Connecting the dots in the sky could shed new light on dark matter
Matching up maps of matter and light from the Dark Energy Survey and Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope may help astrophysicists ...
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Tuning optical resonators gives researchers control over transparency
Method has ramifications for quantum computing, communications and moreCredit: Yang Lab In the quantum realm, under some circumstances and with ...
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 ...
NUS scientists create world’s first monolayer amorphous film
Credit: National University of Singapore Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have synthesised the world's first one-atom-thick amorphous ...
Utilizing relativistic effects for laser fusion: A new approach for clean power
Activating relativistic effects of intense laser light in plasma, researchers at Osaka University test a new method for achieving consistent ...
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 ...
Stanford researchers build a particle accelerator that fits on a chip
Just as desktop PCs acquired some of the functions performed by room-sized mainframes, a Stanford team has prototyped a silicon ...
Researchers to develop a theory of transients in graphene
The research considers behavior of graphene in the moment of its transition from the state of thermal equilibrium and the ...
PPPL presents Kaul award to physicists Yevgeny Raitses and Igor Kaganovich
Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications Pioneering research on the development of plasma science and new devices relevant to applications ...
PPPL invention could improve efficiency of engines while reducing pollutants
Credit: Composite by Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications When it comes to car and truck engines, not much has changed ...
Carbon cocoons surround growing galaxies far beyond previous beliefs
Credit: NAOJ Researchers have discovered gigantic clouds of gaseous carbon spanning more than a radius of 30,000 light-years around young ...
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 ...
Turning light energy into heat to fight disease
Scientists have developed a method involving terahertz radiation to monitor temperature changes when laser light is focused on tiny gold ...
Leptons help in tracking new physics
Credit: Source: IFJ PAN Electrons with 'colleagues' - other leptons - are one of many products of collisions observed in ...
Physics through fiction — string theory and divine intervention
Credit: Springer Nature In his book, Mark Alpert reimagines Saint Joan of Arc as a teenage math whiz from New ...
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 ...
Weizmann physicists image electrons flowing like water
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science Physicists at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have imaged electrons flowing viscously through ...
Fusion by strong lasers
HZDR scientists want to use quantum mechanics to trigger the fusion of atomic nucleiCredit: DESY Nuclear physics usually involves high ...
Sun’s close-up reveals atmosphere hopping with highly energetic particles
New data from the first two orbits by NASA's Parker Solar ProbeCredit: Image by Jamey Szalay and David McComas; Adapted ...
Electron correlations in carbon nanostructures
Physicists from Kiel and Copenhagen elucidate the behaviour of electrons in graphene nanoribbonsCredit: Copyright: Jan-Philip Joost, AG Bonitz New materials ...