Theoretical physicist William Detmold unlocks the mysteries of quarks, gluons, and their “strong interactions” at the subatomic level. How do protons fuse to power the…
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A cloud of trapped iron ions interacting with intense X-rays from a synchrotron light source. Credit: © S. Bernitt, Helmholtz Institute Jena) Two prominent X-ray…
Scientists remain perplexed by the activity, with some 40 papers so far giving wildly different answers. A new research paper co-authored by a Virginia Tech…
During the explosion of an oxygen molecule: the X-ray laser XFEL knocks electrons out of the two atoms of the oxygen molecule and initiates its…
To study the powerful shock waves in supernova remnants, Frederico Fiuza and colleagues created similar plasma shock waves in the lab. Here, computer simulations reveal…
High-resolution picture of the surface: The oxygen adsorbates are clearly visible (orange). Credit: TU Wien Oxygen is highly reactive. It accumulates on many surfaces and…
Artist’s view of individual electrons interacting with an optical whispering gallery mode as it circles a silica sphere. The matching between the velocities of the…
A view of the underground ALICE detector used in the study of the antideuteron Credit: CERN The ALICE collaboration has presented new results on the…
It’s hard to make out at first, but with practice, researchers can easily see molecules in motion. A team including researchers from the Department of…
Image showing spiraling magnetic field fluctuations at the edge of the NSTX tokamak. Credit: Physics of Plasmas. Composition by Elle Starkman/Office of Communications Blobs can…
Scientists Have Found a Way to Shuffle Atoms to Dramatically Improve Drugs’ Effectiveness and Safety
Using the single-crystal diffractometer TOPAZ, Oak Ridge National Laboratory confirmed the exact position of deuterium atoms from selective deuteration of benzene molecules. Credit: Jill Hemman/Oak…
Solar wind. Credit: NASA As the Earth orbits the sun, it plows through a stream of fast-moving particles that can interfere with satellites and global…
Illustration of the newly discovered charge fluctuations in the trimeron order of magnetite triggered by a laser beam. Credit: Ambra Garlaschelli and MIT New Type…
The strongest permanent magnets today contain a mix of the elements neodymium and iron. However, neodymium on its own does not behave like any known…
A photomultiplier tube array that is part of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota. The photomultiplier tubes are…
NIST physicist James Chin-wen Chou adjusts one of the laser beams used to manipulate an atom and a molecule in experiments that could help build…
Quantum electrodynamics phenomena in plasmas. Credit: Stephen Alvey/Alec Thomas Laser beams with power up to 10 petawatts will create plasmas with energy levels to be…
This illustration shows light wave acceleration of supercurrents, which gives researchers access to a new class of quantum phenomena. That access could chart a path…
Artist’s rendering of electron spins frustrated as the sample of magnetic material is pressurized into a spin liquid state. Credit: Daniel Haskel Using two flat-top…
Error suppression opens pathway to universal quantum computing. A scientist at the University of Sydney has achieved what one quantum industry insider has described as…