experiments
Rice researchers make ultrasensitive conductivity measurements
Researchers at Rice University have discovered a new way to make ultrasensitive conductivity measurements at optical frequencies on high-speed nanoscale…
Endless oscillations
A quantum system never relaxes. An isolated system (like a cloud of cold atoms trapped in optical grids) will endlessly oscillate between its different…
Experiments in the realm of the impossible
March 1938: The Italian elementary particle physicist Ettore Majorana boarded a post ship in Naples, heading for Palermo. But he either never arrives there -…
Team pinpoints genes that make plant stem cells, revealing origin of beefsteak tomatoes
In its original, wild form the tomato plant produces tiny, berry-sized fruits. Yet among the first tomatoes brought to Europe from Mexico by conquistador…
Performance degradation mechanism of a helicon plasma thruster
A part of the performance degradation mechanism of the advanced, electrodeless, helicon plasma thruster with a magnetic nozzle, has been revealed by the…
Ruperto Carola Receives Research Training Group to Develop Novel Particle Detectors
Research and development of novel detector technologies to identify and measure elementary particles is the topic of a new Research Training Group (RTG) that…