Oct. 6, 2020 — Researchers have improved a method for probing semiconducting crystals with light to detect defects and impurities. The details of their 'omnidirectional photoluminescence (ODPL) ...
Oct. 1, 2020 — New research developed a new microwave radiation sensor with 100,000 times higher sensitivity than currently available commercial sensors. Researchers said better detection of microwave radiation ...
Oct. 1, 2020 — Experts have devised a simple way to glean more detailed information out of standard medical imaging scans. A research team made up of atomic physicists and nuclear medicine experts has designed a ...
Sep. 29, 2020 — SPARC is planned to be the first experimental device ever to achieve a 'burning plasma' -- a self-sustaining fusion reaction in which different isotopes of the element hydrogen fuse ...
Sep. 29, 2020 — Optical frequency combs can link frequencies in the microwave domain to high-purity laser emissions, yielding unprecedented precision in time-keeping and metrology. Now scientists have generated ...
Sep. 29, 2020 — A machine learning technique rapidly rediscovered rules governing catalysts that took humans years of difficult calculations to reveal -- and even explained a deviation. The team that developed the ...
Sep. 29, 2020 — Scientists typically prefer to work with ordered systems. However, a diverse team of physicists and biophysicists found that individual light-harvesting nanotubes with disordered molecular structures ...
Sep. 28, 2020 — Scientists have constructed a nuclear physics model capturing the interactions between neutrinos and atomic nuclei. This model building is part of a larger project to understand the role of neutrinos ...
Sep. 28, 2020 — New research reveals that the nature of the boundary at which an antiferromagnet transitions to a state of disorder slightly depends on the geometry of its lattice ...
Sep. 28, 2020 — New research has revealed how robust initial states can be prepared in quantum information systems, minimizing any unwanted transitions which lead to losses in quantum ...
Sep. 28, 2020 — Quasiparticles die young, lasting far, far less than a second. Why? A new Monash University study finds a culprit beyond the usual suspect (decay into lower energy states). Identification of the new ...
Sep. 25, 2020 — Gravitational wave detectors opened a new window to the universe by measuring the ripples in spacetime produced by colliding black holes and neutron stars, but they are ultimately limited by quantum ...
Sep. 25, 2020 — An ingenious device, only a few micrometers in size, lets researchers study the reaction of individual biological cells to mechanical ...
Sep. 25, 2020 — Researchers create a quantum algorithm that removes spin contaminants while making chemical calculations on quantum computers. This allows for predictions of electronic and molecular behavior with ...
Sep. 25, 2020 — Since these early days of quantum mechanics, it is known that photons also possess momentum. The photon's ability to transfer momentum was used in a novel approach by scientists to observe a ...
Sep. 24, 2020 — Researchers have devised and demonstrated a system that could dramatically increase the performance of communications networks while enabling record-low error rates in detecting even the faintest of ...
Sep. 24, 2020 — The spin of particles can be manipulated by a magnetic field. This principle is the basic idea behind magnetic resonance imaging as used in hospitals. A surprising effect has now been discovered in ...
Sep. 24, 2020 — Physicists have published a review that explores Bell's inequalities and his concepts of reality and explains their relevance to quantum information and its ...
Sep. 24, 2020 — Scientists have invented a new type of accelerator structure that could make accelerators used for a given application 10 times ...
Sep. 23, 2020 — An international group of researchers has developed a technique that forecasts how tokamaks might respond to unwanted magnetic errors. These forecasts could help engineers design fusion facilities ...
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