 New concept for creating quantum states in many-body systems 6 hours ago | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the online edition of Nature Physics, theoretical physicists from the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) and the University of Innsbruck today are presenting ... | |
 Fermilab physicists discover 'doubly strange' particle September 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 59 vote(s)
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Physicists of the DZero experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have discovered a new particle made of three quarks, the Omega-sub-b (Ωb). The particle contains ... | |
 Physicists Transmit Light through Opaque Materials August 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 45 vote(s)
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No matter how thick an opaque "scattering material" is, physicists have shown how to weave light through tiny open channels in the material, so that the light passes through on the other side. | |
 'Single-Crystal' Superconductors are a Big Step for the Field August 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In key advances for the field of superconductivity, a research group has created versions of a class of widely studied superconducting compounds that are each one continuous crystal, rather ... | |
 A fine-tooth comb to measure the accelerating universe September 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Astronomical instruments needed to answer crucial questions, such as the search for Earth-like planets or the way the Universe expands, have come a step closer with the first demonstration at the telescope ... | |
New Speed Record for Magnetic Memories August 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An experiment carried out at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) has realized spin torque switching of a nanomagnet as fast as the fundamental speed limit allows. Using this so-called ballistic ... | |
 Scientists reveal effects of quantum 'traffic jam' in high-temperature superconductors August 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, in collaboration with colleagues at Cornell University, Tokyo University, the University of California, Berkeley, ... | |
 Scientists take the sharpest image ever made with light August 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 50 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists from the Technische Universität Dresden (Germany) and the ESRF in Grenoble (France) has produced the image of an object at the highest resolution ever achieved with X-ray ... | |
 Physicists Seek Answers to Quantum Correlations August 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 124 vote(s)
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After performing multiple tests on two entangled photons, physicists have yet again found that the photons seem to be communicating faster than the speed of light - at least 100,000 times faster. The researchers ... | |
 Electrons discover their individuality September 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 59 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Electrons have something in common with people: the more information they acquire about their setting, the more they become aware of their individuality and the more belonging to a group loses ... | |
Operating quantum memory at room temperature August 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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Quantum dots, along with quantum wires, have been attracting notice over the past decade as possible building blocks of quantum information processing. Indium arsenide quantum dots (InAs) can be used for memory operations ... | |
 Invisibility cloak now within sight: scientists (Update 2) August 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 84 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have for the first time engineered 3-D materials that can reverse the natural direction of visible and near-infrared light, a development ... | |
 Ames lab physicist develops 'electrifying' theory on superconducting fault-current limiters August 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- John R. Clem, a physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory, has developed a theory that will help build future superconducting alternating-current fault-current limiters ... | |
Physicists 'See' Single Top Quarks at the Tevatron August 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 75 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the world's largest fully operating particle accelerator, the Tevatron at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Illinois, have discovered convincing evidence suggesting the existence ... | |
LHC switch-on fears are completely unfounded: new research paper September 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new report published on Friday, 5 September, provides the most comprehensive evidence available to confirm that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)'s switch-on, due on Wednesday next week, poses no threat to ... | |
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