Creating a single phonon in ambient conditions
Credit: C. Galland/EPFL We call a crystal lattice. The structure of this lattice determines most mechanical and thermal properties of ...
Tag: Atomic/Molecular/Particle Physics
Forward or backward? New pathways for protons in water or methanol
Credit: MBI A collaborative ultrafast spectroscopy and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations study shows that proton vacancies in the form ...
A close up on the real world - atomic migration under ambient conditions
Researchers from Osaka University take a closer look at electrostatically driven reactions at metal surfaces under atmospheric conditionsCredit: Osaka University ...
A simple way to control swarming molecular machines
Credit: Daisuke I. et al., ACS Nano. October 4, 2019 The swarming behavior of about 100 million molecular machines can be ...
Modified quantum dots capture more energy from light and lose less to heat
Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers discover a new approach for capturing energy from light-generated, 'hot' electrons, avoiding wasteful heat lossCredit: ...
Lyncean Technologies awarded 49M to provide world’s most advanced gamma-ray source
Credit: Photo by Adrian Sokolov Lyncean Technologies, a pioneer in compact accelerator-based light sources for use in science and industry, ...
Axion particle spotted in solid-state crystal
Credit: Johannes Gooth Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids in Dresden, Princeton University, the University ...
Next-generation single-photon source for quantum information science
Kwiat group achieves most efficient single-photon production everCredit: Siv Schwink/University of Illinois Department of Physics Over the last two decades, ...
Versatile physics leader Stefan Gerhardt elected an APS fellow
Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications Stefan Gerhardt, who heads research operations and serves as deputy director of the recovery ...
A new scientific instrument for the nation
UD tapped to lead development of world-class neutron research instrumentCredit: Photo courtesy of National Institute of Standards and Technology The ...
Quantum vacuum: Less than zero energy
Is it possible to borrow energy from an empty space? And if yes, do we have to give it back? ...
Beyond Einstein: Mystery surrounding photon momentum solved
Physicists at Goethe University measure miniscule effect with new super COLTRIMS apparatus / Publication in Nature PhysicsCredit: Alexander Hartung FRANKFURT. ...
Borophene on silver grows freely into an atomic ‘skin’
Rice scientists lead effort to improve manufacture of valuable 2D materialCredit: Zhuhua Zhang/Rice University/Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics HOUSTON ...
CCNY physicists score double hit in LED research
Credit: Image credit: Visakh Menon In two breakthroughs in the realm of photonics, City College of New York graduate researchers ...
US ATLAS phase I upgrade completed
Major upgrades to the ATLAS experiment at CERN will give unprecedented insight into open physics questionsCredit: Brookhaven National Laboratory The ...
2019 Zavoisky Award goes to Hitoshi Ohta
A ceremony was held in Kazan City Hall on Sept. 26, 2019Credit: Kazan Federal University Dr. Ohta, Professor at Kobe ...
Machine learning at the quantum lab
Credit: Department of Physics, University of Basel For several years, the electron spin of individual electrons in a quantum dot ...
How to tie microscopic knots
Credit: Smalyukh lab Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have gone to creative lengths to earn their scouting merit ...
HALO mission investigates ozone depletion and processes affecting our climate
Researchers will study the influence of gravity waves on the polar vortex over the Antarctic and analyze the chemical and ...
MSU researchers lead team that observes exotic radioactive decay process
Credit: National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory EAST LANSING, Mich. - Researchers from the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State ...
