Particle Physics

Credit: (H. Palmer and K. Palmisano) By observing electrons that have been accelerated to extremely high energies, scientists are able to unlock clues about the particles that make up our universe. Accelerating electrons to such high…

Material may be natural home to quasiparticle hiding for decadesCredit: Illinois Quantum Information Science & Tech Center Particle chasing--it's a game that so many physicists play. Sometimes the hunt takes place inside large…

Credit: Kristian Myhre/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy Materials -- Molding molecular matter Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory used a focused beam of electrons to stitch platinum-silicon molecules into…

Credit: Source: FUW Since its beginnings, quantum mechanics hasn't ceased to amaze us with its peculiarity, so difficult to understand. Why does one particle seem to pass through two slits simultaneously? Why instead of specific…

National Science Foundation backs physicists, engineers as they upgrade sensors for deeper discoveriesCredit: CERN HOUSTON - (April 1, 2020) - Rice University will receive $3 million for its direct work on the next round of upgrades to the…

Nanostructured polymer foil appears white without environmentally hazardous titanium dioxide -- Beetle's chitin scales used as a modelCredit: Julia Syurik, KIT Polymer foils that are extremely thin and characterized by a high light…

The National Science Foundation awards $75 million to a Columbia-led team to support major improvements necessary to advance high-energy physics.Credit: Photo: Courtesy of CERN Columbia University will lead a team of scientists in…

New paradigm for "auto-tuning" quantum bits could overcome major engineering hurdle.Credit: B. Hayes / NIST A high-end race car engine needs all its components tuned and working together precisely to deliver top-quality…

Credit: OIST If you see people walking down a street and coming to a junction, it's difficult to predict which direction they might take. But, if you see people sitting in separate boats, floating down a stream, and the…

Credit: Photo and composite by Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications. Scientists seeking to bring the fusion that powers the sun and stars to Earth must deal with sawtooth instabilities -- up-and-down swings in the central…

Credit: Nate Follmer, Penn State Bosons and fermions, the two classes into which all particles--from the sub-atomic to atoms themselves--can be sorted, behave very differently under most circumstances. While identical bosons…

New method for generating quantum-entangled photons in a spectral range of light previously inaccessible developedCredit: Michael Kues/PQT An international team with the participation of Prof. Dr. Michael Kues from the Cluster…

Pave the way to design new structural materials with superior mechanical propertiesCredit: © Professor Wang Xunli / City University of Hong Kongc An international research team led by scientists from City University of Hong…

What is interaction and when does it occur? Intuition suggests that the necessary condition for the interaction of independently created particles is their direct touch or contact through physical force carriers. In quantum mechanics,…

Using different temperatures creates sturdier hydrogels for tissue repair, surgical sealants and 3D printingCredit: Heon E. Park WASHINGTON, March 24, 2020 -- Biohydrogels -- biomaterials composed of polymer chains dispersed in water --…

Researchers demonstrate the missing link for a quantum internetCredit: (Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer) A quantum internet could be used to send unhackable messages, improve the accuracy of GPS, and enable cloud-based quantum…

A project to create colloidal glasses characterized by a unidirectional stressCredit: @GiulioMonaco UniTrento Glasses used for camera lenses or reading glasses are not like those used to make windshields. They have a different degree of…

Scientists proposed a new method of statistical analysis of intermolecular interactions and sizes of atoms.Credit: ChenPhysChem Today, when new drugs are designed with the help of supercomputers, and electronic devices operate on a…

Proof of concept for cascaded terahertz accelerator using long pulsesCredit: DESY, Science Communication Lab A team of DESY scientists has built a miniature double particle accelerator that can recycle some of the laser energy fed into…

Credit: Photo and composite by Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications. Creating and controlling on Earth the fusion energy that powers the sun and stars is a key goal of scientists around the world. Production of this safe, clean and…