Particle Physics

Credit: Robert R. Alfano & Yury Budansky Hailed as a pioneer by Photonics Media for his previous discoveries of supercontinuum and Cr tunable lasers, City College of New York Distinguished Professor of Science and Engineering Robert R.…

Coupled terahertz device significantly improves electron beam qualityCredit: DESY, Gesine Born Scientists at DESY have achieved a new world record for an experimental type of miniature particle accelerator: For the first time, a terahertz…

Single molecules measure electrical potentials "All matter consists of positively charged atomic nuclei and negatively charged electrons," explains Professor Dr.-Ing. Rolf Findeisen from the Institute of Automation Technology at the…

Credit: National University of Singapore A ground-breaking study conducted by researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has revealed a method of using quantum mechanical wave theories to 'lock' heat into a fixed position.…

Researchers from the University of Geneva and the University of Manchester have confirmed experimentally the theory of very strong magneto-optical resonance in grapheneCredit: © UNIGE, Ievgeniia Nedoliuk The ability to control infrared…

Princeton astrophysicists are closing in on the Hubble constantCredit: Video by Ore Gottlieb and Ehud Nakar, Tel Aviv University Exactly how fast is the universe expanding? Scientists are still not completely sure, but a…

Astronomy offers new energy windowCredit: Image by IHEP The Tibet ASgamma experiment, a China-Japan joint research project, has discovered the highest energy cosmic gamma rays ever observed from an astrophysical source - in…

Instrument to be tested during solar eclipse in ChileCredit: Dr Eamon Scullion Northumbria University Newcastle upon Tyne Named after a Celtic goddess of the Sun, SULIS is a UK-led solar science mission, designed to…

A physical constant, which is of great importance for basic research, has now be re-measured, with much higher precision than ever before.Credit: TU Wien There are some numerical values that define the basic properties of our…

Credit: UHH, Mathey group When you jump into a lake and hold your head under water, everything sounds different. Apart from the different physiological response of our ears in air and water, this derives from the different sound…