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AI makes useless noise widely useful in synchronizing physical oscillators
In a Letter published in Physical Review E, scientists from the Research Institute of Intelligent Complex Systems (IICS) at the Fudan University show AI makes useless noise widely useful in oscillator synchronization. These ...
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Balancing instability and robustness: New mathematical framework for dynamics of natural systems
Scientists all over the world use modeling approaches to understand complex natural systems such as climate systems or neuronal or biochemical networks. A team of researchers has now developed a new mathematical framework ...
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ATLAS probes uncharted territory with LHC Run 3 data
Despite its immense success in describing the fundamental building blocks of matter and their interactions, the Standard Model of particle physics is known to be incomplete. Experiments around the globe and in space are therefore ...
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Physicists introduce method for mechanical detection of individual nuclear decays
In recent years, physicists and engineers have developed increasingly sophisticated instruments to study particles and the interactions between them with high precision. These instruments, which include particle detectors, ...
A swinging showerhead leads to discovery of a new mode of vibration in nature
During the hot summer of 2020, confined to his Pasadena home during the COVID-19 pandemic, National Medal of Science-winning applied physicist Amnon Yariv took frequent and long showers to cool off. A surprising result, to ...
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Jul 25, 2024
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Escaping kinetic traps: How molecular interactions make it possible to overcome the energy barrier
In a paper in Physical Review Letters scientists from the department Living Matter Physics at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS) propose a mechanism on how energy barriers in complex systems ...
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Jul 25, 2024
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Exciting the alpha particle: International team validates helium-4 transition calculations
An important part of physics research is examining why theoretical calculations and experimental results sometimes don't match. A recent experiment in Germany studied the helium-4 nucleus, also known as an alpha particle. ...
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Jul 25, 2024
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Does heat travel differently in tight spaces? New insights into convection heat and fluid mechanics
A search for "air fryer recipe" on most social media platforms likely returns a flood of food videos touting quick and easy meal ideas. The market touts these devices as a convenient, clean, quick way to heat and crispen ...
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Jul 24, 2024
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Study shows elephant trunk dexterity can be mimicked with minimal actuators
The trunk of an elephant is among the versatile appendages in the animal kingdom. Now a research team has shown that most of its dexterity can be reproduced with a model using just three "muscles." And they built a physical ...
A new way to make element 116 opens the door to heavier atoms
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) are credited in the discovery of 16 of the 118 known elements. Now they've completed the crucial first step to potentially create ...
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Jul 23, 2024
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High-energy collision study reveals new insights into quark-gluon plasma
In high-energy physics, researchers have unveiled how high-energy partons lose energy in nucleus-nucleus collisions, an essential process in studying quark-gluon plasma (QGP). This finding could enhance our knowledge of the ...
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Jul 23, 2024
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Scientists resolves a long-debated anomaly in how nuclei spin
Atomic nuclei come in different shapes, varying from football-like ("prolate") to pancake-like ("oblate"). Prolate and oblate shapes have different moments of inertia. This is a body's resistance to having its speed of rotation ...
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Jul 22, 2024
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Two-in-one mapping of temperature and flow around microscale convective plumes
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have devised a way to measure both the temperature and velocity profiles of fluid in a convective plume at millimeter length scales in 3D. They combined near-infrared absorption ...
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Jul 22, 2024
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Tuning into the frequencies of conical shells: Research reveals a fluid-structure symphony
Truncated conical shells are essential in industries such as aerospace and marine engineering, where understanding their dynamic behavior is crucial. Traditional research has primarily focused on cylindrical shells, leaving ...
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Jul 22, 2024
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Scientists discover energy and pressure analogies linking hadrons, superconductors and cosmic expansion
Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) is the theoretical framework for studying the forces within atomic nuclei and their constituent protons and neutrons. A major part of QCD research involves how quarks and gluons are contained ...
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Jul 22, 2024
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Results suggests titanium-48's nuclear structure changes when observed at varying distances
The world around us is made up of particles invisible to the naked eye, but physicists continue to gain insights into this mysterious realm. Findings published in Physical Review C by Osaka Metropolitan University researchers ...
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Jul 19, 2024
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CERN physicist explains how team uses subatomic splashes to restart experiments after annual upgrades
When you push "start" on your microwave or computer, the device flips right on—but major physics experiments like the Large Hadron Collider at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, don't work that ...
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Jul 17, 2024
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New measurement of the top quark from LHC data
Researchers from the School of Physics & Astronomy have been involved in an important new measurement of the top quark made using data provided by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
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Jul 17, 2024
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First observation of the nuclear two-photon decay in bare atomic nuclei
For the first time, an international research team has succeeded in observing a two-photon decay on a so-called bare atomic nucleus from which the entire electron shell has been removed.
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Jul 17, 2024
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Powerful new particle accelerator a step closer with muon-marshaling technology
New experimental results show particles called muons can be corralled into beams suitable for high-energy collisions, paving the way for new physics.
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Jul 17, 2024
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