New research deepens understanding of Earth’s interaction with the solar wind
Credit: Elle Starkman / PPPL Office of Communications As the Earth orbits the sun, it plows through a stream of ...
Tag: Atomic/Molecular/Particle Physics
Story tips: Shuffling atoms, thinning forests, fusion assembly and nuclear medicine
Credit: Jill Hemman/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy Neutrons - Deuterium shuffle Scientists have found a new method ...
Researchers have developed a first-principles quantum Monte Carlo package called TurboRVB
Credit: AIP Publishing First-principles quantum Monte Carlo is a framework used to tackle the solution of the many-body Schrödinger equation ...
Finnish researchers have discovered a new type of matter inside neutron stars
Credit: Jyrki Hokkanen, CSC - IT Center for Science A Finnish research group has found strong evidence for the presence ...
Pathogen scientist collaborating on vaccine that could prevent and treat COVID-19
Bioengineered nanoparticles have tremendous potential as vaccine delivery platformCredit: Courtesy of Northern Arizona University C. Todd French, assistant professor of ...
A special elemental magic
Kyoto scientists announce a 'nuclear' periodic tableCredit: Kyoto University/Yoshiteru Maeno/Kouichi Hagino Kyoto, Japan -- A staple in every science classroom ...
A nice day for a quantum walk
Researchers at Osaka University use their ability to precisely control the vibrations of coupled ions to demonstrate a "quantum random ...
Worth their salt: Skoltech and MIPT researchers report first case of hexagonal NaCl
Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Skoltech and MIPT scientists have predicted and then experimentally confirmed the existence of exotic hexagonal ...
NUS researchers develop a new library of atomically thin 2D materials
Credit: National University of Singapore Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have created a whole new library of ...
Capturing the coordinated dance between electrons and nuclei in a light-excited molecule
Revealing both sides of the story in a single experiment has been a grand scientific challengeCredit: Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator ...
OU physicists investigate applications of Einstein’ ‘spooky action at a distance’
Credit: Photo by Hugh Scott. Courtesy of Sooner Magazine, University of Oklahoma. University of Oklahoma professors Arne Schwettmann and Grant ...
NIST team builds hybrid quantum system by entangling molecule with atom
Credit: Burrus/NIST Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have boosted their control of the fundamental properties ...
Galactic cosmic rays now available for study on Earth, thanks to NASA
Credit: Image courtesy of NASA To better understand and mitigate the health risks faced by astronauts from exposure to space ...
Three-dimensional chessboards
Researchers at Osaka University develop liquid-phase 3D-patterning to create nanocellulose films aligned along multiple axes within the same sheet. This ...
Probing materials at deep-Earth conditions to decipher Earth’s evolutionary tale
Learning how liquid silicates behave at these extreme temperatures and pressures has been a longstanding challenge in the geosciences.Credit: Greg ...
HHU physicists: No evidence of an influence of dark matter on the force between nuclei
Physics: Publication in NatureCredit: HHU / Alighanbari, Hansen, Schiller The universe mainly consists of a novel substance and an energy ...
Highly efficient charge-to-spin interconversion in graphene heterostructures
Researchers present a new route for designing a graphene-based active spintronic componentCredit: KAIST KAIST physicists described a route to design ...
Observation of intervalley transitions can boost valleytronic science and technology
UC Riverside-led research shows these transitions can emit lightCredit: Erfu Liu, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- An international research team ...
Filming quantic measurement for the first time
The results show that it is not an instant processCredit: University of Sevile Quantum physics deals with microscopic systems such ...
FDA approves ventilator designed by particle physics community
The Mechanical Ventilator Milano (MVM) is an open-source ventilator with off-the-shelf parts designed specifically for COVID-19 patientsCredit: Photo by Studio ...
