Clouds of ultralight particles can form around rotating black holes. A team of physicists from the University of Amsterdam and Harvard University now show that these clouds would leave a characteristic imprint on the gravitational ...
Astronomy
Jun 7, 2022
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, it has been possible to measure electron density in individual molecular states using what is known as the photoelectric effect. Now published in Science, this method represents a key ...
General Physics
Nov 16, 2009
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The dynamics of electrons change ever so slightly on each interaction with a photon. Physicists at ETH Zurich have now measured such interplay in its arguably purest form—by recording the attosecond-scale time delays associated ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 23, 2020
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Although high-temperature superconductors are widely used in technologies such as MRI machines, explaining the unusual properties of these materials remains an unsolved problem for theoretical physicists. Major progress in ...
Superconductivity
Jul 29, 2011
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Scientists are not always as scientific as many suppose. Recent well-publicized cases of scientific fraud prove that scientists can be as susceptible to the allures of wealth, power and fame as politicians, the group that ...
General Physics
Jun 17, 2015
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The photoelectric effect provides the basis for solar energy and global communications; Albert Einstein described it over a century ago. For the first time, scientists from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the Max-Planck ...
General Physics
Sep 20, 2018
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The remarkable material graphene promises a wide range of applications in future electronics that could complement or replace traditional silicon technology. Researchers of the Electronic Properties of Materials Group at ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 9, 2013
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Researchers at the Vienna University of Technology show that a recently discovered class of materials can be used to create a new kind of solar cell.
Nanomaterials
Feb 12, 2013
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The novel material graphene makes faster electronics possible. Scientists at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna) developed light-detectors made ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 28, 2011
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UK researchers have developed world-leading Compound Semiconductor (CS) technology that can drive future high-speed data communications.
Optics & Photonics
Jul 8, 2019
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