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Atoms dressed with light show new interactions, could reveal way to observe enigmatic particle

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) have for the first time engineered and detected the presence of high angular momentum collisions between atoms at temperatures close to absolute ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Electrically controlling magnetic polarization of nuclei offers new way to store quantum information

Storing information in long-lasting quantum states is a prerequisite for building quantum computers. Intrinsic properties of nuclei known as magnetic spins are good storage candidates because they interact ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Nov 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Millisecond pulsar in spin mode

Astronomers have tracked down the first gamma-ray pulsar in a globular cluster of stars. It is around 27,000 light years away and thus also holds the distance record in this class of objects. Moreover, its ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Time reversal: A simple particle could reveal new physics

(PhysOrg.com) -- A simple atomic nucleus could reveal properties associated with the mysterious phenomenon known as time reversal and lead to an explanation for one of the greatest mysteries of physics: the ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (40) | comments 128 | with audio podcast

The curious case of germanium-72: An unusual isotope changes phases as temperature rises

(PhysOrg.com) -- There's a lot we don't know about the atomic nucleus, even though it was discovered a century ago this year.

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

CERN's new Einstein Observatory to explore black holes, Big Bang

A new era in astronomy will come a step closer when scientists from across Europe present their design study today for an advanced observatory capable of making precision measurements of gravitational waves ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 19, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Astronomers discover most massive neutron star yet known (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Green Bank Telescope (GBT) have discovered the most massive neutron star yet found, a discovery with strong and wide-ranging impacts across ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 27, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (32) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Isotope near 'doubly magic' tin-100 flouts conventional wisdom

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tin may seem like the most unassuming of elements, but experiments performed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are yielding surprising properties in extremely short-lived ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 21, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (16) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Quarks 'swing' to the tones of random numbers

At the Large Hadron Collider at CERN protons crash into each other at incredibly high energies in order to 'smash' the protons and to study the elementary particles of nature - including quarks. Quarks are ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 27, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Physicists hunt for a trace of the elusive, invisible geoneutrino

Princeton University proclaimed this month that some of its physicists had helped discover an invisible particle known as a geoneutrino.

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 26, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (20) | comments 4

Explained: Bandgap

Why do some materials work well for making solar cells or light-emitting diodes (LEDs), while other materials don't? One key factor is having the right bandgap.

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 23, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Radioactive isotope of tin confirmed to have doubly magic nucleus

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in the U.S. and U.K. have demonstrated that the short-lived radioactive and neutron-rich isotope tin-132 has a doubly magic nucleus.

Physics / General Physics

created May 28, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (20) | comments 7 | with audio podcast report

What will the Large Hadron Collider reveal?

With its successful test run at the end of 2009, the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland, seized the world record for the highest-energy particle collisions created by mankind. We can now reflect ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 07, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (48) | comments 23

New INL project will improve nuclear reactor simulations

A new project at Idaho National Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory will improve the way scientists model the inner workings of nuclear reactors.

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A Theory of Dark Matter

Among the most astounding, unexpected, and important achievements of the past century (or even more) have been the discoveries of dark matter and dark energy, collectively dubbed the "dark sector."

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (44) | comments 58