Two Different Forms of Water Isolated for First Time
Water molecules were known to exist as two distinct "isomers", or types,…
Friction Has Memory, Say Physicists
xperiments by Sam Dillavou and Shmuel Rubinstein at Harvard University have, for…
Weak Charge Of The Proton Measured For The First Time
Charge – that is the degree to which an entity is affected…
Back to the Future as Researchers Invent Real-Life Flux Capacitor
The "Back to the Future" time machine runs on an imaginary flux…
Metamaterial Device Controls Transmission and Reflection of Acoustic Waves
Metamaterials researchers at Duke University have demonstrated the design and construction of…
Why Is Everything So Dark?
When something seems a little mysterious or we just don’t understand what…
Scientists Created An Acoustic Tractor Beam
It is remarkable what can be achieved with acoustic waves. During the…
Invention of an Essential Component Part for Quantum Computers
One difficulty of making quantum systems is because the qubits have to…
A Massless Particle Which Could Revolutionize Electronics
In 2015, after 85 years of searching, researchers confirmed the existence of…
Breaking electron waves provide new clues to high-temperature superconductivity
Superconductivity is a sought-after effect, but unfortunately it only enters this state…
Graphene could contain an unlimited “clean” energy source
Stochastic processes are ubiquitous in nature. Also known as random processes, they…
New Sodium Battery for a Cost-Effective Power Storage
Finding a new energy storage material is a great challenge and sodium…