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Researchers Report New Understanding of Energy Fluctuations in Fluids

The Casimir Force is a well-known effect originating from the quantum fluctuation of electromagnetic fields in a vacuum. Now an international group of researchers have reported a counterpoint to that theory, adding to the understanding of energy fluctuations within fluids.

6 Apr 2020

Study Reveals Way to Adjust Properties of Exotic Materials

A material’s properties can be changed in many ways, and one of the ways is to stretch the material slightly. This pushes the atoms in the material further apart but the bonds between the atoms do not break.

3 Apr 2020

Study may Help Explain Cosmic Phenomena in Outer Space

A research team, headed by nuclear physicists at the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMass Lowell), has made a discovery that might redefine the way atoms are interpreted by researchers and might help to describe the extreme phenomena occurring in outer space.

2 Apr 2020

Spatially Modulating Energy Gaps in Copper-Oxide Superconductors

Physicists have long been attempting to decode the electronic properties of high-temperature superconductors.

2 Apr 2020

Physicists Demonstrate Rapid Change of Light Helicity

A collaborative team of accelerator physicists, experimenters, and undulator experts at the BESSY II storage ring has demonstrated a new method to rapidly switch the helicity of circularly polarized synchrotron radiation—up to a million times more rapidly than before.

2 Apr 2020

Hubble Finds Best Evidence For Elusive Mid-Size Black Hole

New data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have provided the strongest evidence yet for mid-sized black holes in the Universe. Hubble confirms that this "intermediate-mass" black hole dwells inside a dense star cluster.

2 Apr 2020

New Quantum Technology Could Help Diagnose And Treat Heart Condition

( University College London ) The conductivity of living organs, such as the heart, could be imaged non-invasively using quantum technology developed by UCL researchers, which has the potential to revolutionise the diagnosis and treatment of atrial fibrillation.

2 Apr 2020