Physics and Astronomy News Archive: April 2016
New state of water molecule discovered
Source: ORNL Posted: 4/29/16
Researchers have discovered a new state of water molecule using neutron scattering & computational modeling.
Source: ORNL Posted: 4/29/16
Researchers have discovered a new state of water molecule using neutron scattering & computational modeling.
A brand-new way to produce electron spin currents
Source: ColoState Posted: 4/28/16
For the first time, scientists have used non-polarized light to produce what’s called a spin voltage – a unit of power produced from the quantum spinning of an individual electron.
Source: ColoState Posted: 4/28/16
For the first time, scientists have used non-polarized light to produce what’s called a spin voltage – a unit of power produced from the quantum spinning of an individual electron.
Mars surface revealed in unprecedented detail
Source: UCL Posted: 4/27/16
The surface of Mars – including the location of Beagle-2 – has been shown in unprecedented detail by scientists using a revolutionary image stacking and matching technique.
Source: UCL Posted: 4/27/16
The surface of Mars – including the location of Beagle-2 – has been shown in unprecedented detail by scientists using a revolutionary image stacking and matching technique.
Team builds first quantum cascade laser on silicon
Source: Eurekalert Posted: 4/21/16
The advance may have applications that span from chemical bond spectroscopy and gas sensing, to astronomy and free-space communications.
Source: Eurekalert Posted: 4/21/16
The advance may have applications that span from chemical bond spectroscopy and gas sensing, to astronomy and free-space communications.
A New Way To Get Electricity From Magnetism
Source: UUtah Posted: 4/20/16
By showing that a phenomenon dubbed the “inverse spin Hall effect” works in several organic semiconductors – including carbon-60 buckyballs - physicists changed magnetic “spin current” into electric current.
Source: UUtah Posted: 4/20/16
By showing that a phenomenon dubbed the “inverse spin Hall effect” works in several organic semiconductors – including carbon-60 buckyballs - physicists changed magnetic “spin current” into electric current.
New state of matter detected in a 2D material
Source: UCam Posted: 4/9/16
Researchers have observed the ‘fingerprint’ of a mysterious new quantum state of matter in a two-dimensional material, in which electrons break apart.
Source: UCam Posted: 4/9/16
Researchers have observed the ‘fingerprint’ of a mysterious new quantum state of matter in a two-dimensional material, in which electrons break apart.
