Physics & Astronomy

Physics & Astronomy

MADMAX Project Advances Axion Research at Max Planck Institute

The “MADMAX” project is the MPP’s commitment to axion research. Axions are so far only a theoretical prediction and are difficult to detect: on the one hand,…

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Molecular imaging hack makes cameras 'faster'

A new Rice University technique grabs images of chemical processes that happen faster than most laboratory cameras are able to capture them.

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X-Ray Pulsars Fade: Understanding the Propeller Effect

An international team of astrophysicists including Russian scientists from the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), MIPT, and…

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Understanding Quantum Information Flow: New Formula Revealed

Now a Yale-led group of researchers has derived a formula for understanding where quantum objects land when they are transmitted. It's a development that…

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Mainz Physicists Develop New Component for ATLAS Detector

One of the largest projects being undertaken at the CERN research center near Geneva – the ATLAS Experiment – is about to be upgraded. ATLAS played a crucial…

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Spintronic Neurons: Achieving Unison in Microwave Oscillators

Now researchers at University of Gothenburg have taught two different emerging classes of nano-scopic microwave signal oscillators, which can be used as future…

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Owl-Inspired Wing Design Cuts Wind Turbine Noise by 10 dB

A team of researchers studying the acoustics of owl flight –including Justin W. Jaworski, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics at…

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Silicon Nanoantennas: New Method to Control Light Direction

A team of physicists from ITMO University, MIPT, and The University of Texas at Austin have developed an unconventional nanoantenna that scatters light in a…

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NASA Uncovers Origins of High-Energy Electrons in Space

New observations from NASA's THEMIS mission show that this turbulent region can accelerate electrons up to speeds approaching the speed of light. Such…

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Carbon Nanotubes Bridge Light and Matter in Optoelectronics

With their research on nanomaterials for optoelectronics, scientists from Heidelberg University and the University of St Andrews (Scotland) have succeeded for…

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Single Crystal Growth in Hot Air: Simplifying Ceramic Synthesis

The synthesis of ceramic crystals often requires very complicated methods. Starting materials in form of powders have to be mixed, pressed and pre-reacted in…

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High-Sensitivity Light Detector Set to Transform Imaging

The research team led by Professor Hele Savin has developed a new light detector that can capture more than 96 percent of the photons covering visible,…

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First Real-Time Observation of Atomic Spectral Line Emergence

For the first time, physicists managed to observe in real time how an atomic spectral line emerges within the incredibly short time span of a few femtoseconds,…

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Light-Driven Motors: Powering Future Nanorobots

Scientists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICP RAS), and…

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Ultrafast Microscope Captures Single Molecule Vibrations

Atoms and molecules are the constituents of virtually all matter that surrounds us. Interacting with each other while following the rules of nature, they form…

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First Paper-Based Ceramic Laser Inspired by Nature

Material synthesis that is inspired by biology is an area of research at TUM’s Chair of Biogenic Polymers at the Straubing Center of Science. It utilizes…

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