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New Instrument for Atom-Scale Measurements Could Help Create Quantum Computers

It images single atoms. It maps atomic-scale hills and valleys on metal and insulating surfaces. And it records the flow of current across atom-thin materials subject to giant magnetic fields.

7 Jul 2020

Light-Based Approach can Help Explore Quantum Electrodynamics Phenomena

In a paper that made the cover of the journal Applied Physics Letters, an international team of researchers has demonstrated an innovative technique for increasing the intensity of lasers.

6 Jul 2020

Researchers Observe Ionized Structural Changes at the Center of Milky Way

Figuring out how much energy permeates the center of the Milky Way--a discovery reported in the July 3 edition of the journal Science Advances--could yield new clues to the fundamental source of our galaxy's power, said L. Matthew Haffner of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

6 Jul 2020

New Spintronics-Based Concept Could Improve Magnetic Data Storage, Processing

A simple technique developed by physicists from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and Lanzhou University in China could prove helpful to considerably enhance magnetic-based data processing.

3 Jul 2020

Spintronics Helps Elucidate Mechanism of Hydrodynamic Power Generation

Researchers in the ERATO Saitoh Spin Quantum Rectification Project in the JST Strategic Basic Research Programs have elucidated the mechanism of the hydrodynamic power generation using spin currents in micrometer-scale channels, finding that power generation efficiency improves drastically as the size of the flow is made smaller.

3 Jul 2020

New Chiral Analysis Method Helps Find Enantiopurity of Crude Reaction Products

Researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently developed a new platform for rapid chiral analysis, producing chromatogram-like output without the need for separation.

3 Jul 2020

Study Discovers Unusual Exoplanets Named WASP-148 Using SOPHIE Instrument

Several interacting exoplanets have already been spotted by satellites.

3 Jul 2020

Study Captures New Image of Celestial Fireworks in G286.21+0.17 Star Cluster

Astronomers created a stunning new image showing celestial fireworks in star cluster G286.21+0.17.

3 Jul 2020

Identifying Excitons in 2D Materials Could Help Develop Quantum Computers

A new study by researchers at the Institute of Materials Science of the University of Valencia (ICMUV) has been able to detect excitons—particles that cause the interaction between light and matter—trapped in 2D materials that develop moire patterns, which is one of the major challenges in this field of research.

2 Jul 2020

$X-Ray Diffraction Instrument Developed for Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source$