On May 20th, 2019, the world celebrates World Metrology Day. Although an annual celebration, this year in particular stands out from the rest as it opens a new era of precision in physics. Starting today, all seven base units of the International System of Units (SI)...
The local conductivity in bismuth ferrite thin films with well-ordered domain walls.
A theoretical puzzle has existed for over half a century: how to perform quantization for a particle constrained to remain on the curved surface with Dirac’s canonical quantization scheme? The answer has been found.
An open problem of many-body physics, related to isolated quantum systems, is reviewed for a Bose-Einstein condensate.
Electroluminescence caused by the transport of interacting electrons through parallel quantum dots in a photon cavity is presented.
A collision between two black holes allowed for the first detection of gravitational waves.
Performance enhancement in individual field effect transistors (FETs) fabricated using artificially stacked graphene double-layers (bilayers).
A highly efficient method to determine the S-matrix of systems modeled by tight-binding Hamiltonians with general leads.
Digital holography transitions from laboratory into industrial applications (image credit: teekid/Getty Images).
Researchers give a full account of results on localization properties for the Anderson model.
Modified theory of gravity eliminates the need for dark energy
New type of superconductor discovered
Hair provides first direct evidence of drug use during the Bronze Age
Explaining the Universe’s accelerated expansion without dark energy
Scientists identify a new molecular mechanism for autism
Explaining the “universe breaker” galaxies discovered by the James Webb Telescope
ChatGPT is making waves in the scientific literature
Low-cost contact lenses to tackle color blindness
Meteorite that struck a driveway in small UK town holds key ingredients for life
How does classical physics arise from quantum mechanics?