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Particles colliding at nearly light speed reveal information about the true nature of matter.
The proton's primary building blocks, up and down quarks, are produced more often than strange quarks in scattering experiments.
Innovative materials adsorb carbon dioxide via an unprecedented cooperative insertion mechanism.
New nanoscale thermal imaging technique shows heat building up inside microprocessors, providing new information to help solve heat-related performance issues.
Computational algorithms show whirlpools, not disks, form and dissipate on fluid’s surface.
Scientists shed new light on a proton's spin, refining our understanding of nuclear physics.
First description of common particle’s properties provides insights into the nature of the universe.
Researchers have created a porous, layered material that can serve as a graphene analog, and which may be a tool for storing energy and investigating the physics of unusual materials.
New material with a layered, atomic sandwich structure has unique optoelectronic properties.
Experiments using novel magnetic nanostructures confirm theoretically predicted behavior – bolstering their utility as a tool for understanding complex magnetic materials.
New microscopy technique reveals giant enhancement of coupling between magnetic and electric dipoles that could lead to novel electronic devices.
Discovery demonstrates how metamaterials may be used in non-invasive material imaging and sensing, and terahertz information technologies.
