A spookily good sensor
A sensor using quantum entanglement can determine if a single magnetic excitation is present in a millimeter-sized sphere. This moves ...
Tag: Atomic Physics
Pitt study uncovers new electronic state of matter
Discovery shows electrons can bind together in ways similar to how quarks combine to form neutrons and protonsCredit: Jeremy Levy ...
Electric solid propellant — can it take the heat?
Thermodynamic properties of hydroxylammonium nitrate-based electric solid propellant plasmaCredit: NASA Electric solid propellants are being explored as a safer option ...
Method combination allows deep insights into ultrafast light-induced processes
Credit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz Since the 1990s, femtochemistry has been researching ultrafast processes at the molecular level. In ...
New threads: Nanowires made of tellurium and nanotubes hold promise for wearable tech
Credit: Purdue University/Pai-Ying Liao Wearable tech and electronic cloth may be the way of the future, but to get there ...
Roll up
New research builds upon carbon nanotubes to create a novel functional structureCredit: © 2020 Maruyama et al. For decades, carbon ...
Artificial intelligence ‘sees’ quantum advantages
Credit: Alexey Melnikov Russian researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Valiev Institute of Physics and Technology, and ...
New quasi-particle discovered: The Pi-ton
Actually they had been looking for something completely different, but they found a previously unknown quasi-particle: A bound state of ...
New quantum switch turns metals into insulators
Credit: Berend Zwartsenberg/SBQMI Most modern electronic devices rely on tiny, finely-tuned electrical currents to process and store information. These currents ...
How nature tells us its formulas
Developing a quantum description for a many-body system is extremely hard; TU Wien (Vienna) and Heidelberg University found a way ...
What a pair! Coupled quantum dots may offer a new way to store quantum information
Credit: NIST Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have for the first time ...
Detection of very high frequency magnetic resonance could revolutionize electronics
UC Riverside-led research has applications in ultrafast and spin-based nanoscale devicesCredit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A team ...
How to take a picture of a light pulse
Until now, complex experimental equipment was required to measure the shape of a light pulse; a team from TU Wien ...
Ghostly particles detected in condensates of light and matter
Quantum fluids are not foreverCredit: FLEET Australian research collaboration makes first detection of 'ghost particles' from Bose-Einstein condensates made of ...
Physicist obtain atomically thin molybdenum disulfide films on large-area substrates
Credit: Atomic Layer Deposition Lab, MIPT Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have managed to grow atomically ...
Texas A&M engineers develop recipe to dramatically strengthen body armor
Credit: Texas A&M University College of Engineering According to ancient lore, Genghis Khan instructed his horsemen to wear silk vests ...
Scientists take the first step towards extending the Standard Model in physics
Researchers calculated previously unexplored effects in atomsCredit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Researchers of Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic ...
VHF radar operation starts in Thailand for observation of plasma bubble
High-precision plasma bubble observation from the initial generation by installation at the magnetic equatorCredit: National Institute of Information and Communications ...
The mysterious movement of water molecules
Credit: © Tamtögl Water is a mysterious substance. Understanding how it behaves at the atomic level is still a challenge ...
Visualizing chemical reactions, e.g. from H2 and CO2 to synthetic natural gas
Researchers at EPFL have developed a reactor system and an analysis method that has allowed them to observe the real-time ...