Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have refined the use of magnetic fields to improve the performance of doughnut-shaped fusion facilities known as tokamaks. The ...
Plasma Physics
Jun 9, 2022
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A recent experiment detailed in the journal Nature is challenging our picture of how electrons behave in quantum materials. Using stacked layers of a material called tungsten ditelluride, researchers have observed electrons ...
Quantum Physics
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Astronomers have found only the second example of a highly active, repeating fast radio burst (FRB) with a compact source of weaker but persistent radio emission between bursts. The discovery raises new questions about the ...
Astronomy
Jun 8, 2022
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High temperature superconductivity is something of a holy grail for researchers studying quantum materials. Superconductors, which conduct electricity without dissipating energy, promise to revolutionize our energy and telecommunication ...
Superconductivity
May 20, 2022
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A team of researchers at Cornell has developed an ultrathin film of cesium antimonide that can be used as a highly efficient photocathode. In their paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters, the group describes ...
In a world first, a team co-led by a physicist at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has discovered that excitons—excited electrons bound to empty electron "holes"—can exist stably and travel rapidly through metal. ...
Condensed Matter
Mar 22, 2022
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Scientists from the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Vanderbilt University, City University of New York, University of Nebraska, and University of Iowa have just published new results on asymmetric light-matter ...
Condensed Matter
Feb 25, 2022
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In a recent study published in the journal ACS Catalysis researchers from Kanazawa University describe novel scanning electrochemical cell microscopy measurements to determine sites of photoelectrochemical activity in titanium ...
Materials Science
Feb 21, 2022
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Physicists from MIPT and Skoltech have found a way to modify and purposely tune the electronic properties of carbon nanotubes to meet the requirements of novel electronic devices. The paper is published in Carbon.
Nanophysics
Feb 10, 2022
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New methods for measuring the size and concentration of ultrafine particles using charged plasmas can be used to make future sensors for health benefits.
Plasma Physics
Feb 9, 2022
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