A team of scientists has for the first time measured the elusive weak interaction between protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom. They had chosen the simplest nucleus consisting of one neutron and one proton for the ...
General Physics
Dec 19, 2018
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David Armstrong studies a phenomenon that is ubiquitous in nature, yet only a few non-scientists know what it is.
General Physics
Nov 15, 2018
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A reflection always reproduces objects as a complete mirror image, rather than just its individual parts or individual parts in a completely different orientation. It's all or nothing, the mirror can't reflect just a little. ...
General Physics
Nov 12, 2018
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The study of hadrons—particles that combine quarks to form mesons or baryons—is a vital part of the physics programme by researchers of the ATLAS Experiment at CERN. Their analysis has not only perfected the understanding ...
General Physics
Sep 26, 2018
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The behavior of electrons in a material is typically difficult to predict. Novel insight comes now from experiments and simulations performed by a team led by ETH physicists who have studied electronic transport properties ...
Quantum Physics
Apr 2, 2018
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The fundamental forces of nature are intimately related to corresponding symmetries. For example, the properties of electromagnetic interactions (or force) can be derived by requiring the theory that describes it to remain ...
General Physics
Apr 11, 2017
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A team of researchers at IBM has developed a new way to measure the magnetic field of individual atoms that offers 1000 times the energy resolution of conventional techniques. In their paper published in the journal Nature ...
Chemical compounds that emit light are used in a variety of different materials, from glow-in-the-dark children's toys to LED lights to light-emitting sensors. As the demand for these compounds increases, finding new efficient ...
Materials Science
Feb 27, 2017
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Our world is ruled by four fundamental forces: the gravitational pull of massive objects, the electromagnetic interaction between electric charges, the strong nuclear interaction holding atomic nuclei together and the weak ...
Quantum Physics
Nov 19, 2015
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This Halloween, meet CERN's very own WITCH – an experiment at ISOLDE, the laboratory's nuclear facility.
General Physics
Oct 30, 2015
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