NIST’s quantum logic clock returns to top performance
Credit: S. Burrows/JILA The quantum logic clock--perhaps best known for showing you age faster if you stand on a stool--has ...
Tag: Atomic/Molecular/Particle Physics
What happens when you explode a chemical bond?
Attosecond laser technique yields movies of chemical bond dissociationCredit: Yuki Kobayashi, UC Berkeley On bright summer days, the sunlight all ...
NIST’s compact atomic gyroscope displays new twists
Credit: Burrus/NIST Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have upgraded their compact atomic gyroscope to enable ...
Engineers revolutionize molecular microscopy
Single molecules measure electrical potentials "All matter consists of positively charged atomic nuclei and negatively charged electrons," explains Professor Dr.-Ing. ...
Nuclear physics in search of world artifacts
The first 3D images of the oldest Christian church in Russia were obtainedCredit: © NUST MISIS NUST MISIS scientists together ...
Discovered: A new way to measure the stability of next-generation magnetic fusion devices
Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications Scientists seeking to bring to Earth the fusion that powers the sun and stars ...
NUS scientists discover how to ‘lock’ heat in place using quantum mechanics
Credit: National University of Singapore A ground-breaking study conducted by researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has revealed ...
Characterizing the ‘arrow of time’ in open quantum systems
Even in the strange world of open quantum systems, the arrow of time points steadily forward -- most of the ...
Exactly how fast is the universe expanding?
Princeton astrophysicists are closing in on the Hubble constantCredit: Video by Ore Gottlieb and Ehud Nakar, Tel Aviv University Exactly ...
New technique allows real-time microscopy at high heat and loading
Credit: North Carolina State University Researchers have demonstrated a technique that allows them to track microscopic changes in metals or ...
Researchers discover semiconducting nanotubes that form spontaneously
Credit: EPFL If scientists could find a way to control the process for making semiconductor components on a nanometric scale, ...
Physicists OK commercial graphene for T-wave detection
Credit: Evgenii Sheshin et al./Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology Russian researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology ...
The world’s first high-intensity laser pulses shaped like a corkscrew
NSF funds UC San Diego plan to generate -- and study -- the world's first high-intensity laser pulses shaped like ...
Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, July 2019
Credit: Adam Malin/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy Materials--Soft drink science Oak Ridge National Laboratory has teamed with ...
Simulating quantum systems with neural networks
Credit: A. Nagy and A. Anelli (EPFL) Even on the scale of everyday life, nature is governed by the laws ...
Theoretical physicists unveil one of the most ubiquitous and elusive concepts in chemistry
SISSA scientists provide a rigorous quantum mechanical explanation of the concept of atomic oxidation number and solve a long-standing conundrum ...
The 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting has opened its doors
Scientists from 89 countries meet with 39 Nobel Laureates Following the topic cycle, this year's programme is dedicated to physics. ...
Researchers verify 70-year-old theory of turbulence in fluids
Credit: The University of Queensland Pilots and air travellers know turbulence can be powerful, but science has struggled to fully ...
A peculiar ground-state phase for superconductor NbSe2 — It’s a Bose metal!
Credit: Physical Review B The application of large enough magnetic fields results in the disruption of superconducting states in materials ...
Building a bridge to the quantum world
Scientists at IST Austria develop a prototype of what may, in the future, serve as a link to connect quantum ...
