Reliable quality-control of graphene and other 2D materials is routinely possible
Credit: U.S. Department of Energy, Ames Laboratory Graphene and other single-atom-thick substances are a category of wonder materials, with researchers ...
Tag: Atomic Physics
Direct observation of a single electron’s butterfly-shaped distribution in titanium oxide
A valence electron in titanium oxide has been imaged at a resolution of 0.2 Angstroms using synchrotron X-ray diffraction and ...
Timekeeping theory combines quantum clocks and Einstein’s relativity
Research reveals new time dilation phenomenonCredit: Petra Korlevic HANOVER, N.H. - October 23, 2020 - A phenomenon of quantum mechanics ...
Scientists discover unusual materials properties at ultrahigh pressure
Credit: Maria Brodskaya, NUST MISIS An international team of scientists from NUST MISIS (Russia), Linköping University (Sweden) and University of ...
Highly selective membranes
Researchers discover how water can affect its own filtrationCredit: © 2020 Kato and Harada et al. Membranes with microscopic pores ...
Zeptoseconds: new world record in short time measurement
Physicists from Frankfurt, Hamburg and Berlin track the propagation of light in a moleculeCredit: Sven Grundmann, Goethe University Frankfurt FRANKFURT. ...
Quantum engines with entanglement as fuel?
University of Rochester researcher receives $1 million grant to study quantum thermodynamicsCredit: University of Rochester photo / J. Adam Fenster ...
A billion tiny pendulums could detect the universe’s missing mass
Researchers have proposed a novel method for finding dark matterCredit: NIST Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...
An innovative method to tune lasers toward infrared wavelengths
Researchers at Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) have discovered a cost-effective way to tune the spectrum of a ...
Quantum physics: Physicists successfully carry out controlled transport of stored light
Patrick Windpassinger and his team demonstrate how light stored in a cloud of ultra-cold atoms can be transported by means ...
An electrical trigger fires single, identical photons
The precisely controlled photon source, made from an atomically thin semiconducting material, could aid the development of advanced quantum communicationCredit: ...
Diamonds are a quantum scientist’s best friend
The discovery of triplet spin superconductivity in diamonds has the potential to revolutionise the high-tech industry.Credit: Wits University Diamonds have ...
Hunting for the lowest known nuclear-excited state
Measurements in thorium-229 take a step towards the direct laser excitation of an atomic nucleus in this unique isotopeCredit: photo/©: ...
Could megatesla magnetic fields be realized on Earth?
A team of researchers led by Osaka University discovers "microtube implosion," a novel mechanism that demonstrates the generation of megatesla-order ...