The ability to control the intrinsic angular momentum of individual electrons – their "spins" – could lead to a world of new technologies that involve storing and processing information.
Optics & Photonics
Mar 9, 2015
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The smaller you are, the harder it is not to spin out of control when you jump. Miniscule errors in propulsive force relative to the centre of mass results in most jumping insects - such as fleas, leafhoppers and grasshoppers ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 5, 2015
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A new twist on an old tool lets scientists use light to study and control matter with 1,000 times better resolution and precision than previously possible.
Quantum Physics
Mar 2, 2015
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New research by an astrophysicist at The University of Texas at Dallas provides revelations about the most energetic event in the universe—the merging of two spinning, orbiting black holes into a much larger black hole.
Astronomy
Feb 26, 2015
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Researchers at PoliCom, Politecnico di Milano have presented the first experimental proof of an interferometric orbital angular momentum mode multiplexer/demultiplexer, exploiting a very compact configuration based on cylindrical ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 28, 2015
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Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne and Sandia National Laboratories have demonstrated, for the first time, a method to successfully predict pressure-dependent chemical reaction rates, an important breakthrough ...
Materials Science
Jan 7, 2015
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Researchers at Sandia and Argonne national laboratories have demonstrated, for the first time, a method to successfully predict pressure-dependent chemical reaction rates. It's an important breakthrough in combustion and ...
Materials Science
Dec 23, 2014
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The first ever landing of a man-made probe onto a comet has been named Physics World Breakthrough of the Year for 2014.
General Physics
Dec 12, 2014
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A group of researchers from Austria have sent twisted beams of light across the rooftops of Vienna.
Quantum Physics
Nov 11, 2014
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Like dancers swirling on the dance floor with bystanders looking on, protons and neutrons that have briefly paired up in the nucleus have higher-average momentum, leaving less for non-paired nucleons. Using data from nuclear ...
General Physics
Oct 16, 2014
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