Science snapshots from Berkeley Lab: 3D nanoparticles and magnetic spin
Scientists capture 3D images of nanoparticles, atom by atom, with unprecedented precisionCredit: Courtesy of IBS Since their invention in the ...
Tag: Atomic Physics
Neutron research: Magnetic monopoles detected in Kagome spin ice systems
Credit: Uni Augsburg Magnetic monopoles were detected for the first time worldwide at the Berlin Neutron Source BER II in ...
Condensed matter: Bethe strings experimentally observed
Long-standing prediction of quantum physics now provenCredit: HZB The regular arrangement of atoms in a crystal allows complex interactions that ...
How old are whale sharks? Nuclear bomb legacy reveals their age
Cold War testing radioactivity used to determine longevity of largest fish on EarthCredit: NOAA Nuclear bomb tests during the Cold ...
Cold War nuclear bomb tests reveal true age of whale sharks
The radioactive legacy of the arms race solves a mystery about the world's largest fishCredit: Paul Fanning, Pakistan node of ...
New laser technique will allow more powerful — and smaller — particle accelerators
Credit: (H. Palmer and K. Palmisano) By observing electrons that have been accelerated to extremely high energies, scientists are able ...
Does relativity lie at the source of quantum exoticism?
Credit: Source: FUW Since its beginnings, quantum mechanics hasn't ceased to amaze us with its peculiarity, so difficult to understand. ...
AI finds 2D materials in the blink of an eye
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, a ...
Surfing the waves: Electrons break law to go with the flow
Credit: OIST If you see people walking down a street and coming to a junction, it's difficult to predict which ...
Quantum copycat: Researchers find a new way in which bosons behave like fermions
Credit: Nate Follmer, Penn State Bosons and fermions, the two classes into which all particles--from the sub-atomic to atoms themselves--can ...
Multi-stage deformation process in high-entropy alloys at ultra-low temperatures revealed
Pave the way to design new structural materials with superior mechanical propertiesCredit: © Professor Wang Xunli / City University of ...
Sandia initiatives to protect US energy grid and nuclear weapons systems
Credit: Randy Montoya, Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- To deter attempts to disable U.S. electrical utilities and to defend ...
A key development in the drive for energy-efficient electronics
Credit: University of Leeds Scientists have made a breakthrough in the development of a new generation of electronics that will ...
Researchers observe ultrafast processes of single molecules for the first time
Credit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz Markus Koch, head of the research group Femtosecond Dynamics at the Institute of Experimental ...
Photons and electrons one on one
The dynamics of electrons changes ever so slightly on each interaction with a photon; physicists at ETH Zurich have now ...
Russian scientists propose new approach to measuring atoms
Scientists proposed a new method of statistical analysis of intermolecular interactions and sizes of atoms.Credit: ChenPhysChem Today, when new drugs ...
Army scientists create quantum sensor that covers entire radio frequency spectrum
Credit: U.S. Army photo ADELPHI, Md. (March 19, 2020) - A quantum sensor could give Soldiers a way to detect ...
New experimental, theoretical evidence identifies jacutingaite as dual-topology insulator
Credit: @EPFL Topological insulators (TIs) are bulk insulating materials that nonetheless exhibit metallic conductivity on their surfaces. This conductivity is ...
Discovery of zero-energy bound states at both ends of a one-dimensional atomic line defect
Credit: School of Physics, Peking University In recent years, the development of quantum computers beyond the capability of classical computers ...
New study presents efficient, solution-processed, hybrid tandem solar cells
Credit: UNIST Colloidal quantum dot (CQD) solar cells have attracted considerable attention due to the advantages of being flexible and ...