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Nonreciprocal light speed control achieved using cavity magnonics device
The reliable manipulation of the speed at which light travels through objects could have valuable implications for the development of various advanced technologies, including high-speed communication systems and quantum information ...
New measurement of the mass of the Z boson from the Large Hadron Collider
The LHCb experiment has taken a leap in precision physics at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). In a new paper submitted to Physical Review Letters and currently available on the arXiv preprint server, the LHCb collaboration ...
General Physics
Jun 6, 2025
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Phase-resolved attoclock precisely measures electron tunneling time
When placed under a powerful laser field (i.e., under strong-field ionization), electrons can temporarily cross the so-called quantum tunneling barrier, an energy barrier that they would typically be unable to overcome. This ...
Polymer waveguides show promise for reliable, high-capacity optical communication
Co-packaged optics (CPO) technology can integrate photonic integrated circuits (PICs) with electronic integrated circuits (EICs) like CPUs and GPUs on a single platform. This advanced technology has immense potential to improve ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 6, 2025
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Scientists discover extremely neutron-deficient isotope protactinium-210
Researchers from the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators have synthesized a new isotope—protactinium-210—for the first time. It is the most neutron-deficient isotope ...
General Physics
Jun 6, 2025
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Probing hyperon potential to resolve a longstanding puzzle in neutron stars
A research team led by Prof. Yong Gaochan from the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has proposed a novel experimental method to probe the hyperon potential, offering new insights into resolving ...
General Physics
Jun 6, 2025
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Study predicts existence of Type-III multiferroics, which exhibit ferroelectricity-driven magnetism
Multiferroics are materials that exhibit more than one ferroic property, typically ferroelectricity (i.e., a spontaneous electric polarization that can be reversed by electric fields) and ferromagnetism (i.e., the spontaneous ...
Physicists observe a new form of magnetism for the first time
MIT physicists have demonstrated a new form of magnetism that could one day be harnessed to build faster, denser, and less power-hungry "spintronic" memory chips.
Condensed Matter
Jun 5, 2025
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The quantum physics of forgetting information
In a study by TU Wien and FU Berlin, researchers have measured what happens when quantum physical information is lost. This clarifies important connections between thermodynamics, information theory and quantum physics.
Quantum Physics
Jun 5, 2025
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Quantum state lifetimes extended by laser-triggered electron tunneling in cuprate ladders
Quantum materials exhibit remarkable emergent properties when they are excited by external sources. However, these excited states decay rapidly once the excitation is removed, limiting their practical applications.
Optics & Photonics
Jun 5, 2025
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Physicists figure out how an electric field can switch off superconductivity
Transistors are fundamental to microchips and modern electronics. Invented by Bardeen and Brattain in 1947, their development is one of the 20th century's key scientific milestones. Transistors work by controlling electric ...
Physicists recreate extreme quantum vacuum effects
Using advanced computational modeling, a research team led by the University of Oxford, working in partnership with the Instituto Superior Técnico at the University of Lisbon, has achieved the first-ever real-time, three-dimensional ...
General Physics
Jun 5, 2025
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A programmable solution for higher-speed wireless communication networks and low-cost microwave sensing
Researchers have published the demonstration of a fully-integrated single-chip microwave photonics system, combining optical and microwave signal processing on a single silicon chip.
Optics & Photonics
Jun 5, 2025
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The heaviest proton emitter: New type of atomic nucleus discovered
For the first time in almost 30 years, the heaviest nucleus decaying via proton emission has been measured. The previous similar breakthrough was achieved in 1996.
General Physics
Jun 4, 2025
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General framework bridges quantum thermodynamics and non-Markovianity
The extraction of work (i.e., usable energy) from quantum processes is a key focus of quantum thermodynamics research, which explores the application of thermodynamics laws to quantum systems. Meanwhile, other quantum physics ...
Universal law of quantum vortex dynamics discovered in superfluid helium
An international research collaboration featuring scientists from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory has discovered a fundamental universal principle that governs how microscopic ...
Soft Matter
Jun 4, 2025
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A 1960s idea inspires researchers to study hitherto inaccessible quantum states
Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, have created a novel pathway into the study of the elusive quantum states in superconducting vortices. The existence of these was flaunted in the 1960s, ...
Superconductivity
Jun 4, 2025
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Magnetism in new exotic material opens the way for robust quantum computers
The entry of quantum computers into society is currently hindered by their sensitivity to disturbances in the environment. Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, and Aalto University and the University ...
Condensed Matter
Jun 4, 2025
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How physicists used antimatter, supercomputers and giant magnets to solve a 20-year-old mystery
Physicists are always searching for new theories to improve our understanding of the universe and resolve big unanswered questions.
General Physics
Jun 4, 2025
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'String breaking' observed in 2D quantum simulator
An international team led by Innsbruck quantum physicist Peter Zoller, together with the US company QuEra Computing, has directly observed a gauge field theory similar to models from particle physics in a two-dimensional ...
Quantum Physics
Jun 4, 2025
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