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Optics & Photonics Feb 13, 2025

Fabrication method advances high-performance photon detector technology

From high-speed communication to quantum computing and sensing, the detection, transmission, and manipulation of light (photons) have transformed modern electronics. Central to these systems are photon detectors, which detect ...

Nanophysics Feb 11, 2025

From photons to protons: Team makes breakthrough in high-energy particle detection

Particle detectors play a crucial role in our understanding of the fundamental building blocks of the universe. They allow scientists to study the behavior and properties of the particles produced in high-energy collisions. ...

Optics & Photonics Feb 11, 2025

Innovative target design leads to surprising discovery in laser-plasma acceleration

Scientists have developed a method for generating fast, bright proton beams using a high-repetition-rate laser-plasma accelerator. This work, published in Nature Communications, resolves several long-standing challenges and ...

Plants & Animals Feb 6, 2025

Scientists search for answers after gray whale washes ashore in LA, bitten and underweight

Over the weekend, a 38-foot-long female gray whale washed ashore at Dockweiler State Beach, prompting an outpouring of grief from marine mammal lovers and leaving an important question etched into the sand—what killed her?

Superconductivity Feb 5, 2025

Physicists measure a key aspect of superconductivity in 'magic-angle' graphene

Superconducting materials are similar to the carpool lane in a congested interstate. Like commuters who ride together, electrons that pair up can bypass the regular traffic, moving through the material with zero friction.

Polymers Jan 30, 2025

Animal footpads inspire a polymer that sticks to ice

A solution to injuries from slips and falls may be found underfoot—literally. The footpads of geckos have hydrophilic (water-loving) mechanisms that allow the little animals to easily move over moist, slick surfaces.

Plasma Physics Jan 29, 2025

Plasma technique doubles etch rate for 3D NAND flash memory

To store ever more data in electronic devices of the same size, the manufacturing processes for these devices need to be studied in greater detail. By investigating new approaches to making digital memory at the atomic scale, ...

Paleontology & Fossils Jan 22, 2025

Romanian fossils show hominins in Europe 500,000 years earlier than thought

Research led by the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at Ohio University has found evidence of hominin activity at a Romanian fossil site dating to at least 1.95 million years ago. This discovery pushes back the known ...

Quantum Physics Jan 21, 2025

Newly fabricated crystals control interactions between high-frequency phonons and single quantum systems

Phonons, the quantum mechanical vibrations of atoms in solids, are often sources of noise in solid-state quantum systems, including quantum technologies, which can lead to decoherence and thus adversely impact their performance.

Archaeology Jan 20, 2025

A new chapter in Roman administration: Insights from a late Roman inscription

Archaeologists have uncovered a rare Tetrarchic boundary stone at the site of Abel Beth Maacah in northern Israel. Originally marking land borders under Roman Emperor Diocletian's tax reforms, the stone provides insight into ...

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