The electron is the basic unit of electricity, as it carries a single negative charge. This is what we’re taught...
In the blink of an eye, the unruly, superheated plasma that drives a fusion reaction can lose its stability and...
If the fractional quantum Hall regime were a series of highways, these highways would have either two or four lanes....
An HZB physicist has developed a new method for the comprehensive characterization of semiconductors in a single measurement. The “Constant...
Fashioned from the same element found in sand and covered by intricate patterns, microchips power smartphones, augment appliances and aid...
Electronics are based on electrical charges being transported from one place to another. Electrons move, current flows, and signals are...
Physicists at Paderborn University have used complex computer simulations to develop a new design for significantly more efficient solar cells...
Researchers from Oxford University’s Department of Physics have made a breakthrough in creating and designing magnetic whirls in membranes that...
Researchers at the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and their collaborators have synthesized...
Physicist’s model and predictions may have applications in the new generation of superradiant lasers
Theoretical physicist Farokh Mivehvar has investigated the interaction of two collections of atoms emitting light inside a quantum cavity—an optical...
While atomic clocks are already the most precise timekeeping devices in the universe, physicists are working hard to improve their...
Quantum computing engineers at UNSW Sydney have shown they can encode quantum information—the special data in a quantum computer—in four...
