Superconducting Electronics Show Promise for Future Collider Experiments
When superconductors encounter too much current, they can become resistive. Researchers can design microscopic electronic components that use this effect to create a switch, like a transistor. The resulting nanowire superconducting switching devices (called nano-cryotrons, or nTrons) show promise for future superconducting electronics or particle detectors.
ASA Invites Media to Acoustics Meeting in Ottawa, May 13-17
The Acoustical Society of America and the Canadian Acoustical Association are co-hosting a joint meeting May 13-17 at the Shaw Centre/Westin Ottawa Hotel.
Stony Brook University Cosmologist Receives Fulbright Scholar Award
The US Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board have selected Stony Brook University Professor Kenneth Lanzetta, PhD, in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, as a Fulbright US Scholar for 2024-2025.
Quantum Systems Accelerator Leads First "You Belong in Quantum" Webinar
The Quantum Systems Accelerator (QSA), recently launched the "You Belong in Quantum Series!" in collaboration with the four other U.S. Department of Energy National QIS Research Centers. The initiative's January 2024 webinar featured distinguished leaders in the field.
Cosmic ray detectors, built by Utah refugee teens, installed on Refugee Services Center
The detectors, which measure echoes of cosmic particles bombarding Earth's atmosphere, were built by participants in a program called "Investigating the Development of STEM-Positive Identities of Refugee Teens in a Physics Out of School Time Experience."
Joao Barata Awarded CERN Fellowship
Joao Barata, a physicist in the Nuclear Theory Group at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, has received a fellowship at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. In October 2024, Barata will begin the three-year-long appointment in CERN's Department of Theoretical Physics.
New method of measuring qubits promises ease of scalability in a microscopic package
The path to quantum supremacy is made challenging by the issues associated with scaling up the number of qubits. One key problem is the way that qubits are measured.
New Technique Lets Scientists Create Resistance-Free Electron Channels
Researchers have taken the first atomic-resolution images and demonstrated electrical control of a chiral interface state - an exotic quantum phenomenon that could help researchers advance quantum computing and energy-efficient electronics.
Problems with 3 Body Problem? Experts discuss physics, mathematics behind hit Netflix show
Adapted from the novels by Cixin Liu, the science fiction television series 3 Body Problem, the latest from the creators of HBO's Game of Thrones, has become the most watched show on Netflix since its debut last month.
DOE Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Management and Operating Contract Competition
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has an ongoing competition for the management and operating contract for the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF).
CSUF Scientists Contribute to Mysterious Gravitational-Wave Signal From Neutron Star-Black Hole Cosmic Collision
Cal State Fullerton physicists are on the forefront of a new discovery of gravitational waves from two compact cosmic objects not seen by scientists before.
New Calculations Solve an Alpha Particle Physics Puzzle
In early 2023, scientists published a new measurement testing the strong nuclear force. The experiment involved the way an alpha particle becomes excited. The study suggested a puzzle that could not be solved with existing theoretical methods.
First Results from DESI Make the Most Precise Measurement of Our Expanding Universe
Researchers have used the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument to make the largest 3D map of our universe and world-leading measurements of dark energy, the mysterious cause of its accelerating expansion
High-performance terahertz modulators induced by substrate field in Te-based all-2D heterojunctions
The emerging mono-elemental tellurium nanofilms with unique helical chain structure have been introduced as a new class of optically controlled terahertz modulators to successfully promote the device performances to the optimal levels among the existing all two-dimensional broadband modulators.
Chris Anderson combining materials science, physics and electrical engineering to advance quantum technologies
Chris Anderson is the newest addition to the Materials Research Laboratory (MRL) faculty, and he is ready to make a quantum leap into the world of materials science.
Construction of Largest Digital Camera Ever Built for Astronomy Completed
The world's largest digital camera for astronomy is complete. Once in place on a telescope in Chile, the LSST Camera will gather an unprecedented amount of data about our Universe, yielding new insights into everything from dark energy to asteroids.
A return to roots: PPPL builds its first stellarator in 50 years and opens the door for research into new plasma physics
For the first time, scientists have built a fusion experiment using permanent magnets, a technique that could show a simple way to build future devices for less cost and allow researchers to test new concepts for future fusion power plants.
UAH researcher wins $588K NSF CAREER Award to study magnetic nanoparticles to benefit health, industry
Dr. Isaac Torres-Diaz, a researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has won a $588,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award to support research into magnetic nanoparticles, which can be manipulated using magnetic fields.
NASA Awards Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2024
The highly competitive NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (NHFP) has named 24 new fellows to its 2024 roster. These young scientists will begin their programs in the fall of 2024 at a university or research center of their choosing in the United States.
Texas Tech Researcher Part of Breakthrough Findings
Tom Maccarone in Physics and Astronomy is among authors whose groundbreaking work will soon be published in Nature magazine.
Physics of Complex Fluids: Ring Polymers Show Unexpected Motion Patterns Under Shear
An international research team is attracting the attention of experts in the field with computational results on the behavior of ring polymers under shear forces: Reyhaneh Farimani, University of Vienna, and her colleagues showed that for the simplest case of connected ring pairs, the type of linkage - chemically bonded vs. mechanically linked - has profound effects on the dynamic properties under continuous shear. In these cases novel rheological patterns emerge. In addition to being recently published in the prestigious journal Physical Review Letters, the study received an "Editors' Suggestion" for its particular novelty.
Creating Quiet Cables for Rare Physics Events
Background radioactivity from cables in equipment for ultra-precise physics experiments can impair those experiments.
MEDIA ADVISORY: Updates on the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) at the April APS Meeting
Scientists designing components and developing the science program for the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) -- a one-of-a-kind nuclear physics research facility being built in the U.S. -- will present updates on the project at the April 2024 meeting of the American Physical Society (APS).
FAU Experts Available to Discuss Upcoming Solar Eclipse
Experts from Florida Atlantic University's Charles E. Schmidt College of Science are available to discuss various aspects related to the upcoming solar eclipse.
Scientists propose a new way to search for dark matter
In a new study, SLAC researchers suggest a small-scale solution could be the key to solving a large-scale mystery.