Former Ohio State postdoc named MacArthur Fellow
Steven Prohira, a physicist and a former postdoctoral researcher at The Ohio State University, has been named a recipient of the 2022 MacArthur Fellowship, a prize often called the "genius grant."
New measurements quantifying qudits provide glimpse of quantum future
Using existing experimental and computational resources, a multi-institutional team has developed an effective method for measuring high-dimensional qudits encoded in quantum frequency combs, which are a type of photon source, on a single optical chip.
FSU assistant professor earns early career award from Geological Society of America
For his work helping to arrange that many-pieced, time-shifting puzzle, the Geological Society of America has named Florida State University Assistant Professor Richard Bono as the 2022 recipient of the Seth and Carol Stein Early Career Award in Geophysics and Geodynamics. Bono is the first person to receive the award.
Arizona State and Zhejiang Universities reach qubit computing breakthrough
Researchers have demonstrated a "first look" at the emergence of quantum many-body scarring (QMBS) states as a robust mechanism for maintaining coherence among interacting qubits, offering the possibility of extensive multipartite entanglement for applications in quantum channels to achieve high processing speed with low power consumption.
Physicists probe 'astonishing' morphing properties of honeycomb-like material
A series of buzzing, bee-like "loop-currents" could explain a recently discovered, never-before-seen phenomenon in a type of quantum material.
Discovered Tetraneutron Resonance Confirms Theoretical Predictions
In a new experiment, scientists have finally found the long-sought tetraneutron predicted using theory and supercomputer support at least six years ago. The tetraneutron is a combination of four neutrally charged neutrons. Unlike individual neutrons and combinations of two or three neutrons, the tetraneutron has a stable state--called a resonant state--that is long enough to be determined by the new experiment. The results are an important advance for nuclear physics and understanding of the strong nuclear force.
New tool helps researchers investigate clouds, rain and climate change
Climate scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University and the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies created an open-source research platform to generate highly accurate climate models.
Focusing on complex waves
Deep-water wave groups are known to be unstable and become rogue. Such unstable wave groups propagate independently regardless of interference. Results seem to support the concept of an unperturbed nonlinear water wave group focusing in the presence of counter-propagating waves, suggesting wave states are directional.
Study makes spin liquid model more realistic
Spin is the intrinsic magnetic moment of a particle - an electron, for example. It is a fundamental magnitude, like mass and charge.
Predicting Risk of Aneurysm Rupture
Predicting the rupture of aneurysms is crucial for medical prevention and treatment. As aspect ratio and size ratio increase and an aneurysm expands, the stress applied against the aneurysm walls and the time blood spends within it increase. This leads the probability of rupture to rise. In Physics of Fluids, researchers develop a patient-specific mathematical model to examine what aneurysm parameters influence rupture risk prior to surgery. Computed tomography scans are fed into the model, which reconstructs the geometry and blood flow of the aneurysm. It then uses equations to describe the fluid flow, generating information about the blood vessel walls and blood flow patterns.
Morse and Roberts Win W.K.H. Panofsky Prize for Muon g-2 Experiment
William M. Morse of the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and Bradley Lee Roberts of Boston University will receive the American Physical Society's 2023 W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics for their leadership of the muon g-2 experiment at Brookhaven Lab and its role in sparking a worldwide search for new physics.
AI predicts physics of future fault-slip in laboratory earthquakes
An artificial-intelligence approach borrowed from natural-language processing -- much like language translation and autofill for text on your smart phone -- can predict future fault friction and the next failure time with high resolution in laboratory earthquakes,. The technique, applying AI to the fault's acoustic signals, advances previous work and goes beyond by predicting aspects of the future state of the fault's physical system.
JLab Welcomes New Experimental Hall Leader
The U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has appointed Patrick Carsten Achenbach as the new leader of Jefferson Lab's Experimental Hall B. The appointment comes after an international search.
HKIAS congrats Senior Fellow Professor Alain Aspect for winning the Nobel Prize in Physics 2022
Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study (HKIAS) of the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) congratulates Professor Alain Aspect on winning the Nobel Prize in Physics 2022.
Opening the eye of the storm
For the first time, high-energy muon particles created in the atmosphere have allowed researchers to explore the structures of storms in a way that traditional visualization techniques, such as satellite imaging, cannot.
After Fire and Monsoons, DESI Resumes Cataloguing the Cosmos
In June, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument survived a massive wildfire, followed by rains and mudslides. After cleaning and testing the equipment, DESI collaborators successfully restarted the experiment and began imaging the night sky again on Sept. 10. The survey is creating the largest 3D map of the universe ever made to study a phenomenon called dark energy.
Department of Energy Announces $6.4 Million for Artificial Intelligence Research in High Energy Physics
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $6.4 million in funding for three initial Department of Energy national lab-led team projects in artificial intelligence research for high energy physics. These awards support the DOE Office of Science (SC) initiative in artificial intelligence research to use AI techniques to deliver scientific discoveries that would not otherwise be possible and to broaden participation in high energy physics research.
Atomic-level 3D models show us how gadgets work
Although nanotechnology and materials science are complicated topics for most of us, the research in these fields is of great importance to almost everyone. Your digital gadgets, for example, are completely dependent on it.
To Better Predict Extreme Precipitation, Scientists Model Cloud Microphysics
Scientists have previously shown that superparameterized (SP) climate models are better able to simulate clouds than other models. However, scientists must still determine how to represent the small-scale processes--called microphysics--that govern cloud droplets and ice crystals. This study examined how choices of microphysics processes affect how SP models predict extreme precipitation.
A new high-temperature plasma operating mode for fusion energy discovered at the Korean Artificial Sun, KSTAR
KFE and SNU research team announced that they have discovered a new plasma operating mode that can improve plasma performance for fusion energy based on an analysis of plasma operations with ultra-high temperatures over 100 million degrees (Celsius) at the Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR).
Former Berkeley Lab Scientist John Clauser Among Three Awarded the 2022 Nobel for Physics for Work on Quantum Mechanics
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics to Alain Aspect, John Clauser, and Anton Zeilinger "for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science."
DOE Announces $400 Million in Research Funding to Advance Scientific Frontiers
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced an up to $400 million funding opportunity for basic research in support of DOE's clean energy, economic, and national security goals. The funding will advance the priorities of DOE's Office of Science and its major programs, including Advanced Scientific Computing Research, Basic Energy Sciences, Biological and Environmental Research, Fusion Energy Sciences, High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics, Isotope R&D and Production, and Accelerator R&D and Production. This funding opportunity will help achieve the Biden Administration's plan to employ science and innovation to tackle our greatest challenges.
Think tank 'smears' Orch OR quantum theory of consciousness
The 'think tank' 'Fundamental Questions Institute' ('FQXI') has sponsored coordinated research, articles and a press release comparing two theoretical versions of 'objective reduction' ('OR'), proposals for gravity-related collapse of the quantum wavefunction.(1-3) They also wrongly insinuate that the 'Orch OR' theory of consciousness I put forth with Sir Roger Penrose in the mid 1990s (4,5) has been refuted.
Coronavirus formation is successfully modeled
A physicist at the University of California, Riverside, and her former graduate student have successfully modeled the formation of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that spreads COVID-19, for the first time.