Jan. 5, 2016 — A new material composite derived from quantum dots has been created by a team of researchers These lipoprotein nanoplatelets are rapidly taken up by cells and retain their fluorescence, making them ... read more

Jan. 5, 2016 — Detecting individual particles of light just got a bit more precise -- by 74 picoseconds to be exact -- thanks to advances in materials by researchers fabricating superconducting ... read more

Jan. 4, 2016 — Accelerator physicists have successfully implemented an innovative scheme for increasing proton collision rates at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. More proton collisions produce more data for ... read more

Jan. 4, 2016 — Today, quantum optical experiments provide methods to prove the rules that have been thought of and pressed into elegant mathematical equations in those days, say ... read more

Jan. 4, 2016 — A new research unit has been approved, which will focus on the determination of the neutrino mass hierarchy during the JUNO experiment. The scientists involved will try to resolve the question of the ... read more

Dec. 28, 2015 — A research group has succeeded in observing at the intended timing two-phonon quantum interference by using two cold calcium ions in ion traps, which spatially confine charged particles. A phonon is ... read more

Dec. 23, 2015 — Scientists have shown how the effects of the photons can be properly included in computer simulations that predict the light-induced change in the physical and chemical properties of complex systems, ... read more

Dec. 22, 2015 — The newly upgraded accelerator at the US Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has delivered full-energy electrons as part of commissioning activities for the ... read more

Dec. 18, 2015 — Quantum cryptography is considered a fully secure encryption method, but researchers have discovered that this is not always the case. They found that energy-time entanglement -- the method that ... read more

Dec. 18, 2015 — Engineers have developed encryption technologies for practical applications to protect microdevices from hacker attacks conducted by quantum computers. The team is currently working towards ... read more

Dec. 18, 2015 — Researchers in Japan have theoretically demonstrated that the results of the experiments on the peculiar superconducting state reported by a Chinese research group in January 2015 prove the existence ... read more

Dec. 17, 2015 — Physicists have connected two materials with unusual quantum-mechanical properties through a quantum constriction. Their work could open up a novel path towards both a deeper understanding of physics ... read more

Dec. 17, 2015 — Scientists realize a dynamic version of the quantum Hall effect in optical ... read more

Dec. 17, 2015 — Understanding and manipulating plasmons is important for their potential use in photovoltaics, solar cell water splitting, and sunlight-induced fuel production from carbon dioxide. Researchers have ... read more

Dec. 16, 2015 — Physicists have added to their collection of ingredients for future quantum computers by performing logic operations -- basic computing steps -- with two atoms of different elements. This hybrid ... read more

Dec. 15, 2015 — Researchers have succeeded in experimentally realizing metallic graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) that are only 5 carbon atoms wide. In their article, the research team demonstrated fabrication of the GNRs ... read more

Dec. 14, 2015 — Scientists have discovered a new topological insulator that could be used in future electronic ... read more

Dec. 14, 2015 — An optical device at nanoscale which allows light to pass in only one direction has been developed at TU Wien (Vienna). It consists of alkali atoms which are coupled to ultrathin glass ... read more

Dec. 14, 2015 — The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) dark matter experiment, which operates nearly a mile underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in the Black Hills of South Dakota, has already proven ... read more

Dec. 11, 2015 — By carefully tuning the chemical composition of a particular compound, researchers have created a topological crystalline insulator, whose bulk acts as an insulator but whose surface conducts ... read more