Immortal quantum particles
Oscillating quasiparticles: the cycle of decay and rebirthCredit: K. Verresen / TUM As the saying goes, nothing lasts forever. The ...
Tag: Particle Physics
Tracking major sources of energy loss in compact fusion facilities
Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications A key obstacle to controlling on Earth the fusion that powers the sun and ...
A new candidate for dark matter and a way to detect it
Two theoretical physicists at the University of California, Davis have a new candidate for dark matter, and a possible way ...
What if dark matter is lighter? Report calls for small experiments to broaden the hunt
Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley scientists are already pursuing new experiments to probe for low-mass dark matter particlesCredit: Marilyn Chung/Berkeley ...
Researchers uncover a new obstacle to effective accelerator beams
Credit: Gailing Yue High-energy ion beams -- laser-like beams of atomic particles fired through accelerators -- have applications that range ...
Radon inferior to radium for electric dipole moments (EDM) searches
Credit: University of Liverpool An international research team led by the University of Liverpool has made a discovery that will ...
New research unlocks properties for quantum information storage and computing
Newly published findings lay the foundation for smaller, more efficient quantum devices TROY, N.Y. - Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ...
UTA researcher uses nanoparticles stimulated by microwaves to combat cancer
A physicist at The University of Texas at Arlington has proposed a new concept for treating cancer cells, further advancing ...
Researchers develop superconducting quantum refrigerator
Credit: University of Rochester illustration / Michael Osadciw Imagine a refrigerator so cold it could turn atoms into their quantum ...
Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, June 3, 2019
Credit: Carlos Jones/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy Nuclear--Tiny test fuels For the first time, Oak Ridge National ...
Quantum information gets a boost from thin-film breakthrough
Method opens new path to all-optical quantum computers, other technologiesCredit: Image by Michael Pettes Los Alamos National Laboratory image LOS ...
Particles, Fields and Forces
Quantum field theory without the mathematics!Credit: Springer Nature Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model of particle physics are theories ...
Scientists revisit the cold case of cold fusion
Four academic laboratories partner with Google to explore how materials science can help make fusion more accessibleCredit: Phil Schauer Scientists ...
Scientists uncover exotic matter in the sun’s atmosphere
Credit: NASA/SDO. Scientists from Ireland and France today announced a major new finding about how matter behaves in the extreme ...
Of strawberry jelly and earthquakes: Space station investigation studies colloids
A new International Space Station investigation, Advanced Colloids Experiment-Temperature-10, is using temperature changes to better understand how colloids -- or ...
Artificial atomic scale materials: Discovering how electrons fatten!
A single and isolated electron has a clear electrical charge, magnetic moment and mass, and its free movement can be ...
New flatland material: Physicists obtain quasi-2D gold
Credit: Ella Maru Studio Researchers from the MIPT Center for Photonics and 2D Materials have synthesized a quasi-2D gold film, ...
The geometry of an electron determined for the first time
Credit: University of Basel, Departement of Physics Physicists at the University of Basel are able to show for the first ...
New data on ultrafast electron photoemission from metallic nanostructures obtained
The results of the Russian-Japanese experiment explain the mechanism of electron photoemission by metallic nanostructures under ultrafast laser excitation The ...
Machine learning speeds modeling of experiments aimed at capturing fusion energy on Earth
Credit: NSTX-U experiment Machine learning (ML), a form of artificial intelligence that recognizes faces, understands language and navigates self-driving cars, ...