#Scientists use photons as threads to weave novel forms of matter

“#Scientists use photons as threads to weave novel forms of matter” Schematic of the experimental setup. Credit: University of Southampton New research from the University of Southampton has successful discovered a way to bind two negatively charged electron-like particles which could create opportunities to form novel materials for use in new technological developments. Positive and…

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#Ripple effects after slow-motion bubble collapse

“#Ripple effects after slow-motion bubble collapse” Ripple effects forming on sheets of a bubble film photographed mid-collapse. Image credit: Oliver McRae/Boston University, Credit: Science Advances, doi: 10.1126/science.aba0593 A recent feature cover photo on Science portrayed a bubble in mid-collapse, based on a study conducted by Alexandros T. Oratis et al. The research team in mechanical…

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#Exponential scaling of frictional forces in cells

“#Exponential scaling of frictional forces in cells” A polymer composed of a protein tubulin, it is a component of the cytoskeleton involved in intracellular transport, cellular mobility and nuclear division. Credit: AMOLF AMOLF researchers have presented a theory that describes the friction between biological filaments that are crosslinked by proteins. Surprisingly, their theory predicts that…

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#Black silicon photodetector breaks the 100% efficiency limit

“#Black silicon photodetector breaks the 100% efficiency limit” UV-light triggers electron multiplication in nanostructures. Credit: Wisa Förbom Aalto University researchers have developed a black silicon photodetector that has reached above 130% efficiency. Thus, for the first time, a photovoltaic device has exceeded the 100% limit, which has earlier been considered as the theoretical maximum for…

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#New precision search for dark matter from ATLAS Experiment

“#New precision search for dark matter from ATLAS Experiment” Figure 1: A monojet event recorded by the ATLAS experiment in 2017, with a single jet of 1.9 TeV transverse momentum recoiling against corresponding missing transverse momentum (MET). The green and yellow bars show the energy deposits in the electromagnetic and hadronic calorimeters, respectively. The MET…

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#SAMURAI measures 5G communications channels precisely

“#SAMURAI measures 5G communications channels precisely” Rodney Leonhardt, Alec Weiss and Jeanne Quimby with NIST’s SAMURAI, a portable measurement system to support design and repeatable laboratory testing of 5G wireless communications devices with unprecedented accuracy. Credit: Hammer/NIST Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a flexible, portable measurement system to…

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#The first evidence of vector meson spin alignment in heavy-ion collisions

“#The first evidence of vector meson spin alignment in heavy-ion collisions” Graphical sketch of the angular momentum of heavy-ion collisions. The spin 1 K*0 is represented as a spinning top. Credit: Produced by the ALICE Collaboration for https://journals.aps.org/prl/highlights The ALICE collaboration is a large group of researchers from over 100 physics institutes worldwide that focuses…

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