Rock ’n’ Control: Physicists Use Oscillations of Atoms to Control a Phase Transition
The goal of “Femtochemistry” is to film and control chemical reactions with short flashes of light. Using consecutive laser pulses, atomic bonds can be excited…
The goal of “Femtochemistry” is to film and control chemical reactions with short flashes of light. Using consecutive laser pulses, atomic bonds can be excited…
In 2019, the MAGIC telescopes detected the first Gamma Ray Burst at very high energies. This was the most intense gamma-radiation ever obtained from such…
Calculations predict that a light ‘hypernucleus’ containing a particle with two strange quarks will be stable Adding an exotic particle known as a Xi hyperon…
Researchers at Rice University have discovered a new type of light-matter interaction where light spins and rotates as it travels. Rice University study finds novel…
Just as a meter stick with hundreds of tick marks can be used to measure distances with great precision, a device known as a laser…
In physics, they are currently the subject of intensive research; in electronics, they could enable completely new functions. So-called topological materials are characterized by special…
New insight into the spin behavior in an exotic state of matter puts us closer to next-generation spintronic devices. Aside from the deep understanding of…
At the European nuclear and particle physics laboratory CERN, physicists can produce extremely rare short-lived atoms and molecules. Researchers from KU Leuven have shown that…
Excess neutrinos and missing gamma rays? Coronae of supermassive black holes may be the hidden sources of mysterious cosmic neutrinos seen on Earth. The origin…
An international team of researchers has demonstrated an innovative technique for increasing the intensity of lasers. In a paper that made the cover of the…
Scientists at the University of Tsukuba use computer calculations to propose a new way to rearrange the carbon atoms in a diamond to make it…
Scientists at the Department of Physics at the University of Konstanz have developed a completely new method of measuring squeezing – a potential starting point…
The glass structure of a material is often believed to mimic its corresponding liquid. Polyamorphism between ices has been used as a guide to elucidate…
It started with a blast. On June 23, construction company Kiewit Alberici Joint Venture set off explosives 3,650 feet beneath the surface in Lead, South…
The LHCb collaboration has observed an exotic particle made up of four charm quarks for the first time. The Large Hadron Collider Beauty (LHCb) collaboration…
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory and their collaborators from Iowa State University have developed a new approach for generating layered, difficult-to-combine,…
Evidence of very high-energy gamma radiation from Eta Carinae. With a specialized telescope in Namibia, a DESY-led team of researchers has proven a certain type…
New research findings from the IAS, University of Michigan, and UC Berkeley. In a new study of axion motion, researchers propose a scenario known as…