Physics News
May 18, 2024
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May 17, 2024 — Two-dimensional materials such as graphene promise to form the basis of incredibly small and fast technologies, but this requires a detailed understanding of their electronic properties. New research demonstrates that fast electronic processes can ...
May 13, 2024 — Scientists have made a significant advance in laser plasma acceleration. By employing an innovative method, a research team managed to substantially exceed the previous record for proton acceleration. For the first time, they achieved energies that ...
May 17, 2024 — Using DNA origami, researchers have built a diamond lattice with a periodicity of hundreds of nanometers -- a new approach for manufacturing semiconductors for visible ...
May 16, 2024 — Researchers used generative AI to develop a physics-informed technique to classify phase transitions in materials or physical systems that is much more efficient than existing machine-learning ...
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May 14, 2024 — Using interference between two lasers, a research group has created an 'optical conveyor belt' that can move polaritons -- a type of light-matter hybrid particle -- in semiconductor-based ...
May 16, 2024 — Perovskite hydrides are promising materials for various emerging energy technologies, but measuring their intrinsic hydride-ion conductivity is difficult. In a recent study, researchers address this ...
May 15, 2024 — It's one thing to dream up a quantum internet that could send hacker-proof information around the world via photons superimposed in different quantum states. It's quite another to physically show ...
May 14, 2024 — Researchers are using artificial intelligence to perfect the design of the vessels surrounding the super-hot plasma, optimize heating methods and ...
May 14, 2024 — A new device that can process information using a small amount of light could enable energy-efficient and secure ...
May 13, 2024 — Physicists and computer scientists have recently expanded the modern theory of the thermodynamics of computation. By combining approaches from statistical physics and computer science, the ...
May 13, 2024 — Collaborative efforts decode the mechanism behind stabilizing cathode doping in electric vehicle ...
May 9, 2024 — Systems controlled by next-generation computing algorithms could give rise to better and more efficient machine learning products, a new study ...
May 3, 2024 — Researchers have unveiled a quantum sensing scheme that achieves the pinnacle of quantum sensitivity in measuring the transverse displacement between ...
May 7, 2024 — Researchers used commercially available tabletop lasers to create tiny, atomically sharp nanostructures in samples of a layered 2D material called hexagonal Boron Nitride (hBN). The new ...
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May 6, 2024 — By using experimental electrochemical analyses, mass spectrometry, and computational quantum chemistry modeling, the researchers created an 'atomic-scale storyline' to explain how ozone is ...
May 6, 2024 — Researchers have achieved the first controllable interaction between two hole spin qubits in a conventional silicon transistor. The breakthrough opens up the possibility of integrating millions of ...
May 3, 2024 — The direction in which spin information is injected into chiral materials affects its ability to pass through them. These chiral 'gateways' could be used to design energy-efficient ...
May 3, 2024 — Scientists have demonstrated that small changes in the isotopic content of thin semiconductor materials can influence their optical and electronic properties, possibly opening the way to new and ...
May 2, 2024 — On an October morning in 2023, a chemical explosion detonated in a tunnel under the Nevada desert was the launch of the next set of experiments by the National Nuclear Security Administration, with ...
May 2, 2024 — Physicists developed a technique to arrange atoms in much closer proximity than previously possible, down to 50 nanometers. The group plans to use the method to manipulate atoms into configurations ...
May 2, 2024 — A new study reports on a deep new probe into the interface between the theories of gravity and quantum mechanics, using ultra-high energy neutrino particles detected by a particle detector set deep ...
May 2, 2024 — Researchers succeeded in conducting an almost perfect quantum teleportation despite the presence of noise that usually disrupts the transfer of quantum ...
May 2, 2024 — A new prototype sensor is capable of detecting errors in MRI scans using laser light and gas. The new sensor can thereby do what is impossible for current electrical sensors -- and hopefully pave the ...
May 2, 2024 — Charge-recharge cycling of lithium-superrich iron oxide, a cost-effective and high-capacity cathode for new-generation lithium-ion batteries, can be greatly improved by doping with readily available ...
May 1, 2024 — Scientists have dramatically reduced the time and energy required to chill materials to temperatures near absolute zero. Their prototype refrigerator could prove a boon for the burgeoning quantum ...
May 1, 2024 — A research team has created an innovative method to control tiny magnetic states within ultrathin, two-dimensional van der Waals magnets -- a process akin to how flipping a light switch controls a ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — A lead-vacancy (PbV) center in diamond has been developed as a quantum emitter for large-scale quantum networks by researchers. This innovative color center exhibits a sharp zero-phonon-line and ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — Computer simulations by astronomers support the idea that dark matter -- matter that no one has yet directly detected but which many physicists think must be there to explain several aspects of the ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — For the first time, the state of an atomic nucleus was switched with a laser. For decades, physicists have been looking for such a nuclear transition -- now it has been found. This opens up a new ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — Some materials are transparent to light of a certain frequency. When such light is shone on them, electrical currents can still be generated, contrary to previous assumptions. Scientists have managed ...
Apr. 26, 2024 — Quantum mechanical effects such as radioactive decay, or more generally: 'tunneling', display intriguing mathematical patterns. Researchers now show that a 40-year-old mathematical ...
Apr. 26, 2024 — Researchers have demonstrated that ferromagnetism, an ordered state of atoms, can be induced by increasing particle motility and that repulsive forces between atoms are sufficient to maintain it. The ...
Apr. 26, 2024 — Light-driven molecular motors were first developed nearly 25 years ago. However, making these motors do actual work proved to be a challenge. In a new paper, scientists describe improvements that ...
Apr. 26, 2024 — Researchers co-led a study that will improve the detection of gravitational waves--ripples in space and ...
Monday, May 6, 2024
Friday, May 3, 2024
- When Injecting Pure Spin Into Chiral Materials, Direction Matters
- Tweaking Isotopes Sheds Light on Promising Approach to Engineer Semiconductors
Thursday, May 2, 2024
- New Nevada Experiments Will Improve Monitoring of Nuclear Explosions
- Physicists Arrange Atoms in Extremely Close Proximity
- Scientists Test for Quantum Nature of Gravity
- Significant New Discovery in Teleportation Research -- Noise Can Improve the Quality of Quantum Teleportation
- New Sensor Detects Errors in MRI Scans
- Cost-Effective, High-Capacity, and Cyclable Lithium-Ion Battery Cathodes
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
- The Big Quantum Chill: Scientists Modify Common Lab Refrigerator to Cool Faster With Less Energy
- Researchers Unlock Potential of 2D Magnetic Devices for Future Computing
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Monday, April 29, 2024
- Astronomers' Simulations Support Dark Matter Theory
- Atomic Nucleus Excited With Laser: A Breakthrough After Decades
- Physicists Show That Light Can Generate Electricity Even in Translucent Materials
Friday, April 26, 2024
- The End of the Quantum Tunnel
- From Disorder to Order: Flocking Birds and 'spinning' Particles
- More Efficient Molecular Motor Widens Potential Applications
- Researchers Advance Detection of Gravitational Waves to Study Collisions of Neutron Stars and Black Holes
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- Scientists Tune the Entanglement Structure in an Array of Qubits
- Condensed Matter Physics: Novel One-Dimensional Superconductor
- A Novel Universal Light-Based Technique to Control Valley Polarization in Bulk Materials
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
- Toward Unification of Turbulence Framework -- Weak-to-Strong Transition Discovered in Turbulence
- Manipulating the Geometry of 'electron Universe' In Magnets
- Perfecting the View on a Crystal's Imperfection
Monday, April 22, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
- New Beta-Decay Measurements in Mirror Nuclei Pin Down the Weak Nuclear Force
- Compact Quantum Light Processing
- Energy Scientists Unravel the Mystery of Gold's Glow
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- Atom-by-Atom: Imaging Structural Transformations in 2D Materials
- Two-Dimensional Nanomaterial Sets Record for Expert-Defying, Counter-Intuitive Expansion
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- Photonic Computation With Sound Waves
- Creating an Island Paradise in a Fusion Reactor
- Crucial Connection for 'quantum Internet' Made for the First Time
Monday, April 15, 2024
Thursday, April 11, 2024
- 'Surprising' Hidden Activity of Semiconductor Material Spotted by Researchers
- With Inspiration from 'Tetris,' Researchers Develop a Better Radiation Detector
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- Quantum Breakthrough When Light Makes Materials Magnetic
- New Method of Measuring Qubits Promises Ease of Scalability in a Microscopic Package
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Monday, April 8, 2024
- Will the Convergence of Light and Matter in Janus Particles Transcend Performance Limitations in the Optical Display Industry?
- Protecting Art and Passwords With Biochemistry
Friday, April 5, 2024
- Chemical Reactions Can Scramble Quantum Information as Well as Black Holes
- Kerr-Enhanced Optical Spring for Next-Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors
Thursday, April 4, 2024
- Progress in Quantum Physics: Researchers Tame Superconductors
- Self-Assembly of Complex Systems: Hexagonal Building Blocks Are Better
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
- Sunrise to Sunset, New Window Coating Blocks Heat -- Not View
- 100 Kilometers of Quantum-Encrypted Transfer
- Researchers Discover Dual Topological Phases in an Intrinsic Monolayer Crystal
Thursday, March 28, 2024
- Magnetic Avalanche Triggered by Quantum Effects
- Nuclear Fusion, Lithium and the Tokamak: Adding Just Enough Fuel to the Fire
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- Bullseye! Accurately Centering Quantum Dots Within Photonic Chips
- New Method to Measure Entropy Production on the Nanoscale
- Scientists on the Hunt for Evidence of Quantum Gravity's Existence at the South Pole
Monday, March 25, 2024
- Scientists Deliver Quantum Algorithm to Develop New Materials and Chemistry
- The World Is One Step Closer to Secure Quantum Communication on a Global Scale
- Quantum Interference Could Lead to Smaller, Faster, and More Energy-Efficient Transistors
- In-Situ Observation of Nanoscale Heat Propagation
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Monday, March 18, 2024
- Backyard Insect Inspires Invisibility Devices, Next Gen Tech
- Breakthrough in Melting Point Prediction: Over 100-Year-Old Physics Problem Solved
Friday, March 15, 2024
Thursday, March 14, 2024
- Researchers Prove Fundamental Limits of Electromagnetic Energy Absorption
- New Study Shows Analog Computing Can Solve Complex Equations and Use Far Less Energy
- A New World of 2D Material Is Opening Up
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- AI for Astrophysics: Algorithms Help Chart the Origins of Heavy Elements
- Scientists Use Novel Technique to Create New Energy-Efficient Microelectronic Device
- Staying in the Loop: How Superconductors Are Helping Computers 'remember'
- Satellites for Quantum Communications
- Scientists Reveal the First Unconventional Superconductor That Can Be Found in Mineral Form in Nature
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- Spiral Wrappers Switch Nanotubes from Conductors to Semiconductors and Back
- Powerful New Tool Ushers in New Era of Quantum Materials Research
Monday, March 11, 2024
- Giving Particle Detectors a Boost
- Design Rules and Synthesis of Quantum Memory Candidates
- Preventing Magnet Meltdowns Before They Can Start
- Combined Microscopy Technique Catches Light-Driven Polymers in the Act
Friday, March 8, 2024
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
- Using Light to Precisely Control Single-Molecule Devices
- New Method Measures the 3D Position of Individual Atoms
- Shortcut to Success: Toward Fast and Robust Quantum Control Through Accelerating Adiabatic Passage
- One Way to Improve a Fusion Reaction: Use Weaknesses as Strengths
- A New Theoretical Development Clarifies Water's Electronic Structure
Monday, March 4, 2024
- Network of Quantum Sensors Boosts Precision
- Tests Show High-Temperature Superconducting Magnets Are Ready for Fusion
- Spontaneous Curvature the Key to Shape-Shifting Nanomaterials