Researchers from the National University of science and technology MISIS (NUST MISIS, Moscow, Russia) and the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN, Naples, Italy) have developed a simple and cost-effective technology ...
General Physics
Apr 11, 2019
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Trapping single atoms is a bit like herding cats, which makes researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder expert feline wranglers.
Quantum Physics
Apr 3, 2019
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A new type of microscope may give doctors a better idea of how safely and effectively a medication will perform in the body.
Optics & Photonics
Feb 27, 2019
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Researchers at the University of Vienna study the relevance of quantum reference frames for the symmetries of the world
Quantum Physics
Jan 30, 2019
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Insulators that are conducting at their edges hold promise for interesting technological applications. However, until now their characteristics have not been fully understood. Physicists at Goethe University have now modelled ...
Quantum Physics
Jan 16, 2019
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This year's Nobel Prize in Physics, awarded for discoveries in laser physics, recognizes optical tweezers. Now researchers from the University of Gothenburg have developed a method that greatly simplifies and improves the ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 13, 2018
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One might think that the optical tweezer – a focused laser beam that can trap small particles – is old hat by now. After all, the tweezer was invented by Arthur Ashkin in 1970. And he received the Nobel Prize for it this ...
Quantum Physics
Nov 7, 2018
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A team of scientists from Siberian Federal University (SibFU), together with foreign colleagues, described the structural and physical properties of a group of two-dimensional materials based on polycyclic molecules called ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 5, 2018
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Using corkscrew-shaped laser pulses, scientists at DESY have devised a sophisticated optical centrifuge that can make molecules rotate rapidly about a desired molecular axis. The innovative method opens up new ways to control ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 19, 2018
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After three scientists won the Nobel Physics Prize on Tuesday for groundbreaking discoveries harnessing the power of lasers, here are a few basic facts about their research.
Optics & Photonics
Oct 2, 2018
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