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The field of quantum computing contains a run of disciplines, counting quantum equipment and quantum calculations. Whereas still in advancement, quantum innovation will before long be able to unravel complex
What inventions are based on quantum mechanics? In present day physics, the double-slit test demonstrates that mild and be counted can show off conduct of both classical particles and classical
To know complete guide on this blog for physics as generalized number theory. Scientists and mathematicians for several centuries reveal the most profound correspondence between numerical values and nature. There are
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Tests at European XFEL produce conditions of issue that near happens in the inside of planets or in the collapsing container of an inertial combination reactor. Simultaneously, they open up a method
The new High level Photon Source at Argonne Public Lab gives first bar to clients.
Following a $815 million, 14-month remake, the US's head x-beam synchrotron a monstrous machine for concentrating
Scientists utilizing NASA's James Webb Space Telescope might have identified air gases encompassing 55 Cancri e, a hot rough exoplanet 41 light-years from Earth. This is the best proof to
Another condition shows a shockingly basic connection among pressure and the temperature expected to dissolve any strong substance into a fluid.
Physicists may at long last have a response for an
The Laser Interferometer Space Radio wire (LISA) will open another period in cosmology that carries researchers really close to concentrating on gravitational waves since long before recorded history.
Orbital observatories, for
Before Einstein, physicists thought particles and waves were two completely different phenomena. Particles appeared to be simple, but waves were clearly more complicated.
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The science’s best theory of the evolution of our universe-the Inflationary Big Bang Theory. The NASA illustration in the above figure highlights this evolution, from the beginning of everything on
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Democritus was accurate: situation is made of unabbreviated section. But alternatively of atoms, we call these elementary particles. We are quite confident, but not absolutely sure, that elementary particles have
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A change in the position of a single molecule can determine the outcome of a chemical reaction, but studying such movements is
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Clinicians could have better information about foetal heart health thanks to a new imaging method developed by researchers from King’s College London. The team described how they used 4D
Puzzling protons: Alexey Grinin and Dery Taray working on the vacuum system of the 1S-3S experiment at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics. (Courtesy: MPQ)
A new and extremely precise
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Lead author Jan Lagendijk (left) and first author Bas Raaymakers from UMC Utrecht.
A research paper describing the first clinical use of a 1.5 T MRI-Linac for MRI-guided radiotherapy has won
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Organic-inorganic perovskite materials are usually studied in the context of making solar cells and other photovoltaic
Spin doctors: Berk Kovos, Sam Bayliss and Peter Mintun (left to right) work on qubit technology at the University of Chicago. (Courtesy: Pratiti Deb/University of Chicago)
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Tis a magic place: scale model of Stonehenge showing (A) outer sarsen circle; (B) outer bluestone circle; (C) inner trilithon horseshoe and (D) inner bluestone oval. (Courtesy:
Robot-like fish provide insight into how fish can save energy by swimming in schools. Credit: Liang Li, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior (MPI-AB)
Swimming in schools helps fish avoid predators,
End of the line: the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico photographed before the recent cable failures. (Courtesy: NAIC)
Officials at the US National Science Foundation have decided to decommission the
Targeted therapy: focused ultrasound can reach regions deep within the body to deliver high precision treatments. (Courtesy: Focused Ultrasound Foundation)
Focused ultrasound is an emerging therapeutic technology that uses ultrasonic energy
Pictorial representation of the molecule-based magnet and its magnetic properties. Credit: Rodolphe Clérac
Researchers have shown that certain metal-organic materials can act as permanent magnets at temperatures of up to 242°C,
STREICHER Pilsen’s S-Cube modular vacuum chamber system can help scientific users to maximize research productivity while simplifying and future-proofing their vacuum infrastructure requirements
Vacuum management: the S-Cube modular vacuum chamber system
Principia is owned by Caltech. In the 18th century, it belonged to French mathematician and natural philosopher Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, whose signature can be seen in the left margin
Lasting legacy: Masatoshi Koshiba was instrumental in the construction of the Kamiokande neutrino experiment in central Japan. (Courtesy: CERN/Patrice Loïez)
The Japanese physicist Masatoshi Koshiba, who shared 2002 Nobel prize for
Examples of patients with large vessel occlusions correctly predicted by the deep-learning model. Top row: CT angiography slices; middle row: maximal intensity projection images; bottom row: heatmaps showing the most
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A new camera that takes videos at record-breaking speeds of up to 100 billion
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A new database of S-values for radiopharmaceutical therapy could prove particularly useful when treating metastatic bone cancer, in which cells in the primary tumour (A)
Left: CT angiogram showing an aneurysm of 2 mm maximum diameter on the left posterior cerebral artery (arrow). Right: volume-rendered 3D reconstruction image. The aneurysm was missed in the initial
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When a PhD student called Joseph
Our blue sphere: a photograph of Earth, taken by the Apollo 17 mission. (Courtesy: NASA)
In case you were not convinced by our immensely popular article “Fighting flat-Earth theory” by Rachel
100 not out: the Institute of Physics celebrates its centenary
When the Institute of Physics (IOP), which publishes Physics World, was founded in 1920, it was to serve as a voice
The flow of optical power in and around the seven-nanoparticle "gear" of the optical matter machine. Courtesy: N Scherer
A new device that converts laser light into mechanical work could be
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PTW’s modular RUBY phantom is being optimized to support daily and end-to-end quality assurance (QA) for the Elekta Unity MR-Linac treatment system
Multipurpose functionality: the latest addition to PTW’s MR/RT product
Clayton Hess (left) and Mohammad Khan and are co-principal investigators on the first trial in the world of low-dose radiation therapy for COVID-19 pneumonia. This photo was taken on 24
The black phosphorus composite material connected by carbon-phosphorus covalent bonds has a more stable structure and a higher lithium ion storage capacity. Credit: DONG Yihan, SHI Qianhui and LIANG Yan
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Going down: a droplet of honey in a superhydrophobic coated tube. (Courtesy: Aalto University)
Honey and other highly viscous fluids can flow faster than water in specially coated capillary tubes. This
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Chris Holt considers the science behind
An array of drug-infused dissolving microneedles improves the penetration and distribution of PDT photosensitizers. (Courtesy: the authors)
Drug-infused microneedles that dissolve upon insertion could make photodynamic therapy (PDT) more effective at
This article is the third in a series of essays written by Black physicists and co-published with Physics Today as part of #BlackInPhysics week, an event dedicated to celebrating Black physicists and their
Taken from the October 2020 issue of Physics World, where it appeared under the headline "US election focuses on science". Members of the Institute of Physics can enjoy the full
Big sky: where and when should we send signals to potential extraterrestrial civilizations? (Courtesy: John Masterson/CSIRO/CC BY 3.0)
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) is slowly evolving from a fringe
LAP is majoring on functional and commercial innovation with the roll-out of automated 3D dose verification and a new subscription licensing model for its RadCalc QA software
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Joao Seco and colleagues are investigating how radiation mini- or micro-beams can destroy tumours while sparing nearby normal tissue.
Micro- and mini-beam radiation therapies (MBRTs) have been shown in animal
Bubble makers: Han Lin (left) and Baohua Jia at Swinburne’s Centre for Translational Atomaterials were involved in the microlens development. (Courtesy: Swinburne University of Technology)
A new and robust technique for
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Low-electron temperatures are
Heavy duty: artist’s impression of a kilonova releasing r-process elements into the cosmos. (Courtesy: ESO/L Calçada/M Kornmesser)
The mystery of where heavy elements such as gold and silver come from has
Biggest yet: illustration of the gravitational waves given off by the pair of black holes just before they merged. (Courtesy: MIT)
Physicists working on LIGO–Virgo have confirmed the detection of 39
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For certain fields of physics, it can be tough to explain how the research has a direct benefit to society. That is never the case with medical physics – a
SEM image of electrodes infiltrated with quantum dots. Courtesy: LANL
Semiconducting nanocrystals called colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) are ideal for applications such as large-panel displays and photovoltaic cells thanks to
Ocean Insight’s Liquid Transmission Measurement System (LTMS) provides real-time, in-line monitoring of liquid colouring and coating applications used across the consumer electronics and food processing industries
Optical know-how: an LTMS test
Ringing in the new: microscope image of a ring laser used by the Harvard group. (Courtesy: Capasso Lab/Harvard SEAS)
Frequency combs are one of the most important developments in metrology in
Interstellar umbrella: artist’s impression of ‘’Oumuamua, which some astronomers claim could be an alien light-sail. (Courtesy: ESO/M Kornmesser)
Breakthrough Listen is an organization that searches for evidence of technological life by
This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features three physicists at McMaster University in Canada. They responded to COVID-19 restrictions on in-person learning by mailing-out simple equipment so their
UHV Design continues to push the boundaries when it comes to sample manipulation, positioning and preparation in ultrahigh-vacuum environments
Vacuum know-how: senior mechanical design engineer Lukasz Rybacki finalizes the test and
Unexpected result: the SHARAQ detector at the Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory (Courtesy: RIKEN)
Adding a single proton to a doubly magic isotope of oxygen is enough to significantly alter its properties,
Lorenzo Buffoni and Michele Campisi of Italy’s University of Florence have studied the thermodynamics of the D-Wave 2000Q quantum processor – which comprises 2000 interconnected superconducting circuits that each serve
In the lab. Courtesy: University of Warwick
Scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) is routinely employed to identify individual molecules, but it cannot usually resolve their internal structure. An interdisciplinary team of
Solar geoengineering could cause unwanted changes in climate, new modelling suggests - Physics World
Unwanted change: solar geoengineering could affect the nature of heat waves in some locations. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/kwest)
Using aerosols to reflect sunlight and cool the planet will weaken storm tracks in the
Shut the lid: viruses could be lurking in this spotless loo. (Courtesy: Evert Meijs/ CC BY-SA 3.0)
Here is another very good reason to wash your hands after using the facilities
In this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast Giovanna Fragneto explains why neutrons are an ideal probe for studying the SARS coronavirus that is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Taking the strain: this highly elastic film contains large quantities of conductive graphene nanosheets (Courtesy: MA O’Mara et al./Advanced Functional Materials)
A strain sensor capable of measurements ranging
Probing the structure of liquid silicates under high pressure conditions similar to those at the interface between the mantle and the Earth's core. Courtesy: Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
A technique
Collision course: artistic representation of the current interaction between the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy and the Milky Way. (Courtesy: Gabriel Pérez Díaz, SMM (IAC))
The solar system may have been formed in
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Radar rig: Lieven Verdonck used an all-terrain vehicle to tow his ground-penetrating radar system over Falerii Novi. (Courtesy: Ghent University)
Last week I was enthusing about how lidar has been used
A route to topological superconductivity? Courtesy: Stephan Kim, Princeton University
Researchers at Princeton University in the US have become the first to observe a robust supercurrent at the edge of a
A day of action: The logo of the #ShutDownAcademia and #ShutDownSTEM campaign. (Courtesy: #ShutDownAcademia)
Today – Wednesday 10 June – will not be a normal day in the physics calendar. That’s
Adam Fortais explains how the “At-Home Lab Kit” allows undergraduate students at McMaster University to do physics experiments while sheltering in place. This post is part of a series on how
Joint effort: the new imaging method, which is called biochemical quantitative phase imaging with mid-infrared photothermal effect. (Courtesy: s-graphics.co.jp, CC BY-NC-ND)
Optical imaging is widely used to image biological cells thanks
ISOLDE’s CRIS: the Collinear Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy on ISOLDE at CERN. (Courtesy: Maximilien Brice/CERN)
The first spectroscopic study of radium monofluoride suggests that the radioactive molecule could be used to perform
A hydrogel can cool off electronics and generate electricity from their waste heat. Scale bar, 2 cm. Courtesy: Adapted from Nano Letters 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c00800
A new thermogalvanic hydrogel can
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Are you looking for a fun physics activity to do with the kids this weekend? The Institute of Physics’ Melissa Brobby has just the thing – a self-spinning water
Taking to the street: following the killing of George Floyd on 25 May by a police officer, protests and demonstrations have been held across the US against systemic racism, excessive
Living cell: schematic illustration of the solar cell proposed in this study, depicting the three light-harvesting mechanisms: (1) photosynthesis of cyanobacteria cells; (2) hot-electron injection from gold (Au) nanoparticles, (3)
Image of a bio-bot. The dark section between the two legs is a ring of muscle and spinal cord that moves the bio-bot and is connected to the skeleton. (Courtesy:
The June 2020 issue of Physics World covers acoustically levitated displays, how far ultraviolet light could tackle viruses and working towards ultrafast imaging in medicine.
Sound and vision: Creating displays with
A particularly fascinating class of quantum states are topological states of matter. Credit: IQOQI Innsbruck/Harald Ritsch
Topological materials – materials that have surface properties very different to those found in their
Full of holes: scanning electron microscope image of a graphene foam made using cellulose. The ring-like structures are about 500 micron in diameter. (Courtesy: Shun Zhang et al./Nature Sustainability)
High-quality
Science project: was this baked by a materials scientist or a biochemist? (Courtesy: M Johnston)
One curious result of the COVID-19 lockdown is an explosion of interest in making sourdough bread.
All-seeing: artist's impression of the biomimetic eye (Courtesy: Yaying Xu/oFantastic Color Animation Technology Co.)
An artificial device that closely mimics the structure and function of the human eye has been unveiled
Speech bubbles: electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virions, which are the cause of COVID-19. (Courtesy: NIAID-RML/CC BY 2.0)
Droplet clouds emitted during 1 min of loud speech by an individual infected with the
Handy material: this model of a human hand was made using a liquid metal matrix. (Courtesy: Pu Zhang)
A liquid metal lattice that can be crushed but returns to its original
Tiphaine Kouadou is a PhD student who is supposed to finish her dissertation this year and Mattia Walschaers is a CNRS research scientist. Both work in the multimode quantum optics
On the move: time sequence of the electron distribution of the molecule 1,3-cyclohexadiene after it is excited by a light pulse. (Courtesy: SLAC)
Scientists in the US and UK are the
This image, obtained with the Very Large Telescope's SPHERE instrument, shows the disc around the young AB Aurigae star, where astronomers have spotted signs of planet birth. Close to the
Women of science posters for you to colour, marshmallow LINACs, iridescent chocolate - Physics World
Get colouring: the latest posters from the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. (Courtesy: Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics)
This week’s Red Folder focuses on things you can do at home.
There is
Plastics in our oceans have something in common with dark matter in the universe. Our models tell us there should be loads of it out there, but it’s proving difficult
Cool colours: the hotter square on the left is coated in a single layer of black paint while the cooler square in the right is a black bilayer. (Courtesy: Jyotirmoy
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Uncertain times: electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virions, which are the cause of COVID-19. (Courtesy: NIAID-RML/CC BY 2.0)
Models of disease spread inform governments on when and how to ease the measures
In honour of the 60th anniversary of the invention of the laser, we invite you to test your knowledge of laser trivia.
Warning: Do not look at laser with remaining eye.
One way or another: Janus spheres are coated with gold and platinum. (Courtesy: Vladsinger/CC BY-SA 4.0)
If a micron-sized sphere is coated half in gold and half in platinum, then placed
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“Particle of doubt” is the latest musical offering from David Ibbett, who is guest composer at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory outside Chicago. It is about the neutrinos and is
Light show: Celebrating 60 years of the laser. (Courtesy: iStock/Terraxplorer)
In October 1959, Theodore “Ted” Maiman, a relatively unknown 32-year-old physicist, set out to make what was then known as “optical
Wingbeat scanner: the lidar system in operation. The bright line in the upper right of the beam reveals the motion of a mosquito. (Courtesy: Mikkel Brydegaard)
Lidar technology has been used
Invisible nuclei: acoustically induced transparency allows gamma rays to travel through a sample of otherwise absorbent iron. (Courtesy: iStock/Andrey Prokhorov)
Iron nuclei can be made transparent to gamma rays that they
Pionic helium: In this experiment, a pion – shown here with one orange and one blue particle representing its quark and anti-quark – replaces one of the two electrons in
Can you beat the winning captain from TV’s University Challenge in his quantum quiz? - Physics World
Caleb Rich, a PhD student in atom optics, captained a team from Imperial College London to victory in the 2020 final of long-running TV quiz series University Challenge. Test your
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As an antidote to those glossy, big-budget TV programmes about the wonders of the universe, the cosmologist Peter Coles of Ireland’s Maynooth University is putting out a series of
Average nitrogen dioxide concentrations in central and southern Europe from 13 March to 13 April 2020, compared with levels during the same period in 2019 (Courtesy: KNMI/ESA)
Space agencies are
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MRI manufacturers have made great strides
"Spin cooling". Courtesy: G Hétet, ENS
The force from the spin of defects known as nitrogen vacancy (NV) centres can be used to cool down a macroscopic diamond particle. This “spin
In a spin: illustration of a Bose Einstein condensate of rubidium atoms in two different quantum states. (Courtesy: ICFO/ P. Gomez and M. Mitchell)
A new atomic comagnetometer that could be
Cool result: The laser cooling setup. (Courtesy: Benjamin Augenbraun)
Physicists at Harvard University and Arizona State University in the US have succeeded in laser-cooling YbOH molecules – a crucial first step towards
Energy efficient: Google’s Sycamore quantum processor. (Courtesy: Erik Lucero/Google)
Researchers in the US have created a new energy-based benchmark for quantum advantage and have used it to show that noisy intermediate-scale
Fundamental constants: a minimum value of viscosity has been calculated by Kostya Trachenko and Vadim Brazhkin (Courtesy: iStock/3quarks).
Viscosity is an everyday phenomenon recognizable in the difference between slow-pouring liquids like
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Yesterday I helped my daughter with her GCSE physics homework, and I was rather pleased that I remembered that V=IR and P=IV. While we had great fun working out
Relative calm: the Sun as seen by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. (Courtesy: NASA/SDO)
The Sun appears to be far less active than other similar stars, an international team of astronomers has
Strawberry plant: nanosensors have been used to monitor chemical communications in strawberry and other plants. (Courtesy: Betty Cai/CC BY-SA 4.0)
Light-emitting nanosensors have been used to measure chemical signals that propagate
Across the world, personal and professional lives have been profoundly affected during the past few months – and scientists are no exception. In this episode of the Physics World Stories
Under pressure: X-ray scattering at high pressure and temperature provides new insights into the composition of the Earth’s outer core. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/Johan-Swanepoel)
Extreme conditions close to those found within the Earth’s
To mark the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, test your knowledge of space and astronomy with this fun quiz – answers next week
Fly me to
Safe distance: Urs Schneider demonstrates the remote access checker. (Courtesy: Robert Bosch Hospital/Christoph Schmidt)
A system that checks from a safe distance whether someone is displaying symptoms of COVID-19 has been
Pillars of light: Scanning electron microscope image of the device. (Courtesy: Xuefan Yin et al/Nature)
A photonic device that emits light only in one direction has been created by researchers in
With a focus on parallel optimization and nanoscale accuracy, precision positioning specialist PI is streamlining the optical alignment, test and packaging of quantum photonic devices
Parallel lines: FormFactor Inc’s pioneering Cascade
Cryogenics specialist Quantum Design has designed a magneto-optical cryostat that for the first time brings their high magnetic field and cryogenics technology into a dedicated optical environment
In the lab: Researchers
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched on 24 April 1990. To celebrate its 30th anniversary in space, Physics World is publishing a series of blog posts exploring Hubble’s 10 best images, as
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched on 24 April 1990. To celebrate its 30th anniversary in space, Physics World is publishing a series of blog posts exploring Hubble’s 10 best images, as
Chest CT scans could offer a means to diagnose COVID-19. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/Komsan Loonprom)
Artificial intelligence (AI) can diagnose COVID-19 from CT scans, researchers in China claim. At least two teams have
An organic solar cell. Courtesy: Allison Kalpakci
Solar cells based on wide-band-gap semiconductors work better underwater than the narrow-band-gap ones used in conventional silicon photovoltaic devices. This finding by researchers at
Wish you here: this background image shows the Perimeter Institute's building in Waterloo, Ontario. (Courtesy: Perimeter Institute)
Now that video meeting services like Zoom are all the rage, you might want
Andrew Rogers: physicists have spotted mirror symmetry violation in strontium-73 and bromine-73. (Courtesy: UMass Lowell)
Physicists in the US have made the surprising discovery that two nuclear isotopes with exactly mirrored
Vivek Kumar Jha is a PhD student in extragalactic astronomy at the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) in Nainital, Uttarakhand, India.
This post is part of a series on
This short film takes you inside one of Spain’s premier materials science research facilities – the Materials Science Institute of Madrid (ICMM). Managed by Spain’s scientific research council, the institute deals
Caught in a trap: the nanophotonic cavity used to create the ytterbium ion qubit. (Courtesy: Faraon lab/Caltech)
Ions trapped nanoscale optical cavities could be used to distribute entangled quantum particles over
View from metasurface contact lenses. Courtesy: Sharon Karepov, Tel Aviv University
Researchers in Israel have made a new type of contact lens that can correct a form of red-green colour
Quenching nickel. Adapted with permission from ACS Nano 14 3 3121-3128. Copyright 2020 American Chemical Society
Graphite films can shield electronic devices from electromagnetic (EM) radiation, but current techniques for manufacturing
So you think you know your physics trivia? Test yourself with this fun quiz – answers next week
Brian Cox: Was a member of pop band D:REAM, but what did he
Cities and countries worldwide are working towards being net carbon neutral. In this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast the science journalist Kate Ravilious talks to about some of the
Silicon sees the light: Elham Fadaly (left) and Alain Dijkstra in their Eindhoven lab. (Courtesy: Sicco van Grieken/SURF)
A light-emitting silicon-based material with a direct bandgap has been created in the
Shi En Kim and her fellow graduate students have been thrust into a reality bigger than their ivory tower bubble
This post is part of a series on how the COVID-19
What do you do if you want to look inside a biological cell, hoping to see objects that are well beyond the diffraction limit of a microscope – roughly 200nm?
Data galore: a simulation of the particle tracks produced when a Higgs boson is created in proton–proton collisions at the LHC. (Courtesy: CERN)
An international collaboration is exploring how quantum computing
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Join this online demonstration to learn about the theoretical and practical PeakForce technology for Imaging in Liquid This webinar will introduce
Vampire tracker: the wireless network backpack computers contain sensors the size of a fingertip. (Courtesy: Simon Ripperger)
Looking out my window at the garden during this lock down, I am a
In this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast we look back on the life of the prodigious condensed-matter physicist Philip Anderson, who died age 96 on 29 March.
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PeakForce Tapping has been widely adopted in a broad range of research fields, outpacing all other recently developed AFM modes in research impact and productivity.
Webinar OverviewIn December 2009, a new
Most of the time science appears in the media – including in this podcast – the focus is on the scientific results. Rightly so, as scientific research consistently delivers inspiring
Rings around a black hole: illustration showing the n=0,1 and 2 rings. (Courtesy: George Wong (UIUC) and Michael Johnson (CfA))
Adding a space telescope to the earthbound Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)
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Physicist and author Sabine Hossenfelder is probably most famous for being the bane of those who believe that physics should have an underlying mathematical beauty. But she is also
Joanne O’Meara is a professor and second year coordinator at the University of Guelph in Canada
This post is part of a series on how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the
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Plasmas are finding a growing number of applications in food production and agriculture. In this interview, Dave Graves of the University of California, Berkeley talks about the physics
The March Meeting of the American Physical was cancelled, but here is an opportunity to learn about companies that would have been exhibiting products in Denver.
Eureka moments: read about notable
Elizabeth von Hauff is an associate professor of physics at the VU Amsterdam, Netherlands. She spoke to Margaret Harris about how she and her research group are dealing with pandemic-related
Eye in the sky: NASA's Fermi gamma-ray telescope may have caught a glimpse of dark matter. (Courtesy: NASA)
A comparison of data from gravitational lensing and gamma-ray observations has revealed
Geyser-free zone: Zihua Zhu prepares his lithium-ion battery for in situ liquid secondary ion mass spectrometry. (Courtesy:Andrea Starr/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
What happens in a lithium-ion battery when it first starts
Caught in a trap: Honeywell says it will soon be releasing a powerful new quantum computer. (Courtesy: Honeywell)
Honeywell says that it will release the world’s most powerful commercial quantum computer
Dressing up: physicists have studied “The Portrait of FP Makerovsky in a Masquerade Costume” by Dmitry Levitsky (Courtesy: Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology)
Physicists at the Moscow Institute of Physics
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An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can provide fully automated quantification of emphysema, offering potential as a tool for image-based diagnosis and quantification of emphysema severity, according to research published
The novel coronavirus responsible for the current pandemic has only been known for a few months but scientists have already gained a vast amount of information about it. Some of
Left, a tissue sample dyed by traditional methods. Centre, a computed stain created from infrared–optical hybrid imaging. Right, tissue types identified with infrared data; the pink in this image signifies
Supermicro’s high-performance outdoor SuperServer.
Mobile operators around the globe are gearing up for a new era of 5G network services. The move to 5G promises higher transmission speeds and more bandwidth,
The Spring Meetings of the German Physical Society have been cancelled, but you can still check out some of the products that would have been on show in Hannover, Dresden
An artist's impression of the ExoMars rover on the surface of Mars. (Courtesy: ESA/ATG medialab)
Europe’s Rosalind Franklin rover, which was set to begin its journey to Mars this summer, has
Salad days: Astronaut Steve Swanson harvests some of the first crop of space lettuce in June 2014 (Courtesy: NASA)
Some readers may be secretly pleased that conference cancellations have spared them
The CT scan reveals the location of two lung cavities, while the PET/CT image shows the failure of a radioactively tagged anti-TB drug (in colour) to get inside those cavities
Rings in transit An artist's conception of a ringed planet transiting in front of its host star. Astronomers used models of such events to constrain which of the known "super-puff"
Small plastic strains occur under strong triaxial compression. Courtesy: A Greer/Nature
Compressing metallic glasses could make them less prone to fracture, greatly increasing their potential for structural applications. So say researchers
On the move: the new model does a good job of describing how ions travel within supercapacitors. (Courtesy: iStock/tang90246)
A new model that predicts the charging timescales of supercapacitors much
Condensate collaborators: left to right are Shiva Safaei, David Mazziotti, and LeeAnn Sager. (Courtesy: Eddie Quinones/University of Chicago)
It should be possible to create materials that conduct both electric current
Light tights: photographs of images created by light-emitting devices on pantyhose. (Courtesy: Carmichael Lab)
“Smart” textiles are a hot topic in materials science right now, with researchers in various organizations striving
Ideal system: A strontium ion trapped in an electric field. The measurement on the ion lasts only a millionth of a second. (Courtesy: F. Pokorny et al., Stockholm University)
Anyone familiar
In the latest episode of the Physics World Stories podcast, Andrew Glester learns about the acoustic design of public spaces, through conversations with acousticians and architects. He visits the Bristol
The Digital Mammography DREAM Challenge assessed whether artificial intelligence can improve the interpretations of mammograms made by radiologists. (Courtesy: Asociación RUVID)
Mammography screening is widely employed for early detection of breast
After this winter’s storms caused massive waves to batter the UK coastline, it’s easy for us to see that the sea contains vast amounts of power and energy, but is
Graphic image of a thin film of protein nanowires generating electricity from atmospheric humidity. (Courtesy: UMass Amherst/Yao and Lovley labs)
Scientists in the US claim to have developed a device that
Freeman Dyson: 1923-2020. (Courtesy: Matin Durrani/IOP Publishing)
The mathematical physicist and public intellectual Freeman Dyson has died age 96 today. He spent most of his professional career at the Institute for
Axed: the March meeting of the American Physical Society in Denver,
The American Physical Society (APS) has cancelled the world’s biggest physics conference, which had been due to take place
The show won't go on: Unopened shipments to the American Physical Society's March Meeting in Denver (Courtesy: Matin Durrani)
Thousands of delegates to the March Meeting of the American Physical Society
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In a direct comparison, FDG-PET proved superior to MRI with arterial spin labelling (ASL) for diagnosing and differentiating various forms of dementia; however, there remains a need for the
The Sun setting behind the IceCube Lab at the South Pole. (Courtesy: Kathrin Mallot, IceCube/NSF)
A huge observatory at the South Pole has identified four galaxies as likely sources of cosmic
Bumps galore: moguls at the top of Coll Blanc in Andorra. (Courtesy: Hamish Johnston)
Last week I was at the Grandvalira ski area in Andorra, having a great time whizzing down
The James Webb Space Telescope is set to launch in 2021 (Courtesy: NASA)
On Saturday I headed to Oxford for a one-day meeting about big science in physics that was organised
A bird conducting a foraging trial chooses between disgusting “prey” marked with a square and tasty food marked with a cross. (Courtesy: University of Cambridge)
When faced with potential prey, how
Photographs of patterns on a PET film after evaporation of drops of mixtures of acid red 1 (upper) and acid blue 25 (lower) solutions with 0 mM (left) and 16.0
A metallic glass rod being drawn into a metallic glass wire and SEM image of the hot-drawn metallic glass wires. Courtesy: Chinese Physics Letters
Metallic glasses are promising materials for structural
Anatole von Lilienfeld is a professor of physical chemistry at the University of Basel, Switzerland, and a project leader in the Swiss National Center for Computational Design and Discovery of
A surgeon attaches a donor liver to the new perfusion machine. (Credit: USZ)
As part of the Liver4Life project, researchers in Zurich have developed a new machine that can keep livers
Not sure what to do after graduation? Our annual, free-to-read guide can help you pick from a diverse range of jobs, following a degree in physics
If you’re studying physics, you’ll
Keeping cool: artist’s impression of how atoms (red) are held in place with laser beams and the ion (blue) with electric fields. (Courtesy: University of Amsterdam)
Slice of pi: the π-ton could arise from the coupling of two electron-hole pairs in materials such as samarium titanate. (Courtesy: iStock/Traffic-Analyzer)
A new type of quasiparticle has been predicted by Anna
Short and sharp: terahertz radiation has been used to improve the quality of ultrashort electron pulses. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/Anteromite)
Terahertz radiation has been used to reduce the timing jitter of ultrashort pulses
The National Physical Laboratory and Queensgate share an unrelenting passion for better precision at the cutting edge of measurement science.
Queensgate XY stage in AFM at National Physical Laboratories
Queensgate – a
In this latest instalment of the Physics World Weekly podcast we scratch our heads over why people believe in conspiracy theories and ask what physicists can do to help avoid
On a roll: the ultra-thin and ultra-flexible electronic material could be printed and rolled out like newspaper, for the touchscreens of the future. (Courtesy: RMIT University)
The first highly transparent, touch-responsive
Time after time: simulations suggest that classical discrete time crystals could exist in nature. (Courtesy: Shutterstock_Dmitriy-Rybin)
When time crystals were first proposed in 2012 by physicist Frank Wilczek they seemed like
On the way: The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter will improve our understanding of how the Sun creates and controls the heliosphere. (Courtesy: ESA/S. Corvaja)
The European Space Agency (ESA) has
This immunofluorescent image shows the multiple cell types that develop within the human bone marrow chip (magenta: erythroid cells, yellow: megakaryocytes, blue: other haematopoietic cells). (Courtesy: Wyss Institute at Harvard
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Loyal readers will recall my visit last year to the start-up company Pulsar Fusion, which is aiming to create a spacecraft propulsion system based on nuclear fusion. When I
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Important insights into the mechanisms underlying spiral nanostructure formation in solidifying metal alloys have been gained by Ashwin Shahani at the University of Michigan and colleagues. The team’s study
IOPChina features dedicated resources for researchers in China. (Courtesy: IOP Publishing)
Over the last two decades, physics in China has grown and grown – so much so that the country now
The MIT sensor deployed in a steel production line. (Courtesy: Manuchehr Soleimani)
A collaboration between industry and academia has created the very first in situ tool to assess the internal cross-section
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Despite recent medical advances, cancer remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide. More than 90% of cancer-related deaths are from metastases rather than from the primary cancerous
The mmWave sensor, mounted inside the linac bore above the isocentre, measures displacement through obstructions including (a) a gown, (b) alpha cradle and (c) face mask. (Courtesy: Med. Phys. 10.1002/mp.13980
Galaxy zoo: this crop of roughly half of the 1996 Hubble Deep Field image contains an impressive collection of galaxies. (Courtesy: Robert Williams and the Hubble Deep Field Team (STScI)
The new book is available in both digital and hardcopy versions.
The field of artificial intelligence and machine learning, particularly the subcategory of deep learning, has experienced massive growth in recent
Mar Garcia Hernandez, a researcher at the Institute of Materials Science in Madrid (ICMM), talks to science journalist Anna Demming about her career to date. Garcia Hernandez also comments on the
In this installment of the Physics World Weekly podcast we look at how a new technique for infrared spectroscopy uses ultrashort laser pulses to minimize problems associated with noise. We
Gold standard: image of the surface of the Sun taken by the Daniel K Inouye Solar Telescope. (Courtesy: NSO/AURA/NSF)
An image of the Sun with the highest spatial resolution ever
The deep-learning algorithm automatically annotates a 3D whole-mount pathology image and presents the discovered features in an understandable way. The patches with high probability of cancer recurrence are shown by
This year’s Photonics West and BIOS events will bring together scientists, entrepreneurs and big business to discuss the trends that will drive the future of the optics industry
Shine on: Optics
Reversing the trend: Bachelor degrees awarded to African American astronomy and physics students have fallen since the 1990s despite more people studying physics. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/michaeljung)
Sweeping changes to US university-level teaching
Fragments of fungal cells could contribute to asthma, allergic reactions and ice cloud formation. Courtesy: Michael Lawler / UCI
Fragments of fungal cells just 30 nm across have been found in
No place like home: A study has found that the number of Chinese researchers who return home doubled between 2010 and 2017. (Courtesy: iStock/danielvfung)
About 80% of Chinese scientists who have
Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound, with frequency tuned to match target cells, can break apart cancer cells without harming healthy blood cells. (Courtesy: iStock/Mohammed Haneefa Nizamudeen)
Medical engineers have proven that the unique
Full of beans: Jamie Foster will make you the perfect espresso. (Courtesy: University Portsmouth)
Cup-to-cup consistency is a problem for people using espresso machines, according to Jamie Foster who is a
Molecular detectives. Ioachim Pupeza and Marinus Huber with the spectrometer. (Courtesy: Thorsten Naeser/LMU)
A spectrometer that directly detects the vibrational “fingerprint” of molecules offers a sensitive new way of deducing a
The new laser ultrasound technique was used to produce an image (left) of a human forearm (above), which was also imaged using conventional ultrasound (right). (Courtesy: Xiang Zhang et
Delivery as planned: the ClearView 3D Dosimeter enables clinical users to visualize and verify the detail of complex SRS dose distributions. (Courtesy: Modus QA)
The growing clinical application of stereotactic radiosurgery
Spinning around: physicists have measured the effect of rotation on a quantum spin embedded in a diamond. (Courtesy: iStock/Gizmo)
The effect of rapid rotation on a single quantum spin in a
Graphene sheet model (Courtesy: iStock)
In the weeks since the Physics World team kicked off the new year by testing a pair of graphene headphones, we’ve received a steady stream of
A rat’s whiskers. (Courtesy: iStock/wildcat78)
Like most humans, I’m not a big fan of rats. I do, however, have a grudging admiration for their cunning and endless adaptability, and it turns
Stellar rings: an infrared image of rings around a star that was taken by ALMA. (Courtesy: ALMA/ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)
The clear divide between the inner and outer solar system is the legacy of
The Dynamic Earth Centre in Edinburgh, UK. (Courtesy: Margaret Harris)
“Only three or four in every hundred PhD students in the United Kingdom will land a permanent staff position at a
Timothy Whelan, principal investigator of this study, is a professor of oncology at McMaster University and a radiation oncologist at the Juravinski Cancer Centre. (Courtesy McMaster University)
Accelerated partial breast irradiation
Composites made from metal-organic frameworks can destroy nerve agents under relevant conditions. Courtesy: Journal of the American Chemical Society
A textile coated with metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) could make an efficient anti-nerve
Doubling up: Georgia Tech researchers Kyu-Tae Lee (left) and Mohammad Taghinejad demonstrate frequency doubling on a slab of titanium dioxide using a red laser to create nonlinear effects with tiny
Senior author Wei Gao monitors a volunteer wearing flexible sweat sensors while exercising. (Courtesy: Caltech)
An international team of scientists has developed an affordable microfluidic-based sensor able to track variations in
Lower-energy green laser light travels through silicon nanocrystals, which up-convert it into higher-energy blue light (Courtesy: Ming Lee Tang research group/UC Riverside)
Researchers in the US have designed non-toxic silicon nanocrystals
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After sharing the 2019 Nobel Prize
An illustration of the 2D ice from atomic force microscopy images. Courtesy: Y Jiang
It’s well known that water vapour in the air can transform directly into solid ice on cold
Taken from the January 2020 issue of Physics World. Members of the Institute of Physics can enjoy the full issue via the Physics World app.
Some business models might seem crazy.
Compact and efficient: prototype of a working, pocket-sized neutron detector made with semiconductor rich in lithium-6. (Courtesy: Northwestern University/Argonne National Laboratory)
A semiconductor material containing lithium-6 shows great promise for creating
The 2020s could be the decade in which we get the first evidence of life on another planet. Closer to home, physicists will hopefully be making important contributions to the
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Gravitational waves from the merger of two neutron stars were observed by the LIGO Livingston detector on 25 April 2019 – according to an international team of astrophysicists in