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New Pathway to Valleytronics: Femtosecond Laser Used to Manipulate Valley Excitons
Jan. 27, 2015 — Researchers have uncovered a promising new pathway to valleytronics, a potential quantum computing technology in which information is coded based on the wavelike motion of electrons moving through ... full story -
The Laser Pulse That Gets Shorter All by Itself
Jan. 27, 2015 — A new method of creating ultra short laser pulses has been created: Just by sending a pulse through a cleverly designed fiber, it can be compressed by a factor of ... full story -
Researchers Make Magnetic Graphene
Jan. 26, 2015 — Graphene has many desirable properties. Magnetism alas is not one of them. Magnetism can be induced in graphene by doping it with magnetic impurities, but this tends to disrupt graphene's ... full story -
Visualizing Interacting Electrons in a Molecule
Jan. 26, 2015 — Scientists have succeeded in directly imaging how electrons interact within a single molecule. Understanding this kind of electronic effects in organic molecules is crucial for their use in ... full story -
Entanglement on a Chip: Breakthrough Promises Secure Communications and Faster Computers
Jan. 26, 2015 — A team of scientists has developed, for the first time, a microscopic component that is small enough to fit onto a standard silicon chip that can generate a continuous supply of entangled ... full story -
Infrared Imaging Technique Operates at High Temperatures
Jan. 23, 2015 — A research team took advantage of superlattice architecture and new materials to develop a detector that does not require low temperatures to ... full story -
Cherenkov Emissions Provide Investigators Real-Time Tool for Quality Assurance in Radiation Therapy
Jan. 23, 2015 — Using a simple camera and water tank, investigators demonstrated that induced Cherenkov light can be imaged and used to confirm that the complex spatial dose distribution imparted in dynamic ... full story -
Scientists Set Quantum Speed Limit
Jan. 22, 2015 — The flip side of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, the energy time uncertainty principle, establishes a speed limit for transitions between two states. Physical chemists have now proved this ... full story -
Exotic, Gigantic Molecules Fit Inside Each Other Like Russian Nesting Dolls
Jan. 22, 2015 — Scientists have experimentally observed for the first time a phenomenon in ultracold, three-atom molecules predicted by Russian theoretical physicist Vitaly Efimov in ... full story -
Wild West Physics: Bridging the Gap Between the Study of 'Outer Space' and 'Inner Space'
Jan. 22, 2015 — The next frontier in physics may require teeny-tiny answers to big questions, and vice versa. Call it macro-micro physics: the study of the huge paired with the study of the very, very ... full story -
Is Glass a True Solid? New Research Suggests It Is
Jan. 22, 2015 — Does glass ever stop flowing? Researchers have combined computer simulation and information theory, originally invented for telephone communication and cryptography, to answer this puzzling ... full story -
Graphene Brings Quantum Effects to Electronic Circuits
Jan. 21, 2015 — Scientists have revealed a superfluid phase in ultra-low temperature 2D materials, creating the potential for electronic devices which dissipate very little ... full story -
Individual Protons and Neutrons in Atomic Nuclei Do Not Behave According to Predictions
Jan. 21, 2015 — Individual protons and neutrons in atomic nuclei turn out not to behave according to the predictions made by existing theoretical models. This surprising conclusion, reached by an international team ... full story -
New Method to Generate Arbitrary Optical Pulses
Jan. 21, 2015 — Scientists have developed a new technique to generate more powerful, more energy efficient and low-cost pulsed lasers. The technique has potential applications in a number of fields that use pulsed ... full story -
Nano-Beaker Offers Insight Into the Condensation of Atoms
Jan. 21, 2015 — Physicists have succeeded in mapping the condensation of individual atoms, or rather their transition from a gaseous state to another state, using a new method.The team was able to monitor for the ... full story -
Graphene Enables All-Electrical Control of Energy Flow from Light Emitters
Jan. 20, 2015 — Scientists have now demonstrated active, in situ electrical control of the energy flow from erbium ions into photons and plasmons. The experiment was implemented by placing the erbium emitters a few ... full story -
New Signal Amplification Process Set to Transform Communications, Imaging, Computing
Jan. 20, 2015 — A new signal amplification process is now poised to fuel new generations of electrical and photonic devices -- transforming the fields of communications, imaging and ... full story -
Atoms Can Be in Two Places at the Same Time
Jan. 20, 2015 — Can a penalty kick simultaneously score a goal and miss? For very small objects, at least, this is possible: according to the predictions of quantum mechanics, microscopic objects can take different ... full story -
A Contractile Gel That Stores Light Energy
Jan. 20, 2015 — Living systems have the ability to produce collective molecular motions that have an effect at the macroscale, such as a muscle that contracts via the concerted action of protein motors. In order to ... full story -
Making Waves With Lasers Could Enhance Solar Cell Efficiency
Jan. 20, 2015 — Laser processing produces deep ripples in silicon over a wide area — something that could enhance solar cell ... full story
- New pathway to valleytronics: Femtosecond laser used to manipulate valley excitons
- The laser pulse that gets shorter all by itself
- Researchers make magnetic graphene
- Visualizing interacting electrons in a molecule
- Entanglement on a chip: Breakthrough promises secure communications and faster computers
- Infrared imaging technique operates at high temperatures
- Cherenkov emissions provide investigators real-time tool for quality assurance in radiation therapy
- Scientists set quantum speed limit
- Exotic, gigantic molecules fit inside each other like Russian nesting dolls
- Wild west physics: Bridging the gap between the study of 'outer space' and 'inner space'
- Is glass a true solid? New research suggests it is
- Graphene brings quantum effects to electronic circuits
- Individual protons and neutrons in atomic nuclei do not behave according to predictions
- New method to generate arbitrary optical pulses
- Nano-beaker offers insight into the condensation of atoms
- Graphene enables all-electrical control of energy flow from light emitters
- New signal amplification process set to transform communications, imaging, computing
- Atoms can be in two places at the same time
- A contractile gel that stores light energy
- Making waves with lasers could enhance solar cell efficiency
- New laser could upgrade the images in tomorrow's technology
- Self-destructive effects of magnetically-doped ferromagnetic topological insulators
- New composite protects from corrosion from high mechanical stress
- Shining a light on quantum dots measurement
- Rice-sized laser, powered one electron at a time, bodes well for quantum computing
- Physicists detect 'charge instability' across all flavors of copper-based superconductors
- Physicists observe light-matter interaction of two atoms for the first time
- Improved interface for a quantum internet
- Race of the electrons: Laser pulses can be used to track the motion of electrons in metals with attosecond precision
- Laser-induced graphene 'super' for electronics: Flexible, 3-D supercapacitors tested
- A new step towards using graphene in electronic applications
- Wonder material silicene still stands just out of reach
- Physicist makes the case for studying the strong nuclear force
- New superconducting hybrid crystals
- Water, water, everywhere: Controlling the properties of nanomaterials
- Solar cell polymers with multiplied electrical output
- From the bottom up: Manipulating nanoribbons at the molecular level
- Toward quantum chips: Packing single-photon detectors on an optical chip is crucial for quantum-computational circuits
- From the lab to your digital device, quantum dots have made quantum leaps
- Shedding light on why blue LEDS are so tricky to make
- New light shed on electron spin flips
- Doing more with less: Steering a quantum path to improved internet security
- Electromagnetic waves linked to particle fallout in Earth's atmosphere, new study finds
- Acoustic levitation made simple
- Atoms queue up for quantum computer networks
- Microscopy reveals how atom-high steps impede oxidation of metal surfaces
- New half-light half-matter quantum particles created
- A qubit candidate shines brighter
- How electrons split: New evidence of exotic behaviors
- Hunt for Big Bang particles offering clues to the origin of the universe
- Graphene 'cut and paste' with microwaves
- Hands on: Crafting ultrathin color coatings
- Universality of charge order in cuprate superconductors
- Piezoelectricity in a 2-D semiconductor: Piezoelectricity in molybdenum disulfide holds promise for future MEMS
- Quantum world without queues could lead to better solar cells
- Quantum physics just got less complicated: Wave-particle duality and quantum uncertainty are same thing
- Glimpsing pathway of sunlight to electricity
- Physicists characterize electronic, magnetic structure in transition metal oxides
- Creation of 'rocker' protein opens way for new smart molecules in medicine, other fields
- Revealing the quantum geometry of the graphene lattice
- Crown ethers flatten in graphene for strong, specific binding
- Choreography of an electron pair
- Ultrafast imaging of complex systems in 3-D at near atomic resolution nears
- Microscopy pencils patterns in polymers at the nanoscale
- The simplest element: Turning hydrogen into 'graphene'
- Scientists trace nanoparticles from plants to caterpillars: Are nanoparticles getting in our food?
- Exact solution to model Big Bang and quark gluon plasma
- Researchers generate tunable photon-pair spectrum using room-temperature quantum optics silicon chip
- Is the Higgs Boson a piece of the matter-antimatter puzzle?
- Mathematicians prove the Umbral Moonshine Conjecture
- Control of shape of light particles opens the way to 'quantum internet'
- Scientists measure speedy electrons in silicon
- Researchers detect possible signal from dark matter
- Stacking two-dimensional materials may lower cost of semiconductor devices
- New way to plug 'leaky' light cavities demonstrated
- Physicists explain puzzling particle collisions
- Theory details how 'hot' monomers affect thin-film formation
- Where are the helium atoms in the molecule? As in a cloud
- Defects are perfect in laser-induced graphene
- Scientists resolve spin puzzle
- New technique could harvest more of the sun's energy
- Nanoscale resistors for quantum devices
- Composite materials can be designed in a supercomputer 'virtual lab'
- Major milestone in development of interband cascade lasers
- World record for compact particle accelerator: Researchers ramp up energy of laser-plasma 'tabletop' accelerator
- High photosensitivity 2D-few-layered molybdenum diselenide phototransistors
- Nanoparticle cluster manufacturing technique using DNA binding protein developed
- Ultrafast complex molecular simulations by ‘cutting up molecules’
- 45-year physics mystery shows a path to quantum transistors
- New technique offers spray-on solar power
- New research paves the way for nano-movies of biomolecules
- Light propagation in solar cells made visible
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