronic devices, a team of researchers has provided the first experimental determination of the pathways by which…
Looking Back to Move Thermoelectric Materials Forward
In search of better thermoelectric materials, a team of physicists turned to a material NASA engineers first used roughly 40 years ago for spacecraft design,…
