3x larger crystal could power laser systems for fusion research
A North Carolina-based company has grown and harvested a ytterbium-doped yttrium lithium fluoride (Yb:YLF) crystal boule. Laser crystals,…
Want to muck around with a real quantum computer? Now you can
Quantum computers are expected to transform many facets of science and industry over the next decade or so…
Large Hadron Collider Reveals an Atomic Nucleus Shaped Like a Bowling Pin : ScienceAlert
Every atom of matter in the Universe is built around a nucleus. It’s a tightly packed bundle of…
Optics & Photonics News – Correlated Electrons Boost X-Ray Harmonics
Researchers have generated previously unobtainable X-ray harmonics by firing intense ultraviolet laser pulses at helium gas in a…
How Gas Filaments and Interfilaments Feed Star Formation in Monoceros R2
Stars are a critical piece of the larger cosmos. They’re engines of nucleosynthesis, forging the elements—and the planets—that…
These Whale Calls Appear to Break Physics, but the Truth Is Even Weirder
While tracking whale calls near Massachusetts, oceanographer John Spiesberger noticed that the software he was using was clocking…
‘Little red dots’ could herald the birth of supermassive black holes – Physics World
‘Little red dots’ could herald the birth of supermassive black holes – Physics World Skip to main content…
Upconverting colloidal quantum dots bring ‘colour vision’ to the infrared – Physics World
Upconverting colloidal quantum dots bring ‘colour vision’ to the infrared – Physics World Skip to main content Discover…
Irreversibility and symmetry breaking in the creation and annihilation of defects in active living matter
Sanchez, T. Spontaneous motion in hierarchically assembled active matter. Nature 491, 431–434 (2012). Article ADS Google Scholar Guillamat,…
Guest Post: The Role of Silicon Photonics in Delivering Usable Quantum Computing
Guest post by Professor Callum Littlejohns, Deputy Director at CORNERSTONE, and Dr Amit Agrawal, Associate Professor in Optical…
Dark stars may have left gravitational-wave echoes across the universe
image: ©Just_Super | iStock A study by researchers at Colgate University suggests that the background of low-frequency gravitational…
From equilibrium to ultrafast antiferromagnetism
Kittel, C. Introduction to Solid State Physics 8th edn (John Wiley, 2004). Curie, P. Sur la symétrie dans…