Physics & Astronomy

Physics & Astronomy

Temperature-Controlled Fiber-Optic Light Source Innovations

Already last year, the researchers provided experimental proof of a new dynamic of hybrid solitons– temporally and spectrally stationary light waves resulting…

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Advancements in Carbon Nanotube Optics for Quantum Cryptography

“We are particularly interested in advances in nanotube integration into photonic cavities for manipulating and optimizing light-emission properties,” said…

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New Material Enhances Water Splitting for Solar Energy Storage

Solar energy is clean and abundant. But when the sun isn't shining, you must store the energy in batteries or through a process called photocatalysis — in…

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Squeezing Infrared Light at the Nanoscale: New Technique Discovered

Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new technique to squeeze infrared light into…

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The Fraunhofer IAF is a »Landmark in the Land of Ideas«

The competition runs under the theme »Connecting Worlds – Strengthening Unity« and exhibits projects that serve as a role model. The focus lies on skills, such…

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Greater Abundance of Organics Discovered on Ceres

The findings, published recently in Geophysical Research Letters, raise intriguing questions about how those organics got to the surface of Ceres, and the…

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Discovering Baby Planets: A New Method from Astronomers

New work from an international team of astronomers including Carnegie's Jaehan Bae used archival radio telescope data to develop a new method for finding very…

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New Experiment Sheds Light on Dark Matter Mysteries

Around 1600, Galileo Galilei’s experiments brought him to the conclusion that in the gravitational field of the Earth all bodies, independent of their mass and…

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Delft scientists make first 'on demand' entanglement link

Researchers at QuTech in Delft have succeeded in generating quantum entanglement between two quantum chips faster than the entanglement is lost. Entanglement -…

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New Quantum Puddles: A Breakthrough in Surface Wetting

A team of physicists at the University of Vermont have discovered a fundamentally new way surfaces can get wet. Their study may allow scientists to create the…

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New Quantum Matter Property Detected in Lab Studies

A theorized but never-before detected property of quantum matter has now been spotted in the lab, a team of scientists reports.

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Designing Better Superconductors With Geometric Frustration

But a magnet-controlled “switch” in superconductor configuration provides unprecedented flexibility in managing the location of vortex filaments, altering the…

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Unlocking Ice on Spin Liquid: New Insights Into Magnetic Moments

Macroscopic analogies go a long way in elucidating magnetic phenomena. Magnetic moments in solids can be usually thought of as being in the crystalline…

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Exploring the Limits of the Periodic Table: MSU Insights

As the 150th anniversary of the formulation of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements looms, a Michigan State University professor probes the table's limits…

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New Earth-Sized Planets Discovered by NASA’s K2 Mission

The information about these new exoplanets has been obtained from the data collected by the K2 mission of NASA's Kepler satellite, which started in November…

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Understanding Solar Prominences: Vibrations of the Sun’s Plasma

When we look at the surface of the Sun the solar prominences are seen as dark filaments that populate the disk or as a blaze of plasma above it. Solar…

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