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Finding Could Help Scientists Develop X-ray Techniques for Capturing Atomic Images of Molecules

Researchers assumed that tiny objects would instantly blow up when hit by extremely intense light from the world’s most powerful X-ray laser at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

1 Feb 2016

Researchers Use MoS2 to Unveil Application of Electron Spin for Next-Generation Low-Power Devices

Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Yale-NUS College have established the mechanisms for spin motion in molybdenum disulfide, an emerging two-dimensional (2D) material.

1 Feb 2016

New Plasma Accelerator Research Station to Come Up in University of Manchester

Particle accelerators find many applications in fundamental research, as well as in health, energy and security applications. They range from relatively compact, sometimes even table top devices to km-size particle colliders to unravel the secrets of the universe.

1 Feb 2016

Scientists Explore Origin of Sun's Magnetic Field

The surface of the sun writhes and dances. Far from the still, whitish-yellow disk it appears to be from the ground, the sun sports twisting, towering loops and swirling cyclones that reach into the solar upper atmosphere, the million-degree corona – but these cannot be seen in visible light.

1 Feb 2016

Nuclear Effects Induce Superconductivity in Ytterbium Dirhodium Disilicide

Physicists from the United States, China and Germany have found that nuclear effects induce superconductivity in ytterbium dirhodium disilicide (YRS), one of the most-researched materials in the “heavy fermions” class.

29 Jan 2016

Scientists Use Phonon-Light Technique to Detect Dark Matter Particles

The origin of matter in the universe has puzzled physicists for generations. Today, we know that matter only accounts for 5% of our universe; another 25% is constituted of dark matter. And the remaining 70% is made up of dark energy. Dark matter itself represents an unsolved riddle.

29 Jan 2016

Heidelberg University Physicists Determine Equation of State for Atomic Gas

In a laboratory experiment, physicists at the Center for Quantum Dynamics of Heidelberg University have succeeded in determining the equation of state for an atomic gas, which can be used to precisely describe the thermodynamic properties of this physical system.

29 Jan 2016

New Griffith University Research Challenges Long-Held Presumption on Time Evolution

New research from Griffith University’s Centre for Quantum Dynamics is broadening perspectives on time and space.

29 Jan 2016

Monstrous Smith Cloud on Return Collision Course with Milky Way Galaxy

Hubble Space Telescope astronomers are finding that the old adage “what goes up must come down” even applies to an immense cloud of hydrogen gas outside our Milky Way galaxy. The invisible cloud is plummeting toward our galaxy at nearly 700,000 miles per hour.

29 Jan 2016

University of Arkansas Physicist Receives Grant to Investigate Quantum Dots

Hugh Churchill, an assistant professor of physics and director of the Quantum Device Laboratory at the University of Arkansas (U of A), has received a grant of $360,000 for studying semiconducting nanomaterials, which could lead to a new generation of electronic devices.

29 Jan 2016