The research highlights an underappreciated aspect of the elusive Casimir-Polder force, one of the stranger effects of quantum mechanics. The force arises from…
Physicists have for the first time stopped and extinguished a light pulse in one part of space and then revived it in a completely separate location. They…
This research offers scientists new insights in the formation history of the elemental building blocks of the cosmos in which supernovae play a crucial role. The iron in our blood, the oxygen we breathe, the calcium in our bones, the silicon in the sand box, all the atoms we are made of are released during the violent final moments of massive stars in the act of dying. These so-called supernova explosions eject newly made chemical elements into space where they become the building blocks for new stars, planets, or even life. However, many questions concerning the very formation of elements and the way they get distributed across the universe still remain open. …
Scientists use the process, known as “microcontact insertion printing” to build surfaces that have molecules with specific functions inserted at known…
This research illustrates the rapid progress that is currently being made by real-time nano-microscopy. Within 5 years this research area should be able to…
In a collaborative investigation performed by an experimental team and a theoretical physics team, the group discovered that measured fluctuations in the…
Within the cochlea of the inner ear, sound waves cause the basilar membrane to vibrate. These vibrations stimulate hair cells, which then trigger nerve…
The ability to delay an entire image and retrieve it intact opens a new avenue in optical buffering—short-term storage of information as optical images. While…
Top academic teams from Durham, Oxford, Leicester and London have been selected to be the first users of one of the brightest sources of light in the world…
Quantum theories are often considered to apply best to processes that happen on the smallest scale of atoms and molecules. By making artificial atoms larger —…
The advance is the result of investigative work done at the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Center for Neutron Research (NCNR), and at the…
Cloaked by winter's shadow, this cloud has now come into view as winter turns to spring. The cloud extends down to 60 degrees north latitude, is roughly 2400…
Although similar “gas-flow sensors” are currently being used for a variety of industries, the new sensor is the first that works on the scale of micrometers…
A new study demonstrates that the shapes of extra dimensions can be “seen” by deciphering their influence on cosmic energy released by the violent birth of the…
James Clerk Maxwell, who is ranked along Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein for his contributions to science, imagined an atom-sized device — known as Maxwell's…
The University and the NDA have signed an initial collaboration agreement, which will see each organisation invest £10million over a seven-year period.The…
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