Physics

Devices That Harness the Fusion Power of the Sun and Stars Could Be Improved With Smaller, Stronger Magnets

Devices That Harness the Fusion Power of the Sun and Stars Could Be Improved With Smaller, Stronger Magnets

In order to design and build machines that could help the world harness the power of the sun to create electricity without producing greenhouse gases…
Particle Made Of Four Neutrons Finally Observed After Long-Sought Quest

Particle Made Of Four Neutrons Finally Observed After Long-Sought Quest

The presence of an unusual kind of substance composed of four neutrinos was originally suggested to physicists twenty years ago. They now seem to have…
Citizen Scientists See an Auroral Arc Evolve Into the Mysterious STEVE

Citizen Scientists See an Auroral Arc Evolve Into the Mysterious STEVE

A narrow band of dancing lights ranging in color from white to mauve that bends across the sky marks the unexplained Strong Thermal Emission Velocity…
Benford’s Law Is A Mathematical Mystery, But We Use It All the Time

Benford’s Law Is A Mathematical Mystery, But We Use It All the Time

We want you to come up with a set of data. For preference, a huge one. It need not be random; for instance, it may…
Pew Peeeeeeeeeeeeeew Physicists Create a Continuous Laser Made Of Fifth State of Matter

Pew Peeeeeeeeeeeeeew Physicists Create a Continuous Laser Made Of Fifth State of Matter

Lasers function by enabling the emission of electromagnetic radiation with a certain wavelength, which results in the production of coherent light waves. The underlying reality…
The idea of a Mysterious Fourth Neutrino Supported By New Experiments

The idea of a Mysterious Fourth Neutrino Supported By New Experiments

New research has validated an abnormality previously observed in tests, adding to the evidence that something is amiss with the Standard Model of particle physics.…
The Most Important Number It’s 137. This Is Why

The Most Important Number It’s 137. This Is Why

Three is the magic number, as mathematician De La Soul famously noted. But, according to physicist Richard Feynman, the value is incorrect by a factor…
Current Models Underestimate Tsunami Risks

Current Models Underestimate Tsunami Risks

USC researchers discovered a link between tsunami severity and the width of the outer wedge (the area between the continental shelf and deep trenches where…
Supercomputers help Solve the Hawaiian-Emperor Undersea Mystery

Supercomputers help Solve the Hawaiian-Emperor Undersea Mystery

To quantify the amount of Pacific Plate motion change associated with the Hawaiian — Emperor Bend, kinematic plate reconstructions and high-resolution global dynamic models were…
Quantum Gases Put All Sounds on Repeat

Quantum Gases Put All Sounds on Repeat

For the first time, a quantum gas has been discovered that can concurrently transmit sound waves at two distinct speeds. Any event that creates sound…
Researchers Develop a “Quantum Flute” That Can Coordinate the Movement of Light Particles

Researchers Develop a “Quantum Flute” That Can Coordinate the Movement of Light Particles

Scientists at the University of Chicago have created a “quantum flute” that, like the Pied Piper, can force light particles to interact in ways that…
To Enable an All-Silicon Quantum Internet, Researchers Have Discovered the Missing Photonic Link

To Enable an All-Silicon Quantum Internet, Researchers Have Discovered the Missing Photonic Link

At Simon Fraser University, scientists have made a significant advancement in the field of quantum technology. Over 150,000 silicon “T center” photon-spin qubits were observed…
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