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New Technique for Using Electrons in Plasma to Make Thin Metal Films

Computers, mobile phones and all other electronic devices contain thousands of transistors, linked together by thin films of metal. Scientists at Linköping University, Sweden, have developed a method that can use the electrons in a plasma to produce these films.

8 May 2020

Researchers Discover Previously Unobserved Quantum State in Rhenium

A new door to the quantum world has been opened: when an atom absorbs or releases energy via the quantum leap of an electron, it becomes heavier or lighter.

8 May 2020

Spin Polarization Used to Probe Many-Body Thermalization

In physics, thermalization, or the trend of sub-systems within a whole to gain a common temperature, is typically the norm.

8 May 2020

Smart Quantum Technology Simplifies Identification of Light Sources

Researchers have developed and demonstrated a smart quantum technology that allows a drastic reduction in the number of measurements needed to identify sources of light.

6 May 2020

Theoretical Calculations Offer New Insights into Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment

Twenty years ago, researchers from Brookhaven National Laboratory at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) performed an experiment that identified a mysterious discrepancy between actual laboratory measurements and the established particle physics theory.

6 May 2020

Single-Photon Sources for On-Chip Quantum Networks with High Repetition Rates

A new kind of technology that is based on photons—the fundamental particle of light—is used in the field of quantum photonics.

6 May 2020

Study Estimates Globular Cluster NGC 6652's Age is Close to 13.6 Billion Years

Senior Research Associate Margarita Sharina (Special Astrophysical Observatory) and Associate Professor Vladislav Shimansky (Kazan Federal University) studied the globular cluster NGC 6652.4.05957 and found out that its age is close to 13.6 billion years, which makes it one of the oldest objects in the Milky Way.

6 May 2020