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August 25, 2016

Light and Matter Merge in Quantum Coupling

'Artificial Atom' Created in Graphene

New Way to Display 3-D Structure of Molecules

Fifth Force of Nature? Clarifying Dark Matter

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A Nanoscale Wireless Communication System Via Plasmonic Antennas

Aug. 25, 2016 — A nanoscale wireless communication system uses plasmonic antennas to produce greater control and increased efficiency to an approach eyed for next-generation 'on-chip' communications ... read more

Spherical Tokamak as Model for Next Steps in Fusion Energy

Aug. 24, 2016 — A new article describes the spherical tokamak design as a model for the next steps in the development of ... read more

Portable Atomic Gyroscope for Navigation

Aug. 23, 2016 — Researchers have demonstrated a compact atomic gyroscope design that could, with further development, be portable, low power, and accurate enough to be used ... read more

Silicon Nanoparticles Trained to Juggle Light

Aug. 23, 2016 — Silicon nanoparticles based devices would allow to transmit, reflect, or scatter incident light in a specified direction, depending on its intensity. They could be integrated ... read more

New Theory Could Lead to New Generation of Energy Friendly Optoelectronics

Aug. 22, 2016 — Researchers have created a new theoretical framework which could help physicists and device engineers design better optoelectronics, leading to less heat generation and power ... read more

Attosecond Science Opens New Avenues in Femtochemistry

Aug. 17, 2016 — Attosecond Science is a new exciting frontier in contemporary physics, aimed at time-resolving the motion of electrons in atoms, molecules and solids on their natural ... read more

Physicists Discover 'Apparent Departure from the Laws of Thermodynamics'

Aug. 19, 2016 — Physicists have revolutionized our understanding of a popular technique, known as buffer gas cooling, which is crucial in fields ranging from forensics to the production ... read more

Biophysics: Stopping the Random Walk

Aug. 17, 2016 — The cell's internal skeleton undergoes constant restructuring. Physicists now show that its associated proteins can be efficiently transported to their sites of action by diffusion -- provided they ... read more

Researchers Watch Catalysts at Work

Aug. 17, 2016 — Physicists have succeeded in watching a silver catalyst at work for the first time with the aid of an atomic force microscope. The observations made during an Ullmann ... read more

Reducing Cost of Producing Supercapacitors

Aug. 18, 2016 — Using inexpensive biochar to coat electrodes and a new method to create the porous surface needed to capture electricity may reduce the cost of supercapacitors. Activating ... read more

'Quantum Leap' For China Satellite

Severe Paralysis Partially Reversed Using Brain-Machine Interface Training

Inventor Builds Invisible iPhone Screen for Covert Viewing

Data Suggests There's Probably Not A New Particle Like We Thought

How to Keep the Superhot Plasma Inside Tokamaks from Chirping

Aug. 19, 2016 — Physicists have learned which conditions within fusion plasma make the occurrence of chirping modes more ... read more

Superconductivity: After the Scenario, the Staging

Aug. 18, 2016 — Superconductivity with a high Tc continues to present a theoretical mystery. While this phenomenon is experimentally well established, no scientist has managed to explain its mechanism. In the late ... read more

Origin of High-Temperature Superconductivity in Copper-Oxide Compound Uncovered

Aug. 17, 2016 — Physicists have an explanation for why certain materials can conduct electricity without resistance at temperatures well above those required by conventional superconductors. Understanding this ... read more

'Sniffer Plasmons' Could Detect Explosives

Aug. 15, 2016 — Scientists have proposed a graphene-based spaser that can 'sniff out' a single molecule, which could be used to detect even small amounts of various substances, including ... read more

Magnetic Fields Can Calm Plasma Instabilities, Simulations Suggest

Aug. 15, 2016 — Physicists have conducted simulations that suggest that applying magnetic fields to fusion plasmas can control instabilities known as Alfven waves that can reduce the efficiency of fusion ... read more

New Material Discovery Allows Study of Elusive Weyl Fermion

Aug. 15, 2016 — Researchers have discovered a new type of Weyl semimetal, a material that opens the way for further study of Weyl fermions, a type of massless elementary particle hypothesized by high-energy particle ... read more

Spin Polarization by Strong Field Ionization

Aug. 15, 2016 — Strong field ionization has been studied for over half a century. Yet, the role of electron spin during this process has been largely overlooked. Surprisingly, our joint experimental and theoretical ... read more

How Shaping Light Can Change Particle Behavior

Aug. 15, 2016 — Interactions between tiny particles trapped in light are found to differ, depending on the light's shape, report scientists. Physical phenomena, such as particle behavior in higher order modes ... read more

Mystery: The Deuteron, Just Like the Proton, Is Much Smaller Than Previously Thought

Aug. 11, 2016 — The deuteron -- one of the simplest atomic nuclei, consisting of just one proton and one neutron -- is considerably smaller than previously thought, say researchers who measured the proton and found ... read more

Quantum Dots With Impermeable Shell: A Powerful Tool for Nanoengineering

Aug. 11, 2016 — Depending on their applications, quantum dots need to be tailored in terms of their structure and properties. Chemists have shown that quantum dots obtained by their novel method can be successfully ... read more

New Method Helps Stabilize Materials With Elusive Magnetism

Aug. 10, 2016 — Magnetic materials displaying what is referred to as itinerant ferromagnetism are in an elusive physical state that is not yet fully understood. Physicists normally have no other choice than to study ... read more

Tailored Probes for Atomic Force Microscopes

Aug. 10, 2016 — Atomic force microscopes make the nanostructure of surfaces visible. Their probes scan the investigation material with finest measurement needles. Researchers have now succeeded in adapting these ... read more

Ultracold Atoms in a 'Rydberg-Dress'

Aug. 10, 2016 — Scientists have developed a novel technique to let atoms interact over large ... read more

Investigating the Neutrino Mass Scale With the Ultra-Low Background KamLAND-Zen Detector

Aug. 12, 2016 — The ultra-low background KamLAND-Zen detector, hosted by research institutes inside and outside Japan demonstrates the best sensitivity in the search for neutrinoless double-beta decay, and sets the ... read more

Simulating Complex Catalysts Key to Making Cheap, Powerful Fuel Cells

Aug. 9, 2016 — Using a unique combination of advanced computational methods, chemical engineers have demystified some of the complex catalytic chemistry in fuel cells -- an advance that brings cost-effective fuel ... read more

Cement Design Should Take Into Account the Water Confined in the Smallest Pores

Aug. 9, 2016 — Cement paste has a large amount of water in its structure, and much of it is confined in the smallest pores of the cement which are about one manometer in size. The extreme temperatures in which ... read more

Researchers Find Brain's 'Physics Engine'

Aug. 8, 2016 — Whether or not they aced the subject in high school, human beings are physics masters when it comes to understanding and predicting how objects in the world will behave. Cognitive scientists have ... read more

New Results on the Higgs Boson and the Building Blocks of Matter Presented at ICHEP

Aug. 8, 2016 — Large Hadron Collider (LHC) performance surpasses expectations; results confirm the Higgs particle, show "bump" appears to be a statistical fluctuation, and offer insight into quark-gluon ... read more

Towards a Better Screen

Aug. 8, 2016 — Researchers have designed more than 1,000 new blue-light emitting molecules for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) that could dramatically improve displays for televisions, phones, tablets and ... read more

New Light Shed on How Neutrinos Behave

Aug. 8, 2016 — Scientists have announced an exciting new result that could improve our understanding of the behavior of neutrinos. Neutrinos have previously been detected in three types, called flavors -- muon, tau ... read more

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