Elusive quasiparticles realized
Ultracold quantum gases are an ideal experimental model system to simulate physical phenomena in condensed matter. View More (2012-05-24)
Efficient and tunable interface for quantum networks
Quantum technologies promise to redefine the landscape of information processing and communication. View More (2012-05-24)
Argonne scientists uncover a photosynthetic puzzle
Quantum physics and plant biology seem like two branches of science that could not be more different, but surprisingly they may in fact be intimately tied. View More (2012-05-24)
Quantum Condensate of the Thirteenth Kind
Francesca Ferlaino's research team at the University of Innsbruck is the first to successfully create a condensate of the exotic element erbium. View More (2012-05-23)
Return of the vacuum tube
Vacuum tubes have been retro for decades. They almost completely disappeared from the electronics scene when consumers exchanged their old cathode ray tube monitors for flat screen TVs. View More (2012-05-21)
Quantum computing: The light at the end of the tunnel may be a single photon
Quantum physics promises faster and more powerful computers, but quantum versions of basic logic functions are still needed to bring this technology to fruition. View More (2012-05-21)
Good news for nanomedicine: Quantum dots appear safe in pioneering study on primates
A pioneering study to gauge the toxicity of quantum dots in primates has found the tiny crystals to be safe over a one-year period, a hopeful outcome for doctors and scientists seeking new ways to battle diseases like cancer through nanomedicine. View More (2012-05-21)
In chemical reactions, water adds speed without heat
An international team of researchers has discovered how adding trace amounts of water can tremendously speed up chemical reactions-such as hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis-in which hydrogen is one of the reactants, or starting materials. View More (2012-05-18)
Professor uses diamond to produce graphene quantum dots and nano-ribbons of controlled structure
Kansas State University researchers have come closer to solving an old challenge of producing graphene quantum dots of controlled shape and size at large densities, which could revolutionize electronics and optoelectronics. View More (2012-05-18)
Watching an electron being born
A strong laser beam can remove an electron from an atom - a process which takes place almost instantly. At the Vienna University of Technology, this phenomenon could now be studied with a time resolution of less than ten attoseconds (ten billionths of a billionth of a second). View More (2012-05-16)
Timely discovery: Physics research sheds new light on quantum dynamics
Kansas State University physicists and an international team of collaborators have made a breakthrough that improves understanding of matter-light interactions. View More (2012-05-16)
Beyond the High-Speed Hard Drive: Topological Insulators Open a Path to Room-Temperature Spintronics
Strange new materials experimentally identified just a few years ago are now driving research in condensed-matter physics around the world. First theorized and then discovered by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and their colleagues in other institutions, these "strong 3-D topological insulators" - TIs for short - are... View More (2012-05-15)
Researchers map path to quantum electronic devices
A team of Duke University engineers has created a master "ingredient list" describing the properties of more than 2,000 compounds that might be combined to create the next generation of quantum electronics devices. View More (2012-05-14)
KIT Researchers Succeed in Realizing a New Material Class
A research team lead by Professor Martin Wegener at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has succeeded in realizing a new material class through the manufacturing of a stable crystalline metafluid, a pentamode metamaterial. Using new nanostructuring methods, these materials can now be realized for the first time with any conceivable mechanical properties. View More (2012-05-09)
Quantum dots brighten the future of lighting
With the age of the incandescent light bulb fading rapidly, the holy grail of the lighting industry is to develop a highly efficient form of solid-state lighting that produces high quality white light. View More (2012-05-09)
One Supernova Type, Two Different Sources
The exploding stars known as Type Ia supernovae serve an important role in measuring the universe, and were used to discover the existence of dark energy. View More (2012-05-08)
Fast, low-power, all-optical switch
An optical switch developed at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) spurs the prospective integration of photonics and electronics. View More (2012-05-04)
First light: NIST researchers develop new way to generate superluminal pulses
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a novel way of producing light pulses that are "superluminal"-in some sense they travel faster than the speed of light. View More (2012-05-04)
Research breakthrough takes supercomputing out of the lab
In the age of high-speed computing, the photon is king. However, producing the finely tuned particles of light is a complex and time-consuming process, until now. View More (2012-05-01)
Atomic clock comparison via data highways
Optical atomic clocks measure time with unprecedented accuracy. However, it is the ability to compare clocks with one another that makes them applicable for high-precision tests in fundamental theory, from cosmology all the way to quantum physics. View More (2012-04-30)
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