How to Tie Microscopic Knots Within a Solution of Liquid Crystals
Physicists at CU Boulder have gone to creative lengths to earn their scouting merit badges for knot-tying. In a study published on September 23, 2019,…
Physicists at CU Boulder have gone to creative lengths to earn their scouting merit badges for knot-tying. In a study published on September 23, 2019,…
The electron spin of individual electrons in quantum dots could serve as the smallest information unit of a quantum computer. Scientists from the Universities of…
In two breakthroughs in the realm of photonics, City College of New York graduate researchers are reporting the successful demonstration of an LED (light-emitting diode)…
Physicists manipulate energy valleys in tungsten disulfide, with potential applications in quantum computing. New research on two-dimensional tungsten disulfide (WS2) could open the door to…
An international team of scientists has announced a breakthrough in its quest to measure the mass of the neutrino, one of the most abundant, yet…
Major steps forward in understanding neutrino properties. In the quest to prove that matter can be produced without antimatter, the GERDA experiment at the Gran…
Physicists theorize a novel way to explore the nature of dark matter with lasers. Dark matter is only known by its effect on massive astronomical…
Joseph Formaggio explains the discovery that the ghostly particle must be no more than 1 electronvolt, half as massive as previously thought. An international team…
The origin of matter remains a complex and open question. A novel experimental approach — described in Nature Physics — could be exploited to better…
Many natural and synthetic chemical systems react and change their properties in the presence of certain kinds of light. These reactions can occur too quickly…
JILA physicists have demonstrated a novel atomic clock design that combines near-continuous operation with strong signals and high stability, features not previously found together in…
New findings from University of Kansas experimental nuclear physicists Daniel Tapia Takaki and Aleksandr (Sasha) Bylinkin were just published in the European Physical Journal C….
Unique experiments at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source shine a light on a new pathway for carbon chemistry to evolve in space. A team of…
Scientists measure precise proton radius to help resolve decade-old puzzle, resulting in York University research that confirms protons are smaller than expected. York University researchers…
Theoretical findings in a study performed by researchers with FAPESP’s support and published in Scientific Reports could be exploited in the development of quantum computing….
Einstein’s theory of General Relativity is world-famous – but it might not be the only way to explain how gravity works and how galaxies form….
Researchers have created tiny droplets of the ultra-hot matter that once filled the early universe, forming three distinct shapes and sizes: circles, ellipses, and triangles….
A new study suggests that many theorized heavy particles, if they exist at all, do not have the properties needed to explain the predominance of…