Mechanical force as a new way of starting chemical reactions
Credit: Kubota K. et al. Science, December 19, 2019 Researchers have shown mechanical force can start chemical reactions, making them ...
Tag: Atomic/Molecular/Particle Physics
New method captures real-time movement of millions of molecules in 3D
The interferometry technique has applications for tracking molecules at a cell or tissue scaleCredit: Lisa Potter/University of Utah The human ...
Tracking thermodynamicfundamentals
Kiel physicists determine the barely-measurable property entropy for the first time in complex plasmasCredit: Photo/Copyright: Frank Wieben Since the end ...
Martin, Pappu, Yang among most highly-cited researchers worldwide
Washington University ranks seventh in the world for its number of highly-cited researchersCredit: Washington University in St. Louis Randall Martin, ...
A new playbook for interference
NIST scientists correlate photon pairs of different colors generated in separate buildingsCredit: S. Kelley/NIST Particles can sometimes act like waves, ...
Carbon cocoons surround growing galaxies far beyond previous beliefs
Credit: NAOJ Researchers have discovered gigantic clouds of gaseous carbon spanning more than a radius of 30,000 light-years around young ...
Leptons help in tracking new physics
Credit: Source: IFJ PAN Electrons with 'colleagues' - other leptons - are one of many products of collisions observed in ...
Neutrons optimize high efficiency catalyst for greener approach to biofuel synthesis
Credit: ORNL/Jill Hemman OAK RIDGE, Tenn., December 16, 2019--Researchers led by the University of Manchester have designed a catalyst that ...
Get ready for a new periodic table
Researchers at Hebrew University combine quantum dot 'atoms' and create new 'molecules'Credit: Meirav Oded and Somnath Koley. Are you ready ...
Tiny quantum sensors watch materials transform under pressure
Scientists at Berkeley Lab convert diamonds' atomic flaws into atomic sensors with front-row seats to a quantum world of materials ...
Fundamental discoveries for future nanotools: Chemists distinguish multiple weak forces
Credit: Image by Shuichi Hiraoka, CC-BY-ND The process of building a tiny cube has revealed some of the fundamental mysteries ...
State of shock: 200-year-old law about gas mixtures called into question
Credit: University of New Mexico According to a new study led by a team from The University of New Mexico, ...
Heat energy leaps through empty space, thanks to quantum weirdness
The finding could have profound implications for the design of microelectronic components where heat dissipation is keyCredit: Violet Carter, UC ...
Weizmann physicists image electrons flowing like water
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science Physicists at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have imaged electrons flowing viscously through ...
Detours may make batteries better
Rice University scientists show point defects in cathode crystals may speed lithium absorptionCredit: Kaiqi Yang/Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. 9, ...
Lehigh University professor Jeffrey Rickman elected as Fellow of ASM International
Computational materials theorist recognized for pioneering work, service to materials science communityCredit: Lehigh University Jeffrey Rickman, a professor of materials ...
A sustainable new material for carbon dioxide capture
Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers University of Technology In a joint research study from Sweden, scientists from Chalmers University of Technology and ...
Gamma-ray laser moves a step closer to reality
Calculations by UC Riverside's Allen Mills predict metastable positronium bubbles in liquid heliumCredit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- ...
Surface effects affect the distribution of hydrogen in metals
The researchers studied the distribution of hydrogen in metals in the process of standard testing for hydrogen cracking.Credit: Peter the ...
A platform for stable quantum computing, a playground for exotic physics
Recent research settles a long-standing debateCredit: (Video courtesy of Harris Pirie/Harvard University) Move over Godzilla vs. King Kong -- this ...
