Credit: Unsplush.Topological quantum materials are viewed as a promising prospect for energy-efficient electronics and advanced technology in the future. Among their remarkable features is the ability to conduct spin-polarized electrons on their surface, despite being non-conductive in their interior.To better grasp this concept, it's important to understand that spin-polarized electrons possess intrinsic angular momentum,...
Credit: Unsplash.The discovery of quantum Hall effects in the 1980s revealed the existence of new forms of matter known as "Laughlin states," named after the American Nobel laureate who successfully characterized them theoretically.These great states manifest uniquely in two-dimensional materials under extremely cold conditions and intense magnetic fields. In a Laughlin state, electrons form an unusual...
Credit: Unsplash.A global team of cosmologists has discovered through computer simulations that observing gravitational waves from merging black holes can reveal the real nature of dark matter. Dr. Alex Jenkins of University College London will co-author their discovery today at the 2023 National Astronomy Meeting.The team studied the production of gravitational wave signals in...
An isolated blob of turbulence is created by the repeated collision of eight vortex rings. (Left) Contained turbulence is illustrated by the breakdown of the blob's energy into the mean flow (yellow) and fluctuating (blue) components. (Right) Inside the chaotic blob, highly erratic tracer particle trajectories are shown. Credit: Matsuzawa et al.According to a...
To study superconducting materials in their “normal,” non-superconducting state, scientists usually switch off superconductivity by exposing the material to a magnetic field, left. SLAC scientists discovered that turning off superconductivity with a flash of light, right produces a normal state with very similar fundamental physics that is also unstable and can host brief flashes...
Coffee. Credit: Portfolio coffee.Espresso coffee is a popular beverage brewed by grinding roasted coffee beans into grains and then forcing hot water at high pressure through a bed of coffee grains to dissolve the soluble content of the coffee and produce espresso. However, recent research has found that more finely ground coffee beans make...
Rocky Mountain pumped-storage hydtroele3ctric power plant is owned by Oglethorpe Power Corp. Source - Thomson200. Public DomainPumped storage hydropower (PSH), a type of hydroelectric energy storage, is rapidly gaining popularity worldwide as a new technology. Unlike the traditional image of hydroelectric power, which is associated with massive dams such as the Hoover Dam or...
Measurement of magnetic Moment of the electron: (a) Cryogenic system supports a 50 mK electron trap upon a 4.2 K solenoid to provide a very stable B. (b) Silver electrodes of a cylindrical Penning trap. (c) Quantum spin and cyclotron energy levels were used for measurement. Credit: Physical Review Letters (2023). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.071801Physicists from Havard University and Northwestern college have worked out...
Credit: NotjungCG/ShutterstockResearchers from the Tsukuba Research Center for Energy Products Science at the University of Tsukuba demonstrated a simple method to create ionic liquid microdroplets that function as flexible, long-lasting, and pneumatically tunable lasers. Unlike existing "droplet lasers" that can not operate under an environment, this new development may enable lasers that could be...
Credit: CC0 Public DomainA team of scientists from the University of Cambridge, along with researchers from the United States, Israel, and Austria, have developed a theory that could generate high-energy "quantum light" to study new properties of matter at the atomic level.They have reported their findings in the journal Nature Physics. While classic...
