Researchers have successfully measured the quantum structure of radium monofluoride (RaF) using ion-trapping and specialized laser techniques, allowing for the detailed characterization of its rotational energy levels and establishing a laser-cooling scheme. These findings are crucial for future experiments focused on laser-cooling and trapping RaF molecules, which are expected to...

Physicists Just Made a Breakthrough That Could Explain Why We Exist

Sunlight-photosynthesizing organisms like plants and algae have long been believed to be the Earth's original producers of oxygen. But now, researchers have found evidence of a natural O2 factory that needs neither the Sun nor the lifeforms that harness its power. The source is a chemical reaction taking place in rocks lying on the lightless seafloor thousands of feet beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean, releasing what the researchers have dubbed "dark oxygen."

Scientists Say They've Detected a Strange Source of Electricity at the Bottom of the Ocean

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They claim the quantum experiment would show if reality is rendered to us at the point of observation.

Controversial Physicists Say They Are About To Test Whether We're Living In A Simulation

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Quantum information theory is the field behind quantum computing, but experts in this field are also applying their way of thinking to some big questions in quantum physics.

Quantum information theorists are shedding light on entanglement, one of the spooky mysteries of quantum mechanics

Soon, data storage centers are expected to consume almost 10% of the world's energy generation. This increase is, among other things, due to intrinsic limitations of the materials used—ferromagnets. Consequently, this problem has ignited a quest for faster and more energy-efficient materials. One of the most encouraging pathways are...

Hidden harmonies: Team discovers magnon–phonon Fermi resonance in an antiferromagnet

Researchers led by Dr. Olga Kocharovskaya, a distinguished professor at Texas A&M University, have successfully demonstrated a novel way to store and release X-ray pulses at the single photon level, achieving quantum memory in the notoriously difficult hard X-ray range. This breakthrough was made possible by using Doppler-shifted nuclear resonant absorbers to form a nuclear frequency comb. The team’s findings, published in Science Advances, open up new possibilities for future X-ray quantum technologies.

Scientists Achieve Quantum Memory Breakthrough in Hard X-Ray Range

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“When I think of my whole career in physics, this is the work that I think 10 to 20 years from now could change the world.”

MIT’s breakthrough transistor could be game-changer for electronics

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

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In 1896, the Swedish physicist Svante Arrhenius realized that carbon dioxide (CO2) traps heat in Earth’s atmosphere — the phenomenon now called the greenhouse effect. Since then, increasingly sophisticated modern climate models have verified Arrhenius’ central conclusion: that every time the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere doubles, Earth’s temperature will rise between 2 and 5 degrees Celsius.

Physicists Pinpoint the Quantum Origin of the Greenhouse Effect

A new technique developed by researchers enables the restoration of crucial properties in piezoelectric materials at room temperature, streamlining repairs and extending the lifespan of ultrasound and sonar devices. Heat and pressure can degrade the properties of piezoelectric materials essential for advanced ultrasound and sonar technologies. Traditionally, repairing this damage...

Researchers Solve Long-Standing Piezoelectric Material Challenge

Researchers in Cambridge suggest that diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), a specialized MRI, could significantly improve concussion diagnosis by identifying patients at risk of long-term symptoms, which often go undetected with traditional CT scans. The study showed that DTI, along with certain blood biomarkers, could predict with much higher accuracy which...

Is Your Concussion Hiding Something? This Advanced MRI Could Tell

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This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

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More dangerous substances are entering the Denver drug supply, Harm Reduction Action Center warned in a newsletter this week. “The Iron Law of Prohibition posits that as law enforcement becomes more intense, the potency of prohibited substances increases,” HRAC Executive Director Lisa Raville wrote in the newsletter. That is exactly what is happening, she said.

Dangerous substances entering Denver drug supply

New research reveals that the large-scale, cost-effective implementation of high-temperature superconducting wire is increasingly feasible. The future of our energy systems could be shaped by high-temperature superconducting (HTS) wires. These advanced materials, capable of transmitting electricity without resistance at higher temperatures than conventional superconductors, have the potential to transform the electric grid and make commercial nuclear fusion a reality.

Scientists Have Fabricated the World’s Highest-Performance Superconducting Wire Segment

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Erythritol, a common artificial sweetener, is found in baked goods, beverages, gum, and candy. Recent research from the Cleveland Clinic indicates that consuming foods containing erythritol, a widely used artificial sweetener, may elevate the risk of cardiovascular events like heart attacks and strokes. The study, conducted with healthy volunteers, found that erythritol made platelets—blood cells involved in clotting—more active, thereby increasing the likelihood of blood clots. This effect was not observed with sugar (glucose).

Cleveland Clinic Warns: This Popular Sugar Substitute May Trigger Heart Issues

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CU Boulder scientists have found how ions move in tiny pores, potentially improving energy storage in devices like supercapacitors. Their research updates Kirchhoff’s law, with significant implications for energy storage in vehicles and power grids. Imagine if your dead laptop or phone could be charged in a minute, or...

Missing Link Discovered: New Research Paves the Way for Charging Phones in Under a Minute

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The mantis shrimp is one tough customer. Beautiful and deadly are two words you don’t typically use to describe shrimp, but the mantis shrimp is definitely in a class of its own; earning a reputation as the ‘savage boxer of the sea’ and one of the most fearsome creatures in the ocean. And, they're right at home here in South Carolina.

Savage Boxer of the Sea: The Deadly Beauty of Mantis Shrimp

A team from Trinity College Dublin has innovated a microscopic imaging technique that lowers radiation exposure and speeds up the process, enhancing safety and efficiency in imaging sensitive materials. An international team of scientists, led by Trinity College Dublin, has developed an advanced imaging technique using cutting-edge microscopes. This new...

Reimagining the Logic of Imaging: International Team of Scientists Develops Revolutionary Microscopy Method

(Nanowerk News) A Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) team has found that pure metallic carbon nanotubes are best at transporting molecules. Molecule separations play an ever-increasing role in modern technology from water desalination to harvesting critical materials to high-value chemicals and pharmaceuticals manufacturing. To enhance water and proton transport, LLNL...

Molecules get a boost from metallic carbon nanotubes

Image: Researcher Aly Kombargi holds a jar of aluminum pellets as they start to react in seawater. | Tony Pulsone. The engineers believe they have discovered the recipe for running a sustainable hydrogen reactor, which they plan to test first in marine and underwater vehicles. A research team at MIT...

MIT Team Creates Clean Hydrogen with Seawater, Soda Cans, Caffeine

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Solving the Doping Problem: Physicists Have Discovered New Ways To Improve Organic Semiconductors

Scientists have enhanced organic semiconductors by achieving groundbreaking electron removal and leveraging non-equilibrium state properties, potentially boosting thermoelectric device efficiency. Cavendish physicists have discovered two new...

Solving the Doping Problem: Physicists Have Discovered New Ways To Improve Organic Semiconductors

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