Scientists observe ultrafast chemistry in water caused by ionizing radiation
Credit: NTU Singapore An international research team jointly led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), the U.S. Department of ...
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Nanobubbles in nanodroplets
Credit: Photo: AG Stienkemeier A team headed by Professor Frank Stienkemeier at Freiburg's Institute of Physics and Dr. Marcel Mudrich, ...
The case of the elusive Majorana: The so-called ‘angel particle’ is still a mystery
Credit: Cui-zu Chang, Penn State A 2017 report of the discovery of a particular kind of Majorana fermion--the chiral Majorana ...
Clusters of gold atoms form peculiar pyramidal shape
Credit: KU Leuven Clusters composed of a few atoms tend to be spherical. They are usually organized in shells of ...
Ten not-to-be-missed PPPL stories from 2019 — plus a triple bonus!
Credit: Elle Starkman / PPPL Office of Communications Arms control robots, a new national facility, and accelerating the drive to ...
Paving the way for spintronic RAMs: A deeper look into a powerful spin phenomenon
Credit: Journal of Applied Physics Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology(Tokyo Tech) explore a new material combination that sets the ...
‘Tweezer clock’ may help tell time more precisely
Credit: Caltech Atomic clocks are used around the world to precisely tell time. Each "tick" of the clock depends on ...
Computing with molecules: A big step in molecular spintronics
International research team lead by Kiel University developed more stable spin statesCredit: © Jan-Simon von Glasenapp and Rainer Herges Spintronics ...
NIST study suggests universal method for measuring light power
Credit: N. Hanacek/NIST Always on the lookout for better ways to measure all kinds of things, researchers at the National ...
Short story collection to entangle readers in the quantum world
Quantum shorts: Collected flash fiction inspired by quantum physicsCredit: N. Syafiqah Are you ready to get entangled in the science ...
Taking an X-ray of an atomic bond
Credit: Image courtesy of Tiffany Bowman, Brookhaven National Lab. Understanding the behavior of materials at their interfaces - where they ...
City College leads new photonics breakthrough
Credit: ITMO University A new approach to trapping light in artificial photonic materials by a City College of New York-led ...
Tiny quantum sensors watch materials transform under pressure
Scientists at Berkeley Lab convert diamonds' atomic flaws into atomic sensors with front-row seats to a quantum world of materials ...
New laser technique images quantum world in a trillionth of a second
Technique captures a process that commonly causes electrical resistance in materials while, in others, can cause the absence of resistance, ...
Ultrafast stimulated emission microscopy of single nanocrystals in Science
Credit: ICFO The ability to investigate the dynamics of single particle at the nano-scale and femtosecond level remained an unfathomed ...
Gamma-ray laser moves a step closer to reality
Calculations by UC Riverside's Allen Mills predict metastable positronium bubbles in liquid heliumCredit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- ...
Surface effects affect the distribution of hydrogen in metals
The researchers studied the distribution of hydrogen in metals in the process of standard testing for hydrogen cracking.Credit: Peter the ...
A momentous view on the birth of photoelectrons
The first sub-femtosecond study of the linear photon momentum transfer during an ionisation process provides unprecedented insight into the birth ...
Fusion by strong lasers
HZDR scientists want to use quantum mechanics to trigger the fusion of atomic nucleiCredit: DESY Nuclear physics usually involves high ...
Atom music lets listeners experience atomic world through sound
By correlating bright lines within the atomic spectra to audible tones, individual atom notes can be identified to create atom ...