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Plasma Physics 1 hour ago

Fusion-energy quest makes big advance with EU-Japan reactor

The inauguration of the world's most powerful fusion machine brings the dream of clean, safe and abundant power closer.

Optics & Photonics 1 hour ago

Compact quantum light processing: New findings lead to advances in optical quantum computing

An international collaboration of researchers, led by Philip Walther at University of Vienna, have achieved a significant breakthrough in quantum technology, with the successful demonstration of quantum interference among ...

Quantum Physics Apr 18, 2024

Research reveals a surprising topological reversal in quantum systems

In principle, one shouldn't compare apples to oranges. However, in topology, which is a branch of mathematics, one must do just that. Apples and oranges, it turns out, are said to be topologically the same since they both ...

Analytical Chemistry Apr 17, 2024

Cold Coulomb crystals, cosmic clues: Unraveling the mysteries of space chemistry

While it may not look like it, the interstellar space between stars is far from empty. Atoms, ions, molecules, and more reside in this ethereal environment known as the Interstellar Medium (ISM). The ISM has fascinated scientists ...

Condensed Matter Apr 17, 2024

Beyond equilibrium: Scientists investigate Floquet Fermi liquids

Researchers from Germany and Singapore have studied a non-equilibrium state of Fermi liquids called the Floquet Fermi liquid (FFL), which is formed when Fermi liquids are subjected to a periodic driving force and kept in ...

Nanophysics Apr 16, 2024

Novel method developed for phosphorescent multi-color carbon dots

A research team has devised a novel method to prepare carbonized polymer nanodots capable of emitting multi-color ultra-long room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) from blue to green.

Nanophysics Apr 16, 2024

Quantum electronics: Charge travels like light in bilayer graphene

An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has demonstrated experimentally that electrons in naturally occurring double-layer graphene move like particles without any mass, in the same way that light ...

General Physics Apr 16, 2024

How logic alone may prove that time doesn't exist

Modern physics suggests time may be an illusion. Einstein's theory of relativity, for example, suggests the universe is a static, four-dimensional block that contains all of space and time simultaneously—with no special ...

Quantum Physics Apr 16, 2024

Crucial connection for 'quantum internet' made for the first time

Researchers have produced, stored, and retrieved quantum information for the first time, a critical step in quantum networking.

Condensed Matter Apr 16, 2024

A universal path for converting light into current in solids

Researchers have long wondered whether light can be efficiently converted into electricity. Realistic and efficient methods to generate electricity from light, photocurrent, has numerous potential applications in the clean ...

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