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Study Offers Vital Data on Interaction Between Dark and Luminous Matter

Low-surface-brightness galaxies have helped in acquiring new data and reaching significant conclusions on dark matter, which is one of the biggest mysteries of the cosmos.

19 Dec 2019

New Topological Insulator Could Help Realize Qubit for Quantum Computing

New experiments conducted at BESSY II using magnetically doped topological insulators have unraveled prospective means of lossless signal transmission involving an astonishing self-organization phenomenon.

19 Dec 2019

Strange Quantum Interference Created Between Photons of Different Colors

At times, particles can behave like waves. This behavior is also applicable to photons, or particles of light.

18 Dec 2019

New Quantum Materials Could Help Quantum Computing Reach Full Potential

In the near future, quantum computing, an emerging technology, may be able to solve highly complex problems that cannot be solved by even the most powerful existing supercomputers.

18 Dec 2019

Leptons may be Created in Processes that Extend Beyond Standard Physics

During the LHCb experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, one of several products of collisions seen are electrons accompanied by their “colleagues”—other leptons.

17 Dec 2019

Quantum-Based Study Shows Heat Energy can Travel Through Complete Vacuum

A vacuum-insulated thermos, which is generally used to keep the coffee hot, is an excellent insulator because heat energy cannot move easily through empty space.

12 Dec 2019

Prestigious European ERC Consolidator Grant Awarded to imec’s Clement Merckling for Developing Fault-tolerant Qubits

Imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, today announces that the European Research Council has awarded Clement Merckling, principal member of technical staff at imec, a Consolidator Grant for working out his project NOTICE.

From imec 12 Dec 2019

Ferromagnetic Nanowire Helps Detect Penetration Point of Abrikosov Vortices

A research team from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), the Institute of Solid State Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Lomonosov Moscow State University has demonstrated that Abrikosov vortices that penetrate via a superconductor-ferromagnet interface could now be detected.

10 Dec 2019

Study Reveals Mysterious Electronic Signature of Iron-Based Superconductors

Physicists at Rice University have used an ingenious method to draw a detailed map revealing the “rules of the road” for electrons, both in the critical moments and in normal conditions, just before the material changes into a superconductor.

9 Dec 2019

ETH Physicists Offer New Insight into the Origin of Photoelectrons

One of the most important processes in light-matter interaction is the generation of photoelectrons via ionization. But profound questions remain about the way photons convey their linear momentum to electrons. Reconst...

6 Dec 2019