Resonance techniques are experimental methods that exploit the resonant interaction of oscillatory fields with matter to probe structural, electronic, or dynamic properties with high sensitivity and selectivity. They include nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR/ESR), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR), and various optical and acoustic resonance-based methods. By tuning the frequency of an applied electromagnetic or mechanical field to match characteristic energy-level spacings or normal modes, these techniques enhance signal response, enabling precise measurements of local environments, molecular conformations, spin dynamics, and relaxation processes in physics, chemistry, biology, and materials science.
A concept from the field of quantum mechanics, spin is a property of particles that has no direct counterpart in everyday experience. Since the early 20th century, researchers have learned to manipulate it deliberately by ...
Condensed Matter
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University of Glasgow researchers are part of an international collaboration that could lead to a new generation of quantum sensors. The team, which included researchers from the University of Tokyo, University of Glasgow, ...
Condensed Matter
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For decades, researchers around the world have been working toward this goal—and now major advances are following in rapid succession. Vienna is now home to the world's first nuclear clock that stabilizes itself, as atomic ...
General Physics
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Researchers at Tohoku University, in collaboration with the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and the University of Tokyo, have taken an important step toward semiconductor quantum computing using zinc oxide ...
Condensed Matter
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An international team of physicists has developed a new method for determining the precise color of laser light using an image that rotates as the laser's frequency shifts.
Optics & Photonics
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Researchers have developed an organoid-on-a-chip technology that verifies the efficacy of Parkinson's disease treatments in real time. The technology combines a stem cell–derived "mini-brain" with a nanoplasmonic sensor engineered ...
Bio & Medicine
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Life is not always easy for a bee: Not all plants place their pollen outside. Some flowers have to be set to vibrating before the pollen can get out of their tube-like stamens. Certain bee species have developed a special ...
Ecology
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While quantum computing could be the future, it is currently plagued by finicky hardware. To make the technology practical, researchers must demonstrate that it consistently and continuously works and performs at scale. In ...
Quantum Physics
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For decades, physicists have used a technique called Mössbauer spectroscopy to peer inside solid materials, revealing fine details of their surroundings by studying how their atomic nuclei absorb and re-emit gamma rays.
For the first time, researchers have determined the shape of the actinide nucleus of fermium-255 and measured its structure with high precision and resolution.
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