In the particle world, sometimes two is better than one. Take, for instance, electron pairs. When two electrons are bound together, they can glide through a material without friction, giving the material special superconducting properties. Such pai…
Many countries are experimenting with future fusion reactors, which promise clean and unlimited energy from the stars. One of the nations that is making a greater effort in recent years is China. If just six months ago it announced that its experim…
We normally talk about enormous scales and big objects when we talk about general relativity. This, however, is about to change. The latest varieties of atomic clocks, according to researchers, are sensitive enough to measure relativistic effects o…
A team of physicists in the Netherlands and Germany recently placed a bunch of titanium atoms under a scanning tunneling microscope. Those atoms were in constant, quiet interaction with each other through the directions of their spins. In a clever …
With new research, scientists have the most accurate measurement ever of one of the fundamental constants of the universe. The fine-structure constant, which helps us balance the energy difference between coarse and fine atomic models, is in the s…
Scientists have successfully tested a world-first concept that could clear one of the major hurdles in developing fusion energy. Initial results from the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s (UKAEA) MAST Upgrade experiment indicate the effectiveness of …
With the help of an international research team, physicists from Russia's ITMO University have built an electromagnetic device that does not emit, at least far, due to the special processes that take place in it. The device consists of a miniat…
How Ultracold, Superdense Atoms Become Invisible A new study confirms that as atoms are chilled and squeezed to extremes, their ability to scatter light is suppressed. An atom’s electrons are arranged in energy shells. Like concertgoers in an ar…
