Search results for high energy density physics

Astronomy Mar 21, 2025

A simulated universe works better when dark energy changes over time

Dark energy is a mystery so daunting that it stretches and strains our most robust theories. The universe is expanding, driven by the unknown force that we've named Dark Energy. Dark Energy is also accelerating the rate of ...

Analytical Chemistry Mar 20, 2025

Researchers develop chainmail integrated-electrode for highly efficient hydrogen sulfide electrolysis

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S), a toxic and corrosive byproduct of fossil fuel extraction, poses significant environmental and industrial challenges. While the conventional Claus process converts H2S into elemental sulfur, it fails ...

Astronomy Mar 19, 2025

Latest dark energy survey data suggest possible variations in dark energy over time

A new study using the Dark Energy Survey (DES) final datasets suggests potential inconsistencies in the standard cosmological model, known as ΛCDM. If confirmed, these findings could fundamentally alter our understanding ...

Condensed Matter Mar 18, 2025

Researchers advance substrate engineering pathways to improve power electronics

As the growth in global electricity need and supply continues to accelerate, efficient power electronics will be key to improving grid efficiency, stability, integration, and resilience for all energy sources.

General Physics Mar 17, 2025

Dialing in the temperature needed for precise nuclear timekeeping

For decades, atomic clocks have been the pinnacle of precision timekeeping, enabling GPS navigation, cutting-edge physics research, and tests of fundamental theories. But researchers at JILA, led by JILA and NIST Fellow and ...

Condensed Matter Mar 14, 2025

Understanding the origin of magnetic moment enhancement in novel alloys

Magnetic materials have become indispensable to various technologies that support our modern society, such as data storage devices, electric motors, and magnetic sensors.

Plasma Physics Mar 7, 2025

Physicists capture elusive plasma instability in unprecedented detail

For the first time, scientists have 'photographed' a rare plasma instability, where high-energy electron beams form into spaghetti-like filaments.

Analytical Chemistry Mar 6, 2025

Phosphorus doping stabilizes high-energy polymeric nitrogen at ambient pressure

Using first-principles calculations, a research group led by Prof. Wang Xianlong from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, found that phosphorus doping is an effective way to achieve ...

General Physics Mar 2, 2025

Physicists achieve record-breaking electron beam power and current

A team of physicists at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, in Menlo Park, California, generated the highest-current, highest-peak-power electron beams ever produced. The team has published their paper in Physical Review ...

General Physics Feb 27, 2025

An equation of state for dense nuclear matter such as neutron stars

Neutron stars are some of the densest objects in the universe. They are the core of a collapsed megastar that went supernova, have a typical radius of 10 km—just slightly more than the altitude of Mt. Everest—and their density ...

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