Charge carrier pairs in cuprate compounds shed light on high-temperature superconductivity
A short pulse excites a pair of charge carriers in oxygen atoms (red). Its energy could be measured.…
Have we just solved dark energy? Study says the Universe’s expansion is actually slowing down
Dark energy is the name given to the mysterious force that seems to be accelerating the expansion of…
MIT gets first ‘direct view’ of exotic superconductivity in graphene
By developing a novel technique to get a “direct view” of its properties, MIT physicists have reported a…
Do Aliens Speak Physics? And Other Questions about Science and the Nature of Reality
When we imagine contact with extraterrestrial intelligence, we tend to picture messages: radio signals, mathematical codes, or perhaps…
Twistelastics controls how mechanical waves move in metamaterials – Physics World
Twistelastics controls how mechanical waves move in metamaterials – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from…
Quantum light drives electrons strongly at metal needle tips
Bright squeezed vacuum The experimental set-up for the generation of single-mode BSV is described in ref. 32. The…
Single organic molecule triggers Kondo effect in molecular-scale ‘Kondo box’
by Li Xiangyang; Zhao Weiwei, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences Illustration of a molecular…
Physicists Use a Single Molecule as a Tiny Particle Collider : ScienceAlert
To study the inner workings of an atom’s nucleus, scientists have traditionally relied on sophisticated particle colliders to…
Scientists Just Discovered a Quantum Physics Loophole—And It Could Finally Unlock Interstellar Travel
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Physicists Take the Imaginary Numbers Out of Quantum Mechanics
A century ago, the strange behavior of atoms and elementary particles led physicists to formulate a new theory…
Astronomers Observe a Black Hole in Another Galaxy Tearing a Star Apart
During the 1950s, the study of the cosmos was revolutionized with the introduction of radio astronomy. In the…
Why are scientists rushing to study a comet from deep space? | Science and Technology News
Astrophysicists are scrambling to study an ancient comet from another star system that entered the solar system this…