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Apple versus donut: How the shape of a tokamak impacts the limits of the edge of the plasma
Harnessing energy from plasma requires a precise understanding of its behavior during fusion to keep it hot, dense and stable. A new theoretical model about a plasma's edge, which can become unstable and bulge, brings the ...
Plasma Physics
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Speeding up calculations that reveal how electrons interact in materials
Materials scientists and engineers would like to know precisely how electrons interact and move in new materials and how the devices made with them will behave. Will the electrical current flow easily within the material? ...
Condensed Matter
15 hours ago
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Study shows plant hydraulics create streaming electric potential in sync with biological clock
When plants draw water from their roots to nourish their stems and leaves, they produce an electric potential that could be harnessed as a renewable energy source. However, like all living things, plants are subject to a ...
General Physics
17 hours ago
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Unveiling the microscopic mechanism of superconducting metallic transistors
Transistors are the basis for microchips and the whole electronic industry. The invention of transistors, by Bardeen and Brattain in 1947, awarded with a Nobel prize, is regarded as one of the most important discoveries of ...
New study unveils how water dynamics slow down at low temperatures
A scientist at the Institute for Molecular Science has published a study that provides insight into the puzzling phenomenon of dynamic slowdown in supercooled water, an essential step toward understanding the glass transition ...
Soft Matter
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Researchers create the world's strongest ionizing terahertz radiation
Terahertz waves, known as non-ionizing radiation, can turn into ionization radiation when sufficiently many terahertz photons are focused in space and time. A team led by scientists in Korea and the U.S. has created the world's ...
Optics & Photonics
16 hours ago
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Researchers develop high-performance blue organic LEDs based on thermally activated delayed fluorescence material
Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) have become a leading display technology. The luminescent material is a core component of OLEDs. Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials have emerged as promising emitters ...
Condensed Matter
17 hours ago
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Researchers create dispersion-assisted photodetector to decipher high-dimensional light
A new study published in Nature, conducted by an international collaboration team led by Prof. Wei Li from the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, introduces ...
Optics & Photonics
May 27, 2024
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Scientists discover polar Bloch points in strained ferroelectric films
A Bloch point is a singular point around which the field vectors are oriented in nearly all directions. In magnetics, it is the natural link between classical and quantum magnetism, and it has not been directly observed. ...
Condensed Matter
May 27, 2024
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Scientists reveal elastic turbulence has more in common with classical Newtonian turbulence than expected
Blood, lymph fluid and other biological liquids can have surprising and sometimes troubling properties. Many of these biological solutions are non-Newtonian fluids, a type of liquid that is characterized by a non-linear relationship ...
Soft Matter
May 27, 2024
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Researchers measure crystal nucleation in supercooled atomic liquids
Researchers at European XFEL in Schenefeld near Hamburg have taken a closer look at the formation of the first crystallization of nuclei in supercooled liquids. They found that the formation starts much later than previously ...
Condensed Matter
May 27, 2024
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Charge your laptop in a minute? Supercapacitors can help; new research offers clues
Imagine if your dead laptop or phone could charge in a minute or if an electric car could be fully powered in 10 minutes.
Condensed Matter
May 25, 2024
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Theory and experiment combine to shine a new light on proton spin
Nuclear physicists have long been working to reveal how the proton gets its spin. Now, a new method that combines experimental data with state-of-the-art calculations has revealed a more detailed picture of spin contributions ...
General Physics
May 24, 2024
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Researchers describe spin-boson systems to configure quantum devices
Many of today's quantum devices rely on collections of qubits, also called spins. These quantum bits have only two energy levels, the "0" and the "1." However, spins in real devices also interact with light and vibrations ...
Condensed Matter
May 24, 2024
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New method can create aquatic levitation at much lower temperature, has implications for cooling nuclear reactors
Splash a few drops of water on a hot pan and if the pan is hot enough, the water will sizzle and the droplets of water seem to roll and float, hovering above the surface.
General Physics
May 24, 2024
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Researchers create new type of composite material for shielding against neutron and gamma radiation
Recently, Dr. Huo Zhipeng and his student Lu Yidong from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of Chinese Academy of Sciences have created a new type of composite material for shielding against neutron and gamma radiation. ...
Plasma Physics
May 24, 2024
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Researchers unveil tritium release behavior of solid breeder irradiated with fusion neutron
A research group led by Prof. Wang Haixia from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed the tritium release behavior of lithium titanate (Li2TiO3) breeder irradiated with fusion ...
Plasma Physics
May 24, 2024
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How a world record 'squeeze' could offer comfort for dark matter hunters
UNSW quantum engineers have developed a new amplifier that could help other scientists search for elusive dark matter particles.
General Physics
May 23, 2024
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New discoveries about the nature of light could improve methods for heating fusion plasma
Both literally and figuratively, light pervades the world. It banishes darkness, conveys telecommunications signals between continents and makes visible the invisible, from faraway galaxies to the smallest bacterium. Light ...
Optics & Photonics
May 23, 2024
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Atomic-resolution imaging shows why ice is so slippery
A team of physicists affiliated with several institutions in China has uncovered the reason behind the slipperiness of ice. In their study, published in the journal Nature, the group used atomic force microscopy to get a ...
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