New technique uses near-miss particle physics to measure wobbling tau particles

Electricity Generation on the Nanoscale

Newswise — WASHINGTON, Oct. 17, 2023 – Wave energy technology is a proven source of power generation, but there is power inherent in every molecule of liquid on earth, even…

Ushering in the era of light-powered ‘multi-level memories’

Thought experiments and conservation laws: Reevaluating quantum conservation principles

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Conservation laws are central to our understanding of the universe, and now scientists have expanded our understanding of these laws in quantum mechanics. A conservation law…

New insights into 2D semiconductor physics

The new technique shows remarkably good agreement with experimental results, essentially perfect at high temperature, with small discrepancies at lower temperatures. Comparison of theoretical (solid dark) and experimental (solid light)…

Tailored electron pulses for improved electron microscopy

Plots of the measured energetic fingerprints of pulsed electron beams with different electron numbers. Credit: Rudolf Haindl, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences Electron microscopes provide unique vistas of nanoscale…

Manipulating nonlinear exciton polaritons in a WS2 monolayer with artificial lattices

A new lens on the Universe’s most energetic particles

Newswise — Osaka, Japan – Showers in bathrooms bring us comfort; showers from space bring astrophysicists joy. Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have observed, with their novel method, cosmic-ray extensive air…

Uncovering the secrets of spin-orbit optical Rabi oscillations

a, The original spin-1/2 setting describing spinnings of a quantum particle in a driven magnetic field, where the spin up and spin down constitute the two-level eigenstates. b, In the…

Simulations of ‘backwards time travel’ can improve scientific experiments