Scientists just built an actual working tractor beam
Light contains both energy and momentum that can be used for various types of optical manipulation such as levitation and rotation.
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Joseph Shavit
- Jan 30
Gamechanging type of entanglement lets scientists 'see' inside nuclei
Nuclear physicists have found a new way to use the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider to see the shape and details inside atomic nuclei.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 19
CalTech scientist believes that electrons spin -- here is why that is important
Deep inside all matter in the universe, electrons are buzzing around and behaving as if they are twirling around on their axes.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 19, 2022
Researchers finally solve the mystery of why ice is slippery
Sliding on ice is a familiar experience.
Faraday hypothesized that ice forms spontaneously a thin quasi-liquid layer on its surface.
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 2, 2022
White Graphene nanotubes will revolutionize just about everything
White Graphene can withstand higher temperatures than graphene, and is electrically insulating, rather than conductive.
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 2, 2022
Our universe has an antimatter twin on the opposite side of the Big Bang
Our universe could be the mirror image of an antimatter universe extending backwards in time before the Big Bang.
Joseph Shavit
- Jul 1, 2022
Physicists built the most powerful quantum computer ever
Researchers developed a special type of quantum computer known as a programmable quantum simulator capable of operating with 256 qubits.
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 30, 2022
Mind-bending experiment to provide the first observation of dark matter
To solve a long-standing puzzle about how long a neutron can “live” outside an atomic nucleus, physicists have a wild but testable theory.
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 30, 2022
The world's smallest memory unit is the size of an atom
Faster, smaller, smarter and more energy-efficient chips could soon be on the way after engineers created the smallest memory device yet.
Joseph Shavit
- Apr 26, 2022
Could the blueprint for life have been generated in asteroids?
Using new analyses, scientists found the last two of the five informational units of DNA and RNA that had yet to be discovered in meteorites
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 15, 2022
Scientists use quantum entangled light to improve microscope sensitivity by 50%
Scientists use quantum entangled light for a new form of microscopy able to detect signals normally hidden by quantum noise.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 15, 2021
What is quantum entanglement and why do physicists want to harness it
“Quantum entanglement” is one of several plot devices that appear in modern science fiction movies. But the term isn’t just a buzzword.
Joshua Shavit
- Sep 3, 2021
Scientists create first-ever vibration-free Quantum tunneling microscope
A key challenge is finding materials and processes that make complex architectures with stable quantum bits possible.
Joshua Shavit
- Aug 28, 2021
In a first, scientists capture a ‘quantum tug’ between neighboring water molecules
Water is the most abundant yet least understood liquid in nature and exhibits many strange behaviors that scientists struggle to explain.
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