by Light Publishing Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics, CAS a, Conceptual illustration of a photonic crystal consisting of deformed dielectric microcavities. b, Energy bands as a…
Category: Physics
Then and Now / 2012 Early Career Award Winner
WHAT DID THE 2012 EARLY CAREER AWARD ALLOW YOU TO DO? Extensive evidence suggests that a staggering 85% of the matter in our universe is dark matter. However, its identity remains…
X-ray beams help researchers learn new tricks from old metals
Newswise — A research team led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory used powerful X-ray beams to unlock a new understanding of materials important to the…
RHIC Gets Ready to Smash Gold Ions for Run 23
May 8, 2023 Newswise — The start of this year’s physics run at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) also marks the start of a new era. For the first time since…
Princeton University awards plasma physics graduate student Suying Jin a highly selective honorific fellowship
Jin expressed deep appreciation on receiving the fellowship. “I feel truly honored, and I’m fortunate to be at an institution that lifts up its students in this way,” she said.…
Surprising Preference in Particle Spin Alignment
The Science Certain particles that emerge from a hot soup of matter generated in collisions of atomic nuclei appear to have a preferential “global spin alignment.” The collisions melt the…
Breaking down unsolvable problems into solvable ones
Markus Wallerberger and Anna Kauch. Credit: Vienna University of Technology In physics, one often has to deal with different scales that can be described separately from one another: For the…
Quantum lidar prototype acquires real-time 3D images while fully submerged underwater
Researchers developed a lidar system that uses quantum detection technology that can capture 3D images while submerged underwater. They demonstrated the system by using it to capture a 3D image…
