Optical Lattice Clock at JILA, Boulder. Credit: JILA Although today’s best optical atomic clocks can be used to make extremely precise measurements, they are still limited by the noise from…
Category: Physics
STAR Physicists Track Sequential ‘Melting’ of Upsilons
The Science Scientists use the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a Department of Energy user facility, to recreate and study the hot particle soup that existed in the very early universe. Recent…
Getting to the Bottom of When the Smallest Meson Melts
The Science Theorists have performed calculations to predict the temperature at which bottomonium mesons will melt. Bottomonium mesons are particles made of one of the six types of quark: a…
Scientists discover quantum oscillations in correlated insulators
Quantum oscillations in correlated insulator at v = -2. Credit: YANG Wei Quantum oscillations (QOs) of conductance in the magnetic field are widely observed in mesoscopic devices thanks to the…
Unveiling Quantum Gravity: IceCube & Fermi Results
Newswise — In a Nature Astronomy publication today, a research team from the University of Naples “Federico II,” the University of Wroclaw, and the University of Bergen analyzed a quantum-gravity…
Noise-free comms via structured light, say researchers
Newswise — The patterns of light hold tremendous promise for a large encoding alphabet in optical communications, but progress is hindered by their susceptibility to distortion, such as in atmospheric…
Electron spin measured for the first time
Three perspectives of the surface on which the electrons move. On the left, the experimental result, in the center and on the right the theoretical modeling. The red and blue…
Research takes first steps towards realizing mechanical qubits
A platform for an array of 36 mechanical resonator devices. A nano-resonator is fabricated and connected electrically in one of the sections of this array. The entire pieces is then…
University of Minnesota theoretical physicists help expand the search for new particle
Newswise — One of the most high-profile mysteries in physics today is what scientists refer to as the “Strong CP Problem.” Stemming from the puzzling phenomenon that neutrons do not…
