The study marks the first time researchers have been able to directly measure when electrons in a super conductor behave as independent well-defined particles,…
In January, astronomers began using Hubble to track the object for five months. They thought they had witnessed a fresh asteroid collision, but were surprised…
The findings, published in a recent issue of the journal Science, reveal how carbon dioxide isotopes have reacted to volcanic activity, water and weathering –…
Two important resources for quantum information processing are the transmission of data encoded in the quantum state of a photon and its storage in long-lived…
Described in Applied Physics Letters,* the study is the first to be performed under conditions resembling a clinical setting with the NIST mini-sensors, which…
Ohio State University researchers suspect that this odd event — the first one of its kind ever viewed by astronomers – was more common early in the universe.It also hints at what we would see if the brightest star system in our galaxy became a supernova….
Relying on that concept, fabricators of spherical nanoparticles have similarly dunked their wares in protective coatings in the belief such encapsulations…
The research appears online in the October 12th issue of the journal Applied Physics Letters.With the price of gold currently hovering around $1,340 per ounce,…
Rice University research that capitalizes on the wide-ranging capabilities of graphene could lead to circuit applications that are far more compact and…
In the experiments, an electron in a krypton atom is removed by a laser pulse that lasts less than four femtoseconds (one femtosecond is one millionth of one…
Researchers used Einstein's famous E=mc2 equation and the Large Hadron Collider to recreate a miniature version of the event at the origins of our Universe,…
Ohio State University researchers suspect that this odd event — the first one of its kind ever viewed by astronomers – was more common early in the universe.It also hints at what we would see if the brightest star system in our galaxy became a supernova….
Scientists at the UK's National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have developed a means of representing a 3D model ear, to help redefine the standard for a pinna…
Two separate research groups are reporting groundbreaking measurements of the fluid flow that surrounds freely swimming microorganisms. Experiments involving…
Scientists have constructed a video from the images that will help improve pointing instructions for Dawn as it is placed in a polar orbit around Vesta….
A team of scientists from the Instituto Superior Tecnico in Lisbon, Imperial College London, and the Universities of St Andrews, Lancaster and Strathclyde as…