A novel state of matter has been discovered by physicists at the University of Leicester. In recent years, active, self-propelled particles have received growing interest…
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Quantum causal loops. Credit: @ULB Causal reasoning is ubiquitous — from physics to medicine, economics and social sciences, as well as in everyday life. Whenever…
Illustration of a pair of silicon high contrast gratings that can be used to guide visible light on a chip with low losses despite large…
In Physics of Fluids, researchers report using advanced simulation methods to capture the complex flows that occur when the cold airflow from air conditioners interacts…
Thermoelectric materials will allow the efficient conversion of waste industrial heat into electricity. But to create effective thermoelectric materials, their underlying physics must be well…
Time-lapse of dry spot formation on a frying pan. Credit: Alex Fedorchenko Despite the use of nonstick frying pans, foods will sometimes get stuck to…
An artist’s rendering of 55 Cancri e, a carbon-rich exoplanet. For the first time in a laboratory setting, experiments conducted at the National Ignition Facility…
Water droplet contact angle dramatically increases lasing emissions, from Qiao et al., doi 10.1117/1.AP.3.1.016003. Credit: Qiao et al. Lasing mechanism at the surface of water…
An optically excited gas of electronic carriers confined to the planes of the layered van-der Waals semiconductor tungsten diselenide is shown. The consequent hyperbolic response…
An intelligent material that learns by physically changing itself, similar to how the human brain works, could be the foundation of a completely new generation…
The phonons distribution is complex (upper curves) and then simplifies with time to a Gaussian bell curve (lower curve). Credit: S. Sotiriadis / Freie Universität…
An artist impression of X-rays (purple) emitted from the new type of X-ray source, where a layered structure which guides the beam is bombarded by…
The sidewinder rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes) is found in the deserts of the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Credit: Photo by Wolfgang Wuster Microscopic look…
Theoretical physicists of the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) are working on a theory that goes beyond the Standard Model of…
In a recent arXiv paper, which is accepted in Physical Review X, University of Stuttgart researchers present an ion microscope excellently suited for spatially and…
The trajectory of a positively charged ion (yellow) through the BEC (green) can only be visualized artistically yet. The ion microscope, which is already being…
Physicists have discovered a potentially game-changing feature of quantum bit behavior that would allow scientists to simulate complex quantum systems without the need for enormous…
The new single-photon source is based on excitation of a quantum dot (shown as a bulge on the bottom left), which then emits photons. A…
Schematic of light-induced formation of Weyl points in a Dirac material of ZrTe5. Jigang Wang and collaborators report how coherently twisted lattice motion by laser…
Pictorial representation of joint experimental and computational study of materials. The study utilized the Advanced Photon Source (upper panel) and Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (lower…