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Quantum Leap in Lasers Brightens Future for Quantum Computing
July 22, 2014 — Scientists have devised a breakthrough laser that uses a single artificial atom to generate and emit particles of light. The laser may play a crucial role in the development of quantum computers, ... full story -
'Comb on a Chip' Powers New Atomic Clock Design
July 22, 2014 — Researchers have demonstrated a novel design for a small atomic clock that is based on a chip-scale frequency comb, or a ... full story -
Creating Optical Cables out of Thin Air
July 22, 2014 — Imagine being able to instantaneously run an optical cable or fiber to any point on Earth, or even into space. Researchers now report using an 'air waveguide' to enhance light signals ... full story -
Boosting the Force of Empty Space: Theorists Propose Way to Amplify Force of Vacuum Fluctuations
July 22, 2014 — Vacuum fluctuations may be among the most counter-intuitive phenomena of quantum physics. Theorists have now proposed a way to amplify their force. The researchers believe that their proposed ... full story -
Scientists Use Simple, Low Cost Laser Technique to Improve Properties and Functions of Nanomaterials
July 22, 2014 — By ‘drawing’ micropatterns on nanomaterials using a focused laser beam, scientists could modify properties of nanomaterials for effective applications in photonic and optoelectric ... full story -
Massive Neutrinos and New Standard Cosmological Model: No Concordance Yet
July 22, 2014 — Neutrinos, also known as ‘ghost particles’ because they barely interact with other particles or their surroundings, are massless particles according to the standard model of particle physics. ... full story -
Understanding Graphene's Electrical Properties on an Atomic Level
July 21, 2014 — For the first time, researchers have used a cutting-edge microscope to study the relationship between the atomic geometry of a ribbon of graphene and its electrical ... full story -
Chemists Eye Improved Thin Films With Metal Substitution
July 21, 2014 — The yield so far is small, but chemists have developed a low-energy, solution-based mineral substitution process to make a precursor to transparent thin films that could find use in electronics and ... full story -
Carbyne Morphs When Stretched: Calculations Show Carbon-Atom Chain Would Go Metal to Semiconductor
July 21, 2014 — Applying just the right amount of tension to a chain of carbon atoms can turn it from a metallic conductor to an insulator. The research has implications for mechanically activated nanoscale ... full story -
Tiny Laser Sensor Heightens Bomb Detection Sensitivity
July 20, 2014 — Researchers have created a plasmon laser detector that can sniff out tiny traces of airborne molecules of explosives. The sensor detected both DNT and ammonium nitrate at concentrations below one ... full story -
Highly Charged Ions: Multiply Ionized Atoms for Clocks, Qubits, and Constants
July 18, 2014 — Why can't neodymium be more like tin? Well it can, if you ionize it enough. Why strip atoms of a dozen or more electrons? To make them more amenable for use in atomic clocks and quantum ... full story -
It's Go Time for LUX-Zeplin Dark Matter Experiment
July 18, 2014 — From the physics labs at Yale University to the bottom of a played-out gold mine in South Dakota, a new generation of dark matter experiments is ready to commence. The go-ahead has been given to the ... full story -
Universal Three-Body Relation: Physicists Succeed in Revealing the Scaling Behavior of Exotic Giant Molecules
July 18, 2014 — When a two-body relation becomes a three-body relation, the behavior of the system changes and typically becomes more complex. While the basic physics of two interacting particles is well understood, ... full story -
Future Electronics May Depend on Lasers, Not Quartz
July 17, 2014 — Nearly all electronics require devices called oscillators that create precise frequencies -- frequencies used to keep time in wristwatches or to transmit reliable signals to radios. For nearly a ... full story -
Clearing the Way for Extremely Efficient Solar Cells: First Ab Initio Method for Characterizing Hot Carriers
July 17, 2014 — Researchers have developed the first ab initio method for characterizing the properties of 'hot carriers' in semiconductors. This should help clear a major road block to the development of ... full story -
Scientists Experimentally Re-Create Conditions Deep Inside Giant Planets, Such as Jupiter and Many Exo-Planets
July 17, 2014 — Using the largest laser in the world, scientists for the first time have experimentally re-created the conditions that exist deep inside giant planets, such as Jupiter, Uranus and many of the planets ... full story -
When Is a Molecule a Molecule? Scientists Watch Fast Electron Jumps in Exploding Molecules
July 17, 2014 — Using ultra-short X-ray flashes, an international team of researchers watched electrons jumping between the fragments of exploding molecules. The study reveals up to what distance charge transfer ... full story -
Supercomputers Reveal Strange, Stress-Induced Transformations in World's Thinnest Materials
July 16, 2014 — Interested in an ultra-fast, unbreakable, and flexible smart phone that recharges in a matter of seconds? Monolayer materials may make it possible. These atom-thin sheets -- including the famed super ... full story -
Directly Visualizing Hydrogen Bonds
July 15, 2014 — Using a newly developed, ultrafast femtosecond infrared light source, chemists have been able to directly visualize the coordinated vibrations between hydrogen-bonded molecules -- the first time this ... full story -
Physicists Detect Process Even Rarer Than the Long-Sought Higgs Particle
July 15, 2014 — Scientists running the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and most powerful "atom smasher," report the first evidence of a process that can be ... full story
- Quantum leap in lasers brightens future for quantum computing
- 'Comb on a chip' powers new atomic clock design
- Creating optical cables out of thin air
- Boosting the force of empty space: Theorists propose way to amplify force of vacuum fluctuations
- Scientists use simple, low cost laser technique to improve properties and functions of nanomaterials
- Massive neutrinos and new standard cosmological model: No concordance yet
- Understanding graphene's electrical properties on an atomic level
- Chemists eye improved thin films with metal substitution
- Carbyne morphs when stretched: Calculations show carbon-atom chain would go metal to semiconductor
- Highly charged ions: Multiply ionized atoms for clocks, qubits, and constants
- It's go time for LUX-Zeplin dark matter experiment
- Universal three-body relation: Physicists succeed in revealing the scaling behavior of exotic giant molecules
- Future electronics may depend on lasers, not quartz
- Clearing the way for extremely efficient solar cells: First ab initio method for characterizing hot carriers
- Scientists experimentally re-create conditions deep inside giant planets, such as Jupiter and many exo-planets
- When is a molecule a molecule? Scientists watch fast electron jumps in exploding molecules
- Directly visualizing hydrogen bonds
- Physicists detect process even rarer than the long-sought Higgs particle
- Cancer patients: How strongly does tissue decelerate the therapeutic heavy ion beam?
- Smallest Swiss cross: Made of 20 single atoms
- Labs characterize carbon for lithion-ion batteries
- Nano-sized silicon oxide electrode for the next generation lithium ion batteries
- Quantum computers? First photonic router demonstrated
- Researchers discover boron 'buckyball'
- Deep within spinach leaves, vibrations enhance efficiency of photosynthesis
- Uncertainty gives scientists new confidence in search for novel materials
- How to uncover the true face of atomic nuclei
- Making quantum connections: The speed of information in a spin network
- First snapshots of water splitting in photosynthesis
- New paths into the world of quasiparticles
- Highway for ultracold atoms in light crystals
- Solar energy gets a boost: 'Singlet fission' can increase solar cell efficiency by as much as 30 percent
- Nano-optics: Getting the most out of tiny lasers
- Mystery of the printed diode solved
- Building much smaller, greener electronics: Atom-scale, ultra-low-power computing devices to replace transistor circuits
- The quantum dance of oxygen: Proposal for a new phase of the element, when atoms dance in quartets
- Solid-state physics: Consider the 'anticrystal'
- Ultra-cold atom transport made simple
- From pencil marks to quantum computers
- With 'ribbons' of graphene, width matters: A narrow enough ribbon will transform a high-performance conductor into a semiconductor
- Tunable quantum behavior observed in bilayer graphene
- Researchers invent 'meta mirror' to help advance nonlinear optical systems
- Hollow optical fibers for UV light
- Superconducting-silicon qubits: Using a bottom-up approach to make hybrid quantum devices
- 'Deep learning' makes search for exotic particles easier: New computing techniques could aid hunt for Higgs bosons
- Study helps unlock mystery of high-temp superconductors
- Reigning in chaos in particle colliders yields big results
- Scientists develop force sensor from carbon nanotubes
- Quantum dots created with single-atom precision
- 'Compressive sensing' provides new approach to measuring a quantum system
- Astronomers closer to proving gravitational waves with precise measurements of rapidly rotating neutron star
- Chemistry: New math technique improves atomic property predictions to historic accuracy
- Spintronic technologies: Advanced light source provides new look at skyrmions
- Black hole trio holds promise for gravity wave hunt
- New device could improve biomarker analyses
- Using femtosecond lasers to administer drugs
- Innovation: Magnetic field conductors
- Nanoparticles could provide easier route for cell therapy
- Metal particles in solids aren't as fixed as they seem, new memristor study shows
- Should the Higgs boson have caused our universe to collapse? Findings puzzle cosmologists
- Sound waves harnessed to enable precision micro- and nano-manufacturing
- Scientists use X-rays to look at how DNA protects itself from UV light
- New evidence bolsters Higgs boson discovery: Confirmation of particle responsible for mass
- Measuring the mass of 'massless' electrons: Individual electrons in graphene are massless, but apparently not when they move together
- Electrostatics do the trick: Simple model describes what happens between organic semiconductors and metals
- Discovery of pure organic substances exhibiting the quantum spin liquid state
- Experimentally testing nonlocality in many-body systems
- Princess and the Pea? Invisibility cloak prevents an object from being felt
- Can we see the arrow of time? Algorithm can determine, with 80 percent accuracy, whether video is running forward or backward
- Possibly primordial gravitational waves, but galactic dust not ruled out: Nuanced account of stunning patterns in the microwave sky
- NEMO closes in on neutrino mass
- Longer battery life, more memory in electronics? Rare materials perform at near-room temperature
- Making smartphones smarter with see-through sensors: Pack more apps into new real estate, the display glass itself
- Collecting light with artificial moth eyes: Producing hydrogen with sunlight
- New quantum mechanism to trigger the emission of tunable light at terahertz frequencies
- Dynamic duo: 2-D electronic-vibrational spectroscopy technique provides unprecedented look into photochemical reactions
- Sub-wavelength images to be made at radio frequencies
- Unique greenhouse gas meter developed
- Scientists predict fermionic matter in a previously unknown state
- Ultra-thin wires for quantum computing
- Swell new sensors developed to detect trace gas
- Strange physics turns off laser
- Quantum biology: Algae evolved to switch quantum coherence on and off
- Quantum theory reveals puzzling pattern in how people respond to some surveys
- Trapping light: A long lifetime in a very small place
- High electron mobility gases generated in semiconductor nanowires for first time
- Muon detector could help UK reduce carbon emissions
- Manipulating and detecting ultrahigh frequency sound waves: 1,000 times higher resolution ultrasound images possible
- Weird 'magic' ingredient for quantum computing: Contextuality
- Viewing deeper into the quantum world
- Chemical sensor on a chip created to test chemical composition of liquids
- Improvements in MRI, passenger screening, other image-detection applications on the horizon
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