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Newly Awarded DUNE Cryogenic Plant Contract Brings Neutrino Experiment One Step Closer to Reality

A newly awarded multi-year contract for the acquisition of a large cryogenic plant to cool tens of thousands of tons of liquid argon brings the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment one step closer to realization.

20 Jul 2023

New Insights into Quantum Mechanical Relationship Between Electrons and Nuclei

Nearly a century ago, physicists Max Born and J. Robert Oppenheimer developed an assumption regarding how quantum mechanics plays out in molecules, which are comprised of intricate systems of nuclei and electrons.

20 Jul 2023

Novel Stellar Phenomenon Observed by NRL Astronomers

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Very Large Array (VLA) Low-band Ionosphere and Transient Experiment (VLITE) telescope has aided astronomers verify the results of a novel stellar phenomenon that challenges existing scientific comprehension of the physics of neutron stars.

20 Jul 2023

Russian Researchers Discover Self-Sustained Levitation of Millimeter-Sized Droplets

Self-sustained levitation of millimeter-sized droplets was recently discovered by researchers at Tyumen State University, in Russia, during an experiment to select combinations of immiscible liquids, which don't form homogeneous mixtures.

19 Jul 2023

New Evidence of “Unusual” Star Evolution

Researchers have discovered evidence that some stars have very powerful surface magnetic fields, which calls into question popular theories about how stars evolve.

18 Jul 2023

Early Career Award Enables Research on Excitons in Atomically Thin Semiconductors

Semiconductors are materials which have an electrical conductivity ranging between conductors and insulators. They can be pure elements or compounds.

18 Jul 2023

Researchers Achieve Breakthrough in Study of Vortex Motion in Superfluid Helium

Superfluids are a fascinating topic in modern physics research. Governed by quantum mechanics and known for their frictionless flow, superfluids have intrigued scientists with their unusual properties and far-reaching applications.

18 Jul 2023

Hubble Space Telescope Captures Galactic Monster

The unusual galaxy cluster eMACS J1353.7+4329, which is located around eight billion light-years from Earth in the constellation Canes Venatici, has been observed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

17 Jul 2023

Quantum Interference Enables "Dual Carriageway" for Signals

Routing signals and isolating them against noise and back-reflections are essential in many practical situations in classical communication as well as in quantum processing. In a theory-experimental collaboration, a team led by Andreas Nunnenkamp from the University of Vienna and Ewold Verhagen based at the research institute AMOLF in Amsterdam has achieved unidirectional transport of signals in pairs of "one-way streets".

14 Jul 2023

New Insights into the Metal-Insulator Transition in Quantum Materials

New research sheds light on the mechanism behind how a special material changes from an electrically conducting metal to an electric insulator. The researchers studied lanthanum strontium nickel oxide (La1.67Sr0.33NiO4) derived from a quantum material La2NiO4.

13 Jul 2023