The story of Rohit Velankar, a senior at Fox Chapel Area High School, showcases how a simple curiosity can lead to groundbreaking discoveries. As he poured juice into a glass, the sound of “glug, glug, glug” made him question if a container’s elasticity affects the way its fluid drains. This innocent pondering sparked a scientific
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A groundbreaking discovery in the field of spintronics has emerged from a collaborative research effort between the Charles University of Prague, the CFM (CSIC-UPV/EHU) center in San Sebastian, and CIC nanoGUNE’s Nanodevices group. This research has resulted in the creation of a new complex material with unique properties that hold great promise for the advancement
Scientists at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have reached a significant milestone in their research on neutrinos. After years of planning and construction, the Short-Baseline Near Detector (SBND) has successfully detected its first neutrino interactions. This accomplishment marks the culmination of a decade-long effort by an international collaboration of physicists and engineers from multiple countries. The
A recent study led by Professor Sheng Zhigao at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has uncovered a significant breakthrough in the field of nonlinear optical effects in materials. The research team’s findings, published in Advanced Optical Materials, shed light on the strong nonlinear magnetic second harmonic generation (MSHG)
Non-Hermitian systems have garnered significant attention due to their distinct properties that differ from traditional Hermitian systems. These systems play a crucial role in understanding real-world phenomena characterized by dissipation, interactions with the environment, or gain-and-loss mechanisms. The recent Physical Review Letters study showcased the experimental observation of a non-Hermitian edge burst in quantum dynamics
Quantum physics has always been a realm of complexity and unpredictability. However, recent research conducted by Professor Monika Aidelsburger and Professor Immanuel Bloch from the LMU Faculty of Physics challenges this notion. The study published in the journal Nature Physics delves into the world of quantum many-body systems and explores the possibility of describing them
Quantum error correction is a crucial aspect of developing fault-tolerant quantum computing systems. In a recent publication in Science Advances, Hayato Goto introduces a novel approach to quantum error correction using what he refers to as “many-hypercube codes.” This innovative method presents a promising solution to the challenges of scalability and efficiency in quantum error
Recent research conducted by RIKEN physicists has brought to light the fascinating concept of using magnetic fields to engineer flat bands in twisted graphene layers. This discovery has opened up a whole new realm of possibilities for exploring exotic physics in graphene, a material already known for its unique properties. Graphene, a single layer of
In a recent study conducted by researchers at the Institute for Molecular Science, quantum entanglement between electronic and motional states was revealed in an ultrafast quantum simulator. The study, published in Physical Review Letters, sheds light on the role of the repulsive force between Rydberg atoms in generating this quantum entanglement. This finding has implications
Recent research conducted by a team of scientists from Skoltech, Universitat Politècnica de València, Institute of Spectroscopy of RAS, University of Warsaw, and University of Iceland has focused on the spontaneous formation and synchronization of multiple quantum vortices in optically excited semiconductor microcavities. The researchers discovered that polariton quantum vortices in neighboring cells of optically