The imaginary part of quantum mechanics really exists!
Credit: Source: USTC For almost a century, physicists have been intrigued by the fundamental question: why are complex numbers so ...
Tag: Particle Physics
How tiny machines become capable of learning
Team of physicists led by Professor Frank Cichos develop learning microswimmersCredit: Photo: Leipzig University, Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences ...
Black hole shows magnetic fields surrounding it are strong enough to resist gravity
Wits University astrophysicists are the only two scientists on African continent that contributed to the study.Credit: Credit: © EHT Collaboration ...
Searching for hints of new physics in the subatomic world
Particle physicists use lattice quantum chromodynamics and supercomputers to search for physics beyond the Standard ModelCredit: A. Bazavov (Michigan State ...
Cost-effective, easily manufactured ventilators for COVID-19 patients
The Mechanical Ventilator Milano design helps overcome the ventilator shortage, aids with the respiratory effects of the pandemic.Credit: MVM Collaboration ...
New results challenge leading theory in physics
Credit: CERN When so-called beauty quarks are produced during the collision of high-energy proton beams in the Large Hadron Collider ...
New result from the LHCb experiment challenges leading theory in physics
Credit: LHCb Collaboration Imperial physicists are part of a team that has announced 'intriguing' results that potentially cannot be explained ...
Study could help develop biosensors for non-invasive diagnosis of diseases
Brazilian researchers tested the capacity of different materials to produce sensors for the detection of PCA3, a gene that is ...
The eukaryotic cell nucleus resembles the layout of a superstore
Credit: Source: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski The headquarter of a eukaryotic cell is the nucleus, and most of the cell's ...
Research finds surprising electron interaction in ‘magic-angle’ graphene
Credit: Li lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- In 2018, physicists showed that something interesting happens when two sheets ...
Lena Funcke receives Leona Woods Lectureship Award
Postdoctoral theorist recognized for her work at the intersection of fundamental particles, the cosmos, and quantum computingCredit: Perimeter Institute UPTON, ...
Understanding how electrons ‘dance’ in topological semimetals
UH physicist earns NSF CAREER Award to investigate materials' fundamental aspectsCredit: Preeti Gore Semimetals lie between metals and non-metals in ...
HAWC: Are photons of extreme energies coming from the Galaxy’s largest accelerator?
Credit: Source: HAWC For years, in the vastness of our galaxy, astrophysicists have been tracking down pevatrons - natural accelerators ...
Missing baryons found in far-out reaches of galactic halos
Berkeley Lab physicists play key role in studies that solve a cosmological mysteryCredit: NASA Researchers have channeled the universe's earliest ...
‘We marry disorder with order’
Physicists able to determine properties of mesoporous materials more preciselyCredit: Photo: Swen Reichhold, Leipzig University He and his research group ...
A promising breakthrough for a better design of electronic materials
A deeper understanding of molecular vibrations can increase electron velocity in semiconductor materialsCredit: Christian Fleury (INRS) Finding the best materials ...
Use of perovskite will be a key feature of the next generation of electronic appliances
Nanomaterials of perovskite dispersed in hexane and irradiated by laser; light emission by these materials is intense thanks to resistance ...
New perovskite LED emits a circularly polarized glow
Credit: Adapted from: Kim, Y.H. et. al., Science (2021) Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have revolutionized the displays industry. LEDs use electric ...
Tracking cosmic ghosts
Frontera supercomputer, a community resource for IceCube Neutrino Observatory research, enables the discovery of new high-energy particleCredit: IceCube Collaboration The ...
A monumental particle accelerator in the Cygnus Cocoon
Credit: Source: IFJ PAN / HAWC At the heart of Cygnus, one of the most beautiful constellations of the summer ...