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…

The exciting possibilities of tiny, twisted superconductors

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…

After a Walkabout, a Transfer Student Finds Her Footing in Physics

BYLINE: Mike Lucas Newswise — Brianna Romasky’s college journey veered off the beaten path on a quest of self-discovery and finding her passion, which happens to involve physics. Romasky, who…

A blueprint for a quantum computer in reverse gear

Light amplification by stimulated emission from electrically driven colloidal quantum dots finally achieved

Zhaodi Pan seeks to uncover the oldest mysteries of the universe

Newswise — The universe began 13.8 billion years ago, but scientists are still striving to understand its origin. Zhaodi Pan, a fellow at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National…

Quantum-Enhanced Microscope Doubles Resolution

Newswise — Using a “spooky” phenomenon of quantum physics, Caltech researchers have discovered a way to double the resolution of light microscopes. The journal Nature Communications has published a paper…