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Physicists Use Terahertz Flashes to Uncover New State of Matter Hidden by Superconductivity

Using the physics equivalent of the strobe photography that captures every twitch of a cheetah in full sprint, researchers at Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory have used ultrafast spectroscopy to visualize electrons interacting as a hidden state of matter in a superconductive alloy.

Count on it: Peering at Atomic Structures with No More than Pencil and Paper

University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of California, Santa Barbara engineers predicted and confirmed the surface configuration for an important half-Heusler material called cobalt titanium antimony, which is a potentially useful semiconductor. The researchers measured the crystal surface with advanced imaging techniques, noting their pencil-and-paper predictions lined up perfectly with real atomic configurations.

Hidden Magnetism Appears under Hidden Symmetry

Sometimes a good theory just needs the right materials to make it work. That’s the case with recent findings by UT’s physicists and their colleagues, who designed a two-dimensional magnetic system that points to the possibility of devices with increased security and efficiency, using only a small amount of energy.

Experiments Trace Interstellar Dust Back to Solar System’s Formation

A team of scientists led by University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UH Mānoa) School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) researcher Hope Ishii, discovered that certain interplanetary dust particles (IDPs) contain dust leftover from the initial formation of the solar system.

Soil Prospecting Yields Wealth of Potential Antibiotics

Soil, the source of our best antibiotics, can be more thoroughly mined for new drugs and other useful chemicals with the help of metagenomics, according to UC Berkeley scientists.

Designing “Recipes” Using Artificial Intelligence

MIT researchers and their collaborators have demonstrated a novel system using artificial-intelligence techniques to help identify methods of fabricating materials, especially those that look promising in computer simulations.

UVA Physicists Probing Ever Deeper Into the Stuff of the Universe

University of Virginia physicists have recently played key roles in new particle physics discoveries. The scientists are involved with large international collaborations using major facilities designed for expanding our knowledge of the most intimate details of how the smallest known pieces of atoms may have given birth to the universe.

Yale Quantum Engineering Gets a Boost From DOE Grant

A team of researchers from Yale Engineering and Yale’s Quantum Institute has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop the core quantum computing and networking components that would make the uncanny world of quantum physics realistic for computing.

Adams State Alumna Receives Einstein Fellowship

Many Adams State University alumni continue their great stories by inspiring students in public schools and often their outstanding efforts receive national attention. This spring Cammie Newmyer was named a 2018-2019 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow.

Fast-flowing Electrons May Mimic Astrophysical Dynamos

Victor Galitski, a Fellow of the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), in collaboration with two other scientists, has proposed a radical new approach to studying dynamos, one that could be simpler and safer. The proposal, which was published Oct. 25 in Physical Review Letters, suggests harnessing the electrons in a centimeter-sized chunk of solid matter to emulate the fluid flows in ordinary dynamos.

The Ohio State University Selected for New Nationwide High-intensity Laser Network

The Ohio State University announced that it is part of a new research network called LaserNetUS. Ohio State’s Scarlet Laser Facility, co-directed by Department of Physics professors Douglass Schumacher and Linn Van Woerkom, will receive $1 million to fund its part of the network.

Standing in for a Kidney, MXene Materials Could Give Dialysis Patients the Freedom to Move

Researchers are working to restore some normalcy for kidney dialysis patients, by developing a wearable system that would give them freedom of movement, are encouraged by a new finding about a material that could vastly reduce the size of the blood filtration system.