“Molecules” made of light may be possible, say physicists
A team including theoretical physicists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has taken a step toward building…
Could solar flares be triggering birth defects?
It’s known that airplane crews at high altitude are exposed to potentially harmful levels of radiation from cosmic rays, but…
Physicists map conductivity change in transition from 3 to 2 dimensions
Scientists from the Moscow Institute Of Physics And Technology and Tulane University (New Orleans) have for the first time described…
Researchers go beyond quantum limit
Scientists are capable of measuring the position of an object with unprecedented accuracy, but the Heisenberg uncertainty principle ultimately places…
Vacuum tube tech could save Moore’s Law
To run integrated circuits at faster and faster speeds, University of Pittsburgh scientists are proposing a new spin on an…
Spin sensitivity of DNA surprises researchers
Weizmann Institute researchers investigating quantum interactions in biological molecules have shown that DNA is extremely sensitive to particle “spin.” Their…
UK boffins split electron
Physicists from the Universities of Cambridge and Birmingham have shown that electrons, which are indivisible in isolation, can divide into…
Honey, I Shrunk The Particle Accelerator
Is that a particle accelerator in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me? Scientists investigating the mysteries…