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Magnetic properties of a single proton directly observed for the first time

German researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz (HIM), together with their colleagues from the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg and the GSI Helmholtz ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Scientists view a quantum jump in real time

(PhysOrg.com) -- For more than two decades, scientists have been "watching" electrons in atoms make the jump between energy levels in real time. "Atoms have energy levels, and when electrons 'jump' from one level to another, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 11, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (29) | comments 3 | with audio podcast feature

New paper offers breakthrough on blinking molecules phenomena

A new paper by University of Notre Dame physicist Boldizsár Jankó and colleagues offers an important new understanding of an enduring mystery in chemical physics.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 11, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Scientists Extend the Lifetime of Quantum Memory

(PhysOrg.com) -- Storing and sending information using quantum phenomena is one of the hottest areas of research today; scientists across the globe are investigating how to make quantum communication possible for real-life ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 12 feature




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A quantum connection between light and motion

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists have demonstrated a system in which light is used to control the motion of an object that is large enough to be seen with the naked eye at the level where quantum mechanics governs ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (23) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Rice lab mimics Jupiter's Trojan asteroids inside a single atom

Rice University physicists have gone to extremes to prove that Isaac Newton's classical laws of motion can apply in the atomic world: They've built an accurate model of part of the solar system inside a single ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

In solar cells, tweaking the tiniest of parts yields big jump in efficiency

(PhysOrg.com) -- By tweaking the smallest of parts, a trio of University at Buffalo engineers is hoping to dramatically increase the amount of sunlight that solar cells convert into electricity.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 27 | with audio podcast

China struggles to meet surging demand for dairy

Despite a major safety scandal in 2008, China's demand for milk is surging as people grow wealthier, but the country's poorly kept and often undernourished dairy herds are struggling to keep pace.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

China, India to jump forward with Hawaii telescope

China and India are catapulting to the forefront of astronomy research with their decision to join as partners in a Hawaii telescope that will be the world's largest when it's built later this decade.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Researchers devise a way to make a simple quantum computer using holograms

(PhysOrg.com) -- Wouldn’t it be nice if we could just jump from using computers based on circuits to machines based on quantum bits (qubits)? Things would run ever so much faster. Alas, the problem is, ...

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created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (16) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

New knowledge about 'flawed' diamonds could speed the development of diamond-based quantum computers

A University at Buffalo-led research team has established the presence of a dynamic Jahn-Teller effect in defective diamonds, a finding that will help advance the development of diamond-based systems in applications ...

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created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists observe how superconducting nanowires lose resistance-free state

Even with today's invisibility cloaks, people can't walk through walls. But, when paired together, millions of electrons can.

Physics / Superconductivity

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New record for measurement of atomic lifetime

Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute have measured the lifetime of an extremely stable energy level of magnesium atoms with great precision. Magnesium atoms are used in research with ultra-precise atomic ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fundamental matter-antimatter symmetry confirmed

International collaboration including MPQ scientists sets a new value for the antiproton mass relative to the electron with unprecedented precision.

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created Jul 28, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (31) | comments 30 | with audio podcast


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