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Astronomers Reveal a Puzzling Detail in the Way Dark Matter Behaves

Astronomers have discovered that there may be a missing ingredient in our cosmic recipe of how dark matter behaves

11 Sep 2020

Study Describes Quirky Quantum Behavior of Magnetic Topological Insulator

The search is on to discover new states of matter, and possibly new ways of encoding, manipulating, and transporting information.

11 Sep 2020

Physicists Decipher New and Unexpected Quantum Behaviors in an Ultracold Gas

There they were, in all their weird quantum glory: ultracold lithium atoms in the optical trap operated by UC Santa Barbara undergraduate student Alec Cao and his colleagues in David Weld's atomic physics group.

10 Sep 2020

Virgo and LIGO Discover the Biggest Gravitational Wave Source So Far

The Virgo Collaboration and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration recently reported the discovery of GW190521, the biggest gravitational wave binary viewed so far. Researchers from the Rochester Institute of Technology played a crucial role in finding and analyzing the event.

10 Sep 2020

Scientists Use Powerful Laser Blasts to Create Magnetized-Plasma Conditions Similar to a Black Hole

Laser Engineering at Osaka University have successfully used short, but extremely powerful laser blasts to generate magnetic field reconnection inside a plasma.

9 Sep 2020

Experimentalists Show How to Extract Order from Largely Disordered Quantum System

In physics, it is essential to be able to show a theoretical assumption in actual, physical experiments.

9 Sep 2020

Researchers Demonstrate New Methods for Controlling Spin Waves in Nanostructured Garnet Films

Physicists from MIPT and the Russian Quantum Center, joined by colleagues from Saratov State University and Michigan Technological University, have demonstrated new methods for controlling spin waves in nanostructured bismuth iron garnet films via short laser pulses.

9 Sep 2020