When we illuminate something, we usually expect that the brighter the source we use, the brighter the resulting image will be. This rule also works for ultra-short pulses of laser light—but only up to a certain intensity. ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 19, 2023
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A team of researchers has found a way to speed up the creation of quantum entanglement, a mystifying property of quantum mechanics that Albert Einstein once described as "spooky action at a distance."
Quantum Physics
Oct 9, 2023
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Researchers at the University of East Anglia have proposed a new way of using quantum light to "see" quantum sound.
Optics & Photonics
Oct 4, 2023
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Whether you are familiar with the term "Magnus effect" or not, you have certainly seen it in action. It is when a spinning ball—for instance in football, cricket or baseball—bends away from its expected trajectory, often ...
General Physics
Sep 26, 2023
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Scientists from the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, both Germany, have successfully developed nanomaterials using a so-called bottom-up approach. As reported in ...
Nanophysics
Sep 25, 2023
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New research is challenging the scientific status quo on the limits of the nuclear chart in hot stellar environments where temperatures reach billions of degrees Celsius.
General Physics
Sep 18, 2023
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The very first life on Earth is thought to have developed from "protocells"—liquid mixtures of many different types of molecules. Researchers from the University of Göttingen have now shown that in such mixtures, small ...
General Physics
Sep 13, 2023
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As people, we are all shaped by the neighborhoods we grew up in, whether it was a bustling urban center or the quiet countryside. Objects in distant outer space are no different.
Astronomy
Sep 11, 2023
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A University of Liverpool researcher has contributed to new research that demonstrates a completely novel type of molecular motor.
Biochemistry
Sep 7, 2023
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One of the biggest obstacles to the uptake of plant-based alternatives to meat is their very dry and astringent feel when they are eaten.
Biochemistry
Aug 14, 2023
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