Category: Physics
Researchers uncover a topological excitonic insulator with a tunable momentum order
Artistic illustration of a topological exciton insulator: Excitons condense in the bulk of the material, forming a collective insulating phase, while topologically protected edge modes propagate freely along the sample’s…
UAH Researcher Wins $681K NSF CAREER Award to Study the Interaction of Shockwaves and Solar Wind Turbulence in the Sun’s Heliosphere
BYLINE: Russ Nelson Newswise — Dr. Lingling Zhao, an assistant professor in the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has…
Scientists and Engineers Craft Radio Telescope Bound for the Moon
Newswise — UPTON, N.Y. — The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has completed the “major item of equipment” phase for the Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment-Night (LuSEE-Night), a…
Metasurfaces could be the next quantum information processors
Artistic representation of metasurface quantum graphs. Credit: Joshua Mornhinweg In the race toward practical quantum computers and networks, photons—fundamental particles of light—hold intriguing possibilities as fast carriers of information at…
Demonstration of first antimatter quantum bit paves way for improved comparisons of matter and antimatter
Physicist Barbara Latacz working in the BASE experiment. Credit: CERN In a breakthrough for antimatter research, the BASE collaboration at CERN has kept an antiproton—the antimatter counterpart of a proton—oscillating…
Gold clusters mimic atomic spin properties for scalable quantum computing applications
New research shows how gold clusters mimic the key properties of the most accurate systems currently used in quantum applications, showing promise for a tunable, scalable option for quantum devices. The…
Model addresses heat management in high-density laser systems
Picture of IMEC 300 mm Si photonic wafer with InP laser dies bonded on top. Credit: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Multi-wavelength light sources are required for optical transceivers…
Engineers achieve efficient integration of quantum dot lasers on silicon chiplets
Researchers have now developed an efficient technique for integrating quantum dot lasers within silicon chiplets for scalable practical applications. Credit: karlsbad at Openverse Lasers that are fabricated directly onto silicon…
