Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University (SBU) have shown that particles produced in collimated sprays called jets retain information about their origins in subatomic particle…
Category: 4. Physics
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Scientists observe exotic quantum phase once thought impossible
A team of Rice University researchers reported the first direct observation of a surprising quantum phenomenon predicted over half a century ago, opening pathways for revolutionary applications in quantum computing, communication and sensing.
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KATRIN Physicists Measure Upper Mass Limit of Neutrino
Physicists with the KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment report the most precise measurement of the upper mass limit of the neutrino to date, establishing it as 0.45 electron volts (eV) — less than one-millionth the mass of an…
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This Self-Shaping Liquid Defies Thermodynamics – And Always Rebuilds Its Form
In a surprising twist, a graduate student at UMass Amherst discovered a strange new fluid behavior that seems to defy thermodynamics. While experimenting with oil, water, and magnetized nickel particles, he found that no matter how hard the…
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Breaking a century-old physics barrier: perfect wave trapping with simple cylinders
A joint research team from POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) and Jeonbuk National University has successfully demonstrated the complete confinement of mechanical waves within a single resonator — something long thought to be…
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A new era in materials science: antiferromagnetic quasicrystals unveiled
Quasicrystals (QCs) are fascinating solid materials that exhibit an intriguing atomic arrangement. Unlike regular crystals, in which atomic arrangements have an ordered repeating pattern, QCs display long-range atomic order that is not periodic….
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Scientists find evidence of universal conformal invariance in diverse cellular movement
In a new Nature Physics…
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Nuclear Spins Tamed for Quantum Applications
• Physics 18, s38
Improved methods for using electron spins to sense and control nuclear spins could benefit many quantum technologies.
H. K. C. Beukers et al. [2]
Nuclear spins in a…
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Atmospheric Turbulence Triggered by Events 20,000 km Up
• Physics 18, 81
Observations link turbulence in the ionosphere—a region essential for communications—with far-away disturbances associated with Earth’s magnetic field.
D. Huyghebaert/University of Tromsø
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