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Study Demonstrates Absorption of Laser Light Energy by Free Electrons in a Liquid

For the first ever time, researchers have demonstrated the absorption of energy from laser light by free electrons in a liquid. So far, this process was noted only in the gas phase.

14 Jul 2021

New Approach Could Improve Information Transfer in Classical, Quantum Regimes

Similar to the entry and exits gates located in subways, parks, or gardens, electronics also have gates. Such gates tend to control the flow of information from one place to another through an electrical signal.

14 Jul 2021

Study Shows High-Tc Superconductor Fe(Se,Te) Monolayer as a Promising Majorana Platform

In particle physics, a Majorana Fermion is charge neutral and its antiparticle is just itself. In condensed matter physics, a Majorana zero mode (MZM) is a quasi-particle excitation, which appears in the surfaces or edges of topological superconductors.

14 Jul 2021

Galactic Gamma Ray Bursts Occur Within the Predicted Window

Magnetars are bizarre objects -- massive, spinning neutron stars with magnetic fields among the most powerful known, capable of shooting off brief bursts of radio waves so bright they're visible across the universe.

14 Jul 2021

Where are the World’s Women in Physics?

“On the first day of the 7th IUPAP Conference on Women in Physics we heard about the scale of the challenge to redress gender inequity in physics. As the conference progresses we hope to learn more about how we can work together to improve the situation for women in physics,” said Professor Sarah Maddison, conference co-chair.

14 Jul 2021

Study Offers New Insight into the Reflection of the Universe Near Black Holes

Near black holes, space tends to be so deformed that even light rays might curve around them mostly. This phenomenon might allow people to view several versions of the same thing.

13 Jul 2021

Astronomers Spot the Tell-Tale Signs of a Teardrop-Shaped Star

Astronomers have made the rare sighting of two stars spiraling to their doom by spotting the tell-tale signs of a teardrop-shaped star.

13 Jul 2021

New Evidence of Quantum Phase Transition in a Quasi-2D System Consisting Entirely of Spins

Pure quantum systems can undergo phase transitions analogous to the classical phase transition between the liquid and gaseous states of water.

13 Jul 2021

Research Team Demonstrates Neutron-Clustering Effect in Nuclear Reactors

For the first time, the long-theorized neutron-clustering effect in nuclear reactors has been demonstrated, which could improve reactor safety and create more accurate simulations, according to a new study recently published in the journal Nature Communications Physics.

13 Jul 2021