experiments
One step closer to a new kind of computer
An international group of physicists, including Aleksandr Golubov, head of the MIPT Laboratory of Topological Quantum Phenomena in Superconductor Systems,…
Reshaping the solar spectrum to turn light to electricity
When it comes to installing solar cells, labor cost and the cost of the land to house them constitute the bulk of the expense. The solar cells — made often of…
The quantum physics of artificial light harvesting
Plants and bacteria make use of sunlight with remarkably high efficiency: nine out of ten absorbed light particles are being put to use in an ordinary…
Liquids on Fibers – Slipping or Flowing?
Thin fibers play a tremendous role in daily life, from the use of glass fibers in ultra-fast data transmission to textile fibers. In order to enable special…
Indiana University scientists create computational algorithm for fact-checking
In the first use of this method, IU scientists created a simple computational fact-checker that assigns “truth scores” to statements concerning history,…
Virtual Reality Sheds New Light on How We Navigate in the Dark
A series of immersive virtual reality experiments has now confirmed that the human brain’s internal navigation system works in the same fashion as the grid…