In 2023, a forest fire broke out in Boca do Acre. Although deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon declined in 2023, the region still faces another challenge: fires affecting native …
Two qubit system in Si FinFET. a, False-color transmission electron microscopy image of the co-fabricated device showing a cross-section along the fin. b, 3D rendering of the device, showing triangular …
WEST’s interior, the steady-state tokamak’s tungsten (W) environment, is where fusion records are achieved. Image source: CEA-IRFM Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) …
Co-authors (left) Professor David Jamieson (University of Melbourne) and (right) Dr Maddison Coke (University of Manchester) inspect the P-NAME focused ion beam system used in the University of Manchester’s silicon …
This diagram shows the rotational motion of a specific water molecule. On average, at equilibrium, the energy associated with rotational motion must equal the energy associated with the translation of …
Temporal evolution of SRGA J1444 emissions during the 2024 outbreak. Image source: Molkov et al., 2024. Astronomers report the discovery of a new pulsar using the Spektr-RG space observatory. The …
Artist’s illustration of the luminescent properties of organic molecules modulated by the quantum dance of atoms.Image credit: Pratyush Ghosh, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge Ever since the discovery of quantum …
Illustration of a circular Rydberg strontium atom trapped in optical tweezers.Image credit: Aaron Gtzelmann, University of Stuttgart A team of researchers at the Fifth Institute of Physics at the University …
In response to an incident electromagnetic driving field, ultrafast tunneling current flows between the leading edge atoms of the sharp tip and the sample. This atomically confined electrical current results …
Atoms in an optical lattice perform “quantum walks,” experiencing many different quantum phenomena as they move around the lattice, such as superposition or tunneling. Photo credit: Alex Downham, Default Interactive …