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New self-powered electrostatic tweezer enhances object manipulation and microfluidics In a study published in Device has reported a new self-powered electrostatic tweezer that offers superior accumulation and tunability of triboelectric charges, enabling unprecedented flexibility and a …Team develops novel hybrid scheme for compressible flow computations A team of scientists has developed a novel hybrid scheme for both steady and unsteady single-phase compressible flow simulations. Their scheme has potential applications in real-world scenarios, offer …AI makes useless noise widely useful in synchronizing physical oscillators In a Letter published in Physical Review E, scientists from the Research Institute of Intelligent Complex Systems (IICS) at the Fudan University show AI makes useless noise widely useful in oscillator …New method for 3D quantitative phase imaging eliminates need for digital phase recovery algorithms A study from the University of California, Los Angeles, published in Advanced Photonics introduces a cutting-edge approach to 3D Quantitative Phase Imaging (QPI) using a wavelength-multiplexed diffrac …Novel tunable ultrasonic liquid crystal light diffuser paves the way for next-gen indoor lighting It is no mystery that light is essential to human life. Since the discovery of fire, humans have developed various artificial light sources, such as incandescent lamps, gaslights, discharge lamps, and …Atomic 'GPS' elucidates movement during ultrafast material transitions Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have created the first-ever atomic movies showing how atoms rearrange locally within a quantum material as it …Balancing instability and robustness: New mathematical framework for dynamics of natural systems Scientists all over the world use modeling approaches to understand complex natural systems such as climate systems or neuronal or biochemical networks. A team of researchers has now developed a new m …Exploring what happens when different spherical objects hit the water When an object hits a body of water vertically, it is accompanied by a strong hydrodynamic force fueled by the flow of water around it, which propels it forward. The magnitude of this force is known t …ATLAS probes uncharted territory with LHC Run 3 data Despite its immense success in describing the fundamental building blocks of matter and their interactions, the Standard Model of particle physics is known to be incomplete. Experiments around the glo …'Kink state' control may provide pathway to quantum electronics The key to developing quantum electronics may have a few kinks. According to a team led by researchers at Penn State, that's not a bad thing when it comes to the precise control needed to fabrica …Physicists introduce method for mechanical detection of individual nuclear decays In recent years, physicists and engineers have developed increasingly sophisticated instruments to study particles and the interactions between them with high precision. These instruments, which inclu …'Miracle' filter turns store-bought LEDs into spintronic devices Traditional electronics use semiconductors to transmit data through bursts of charged carriers (electrons or holes) to convey messages in "1s" and "0s." Spintronic devices can proc …Somersaulting spin qubits for universal quantum logic could enhance control in larger arrays Researchers at QuTech developed somersaulting spin qubits for universal quantum logic. This achievement may enable efficient control of large semiconductor qubit arrays. The research group published t …A swinging showerhead leads to discovery of a new mode of vibration in nature During the hot summer of 2020, confined to his Pasadena home during the COVID-19 pandemic, National Medal of Science-winning applied physicist Amnon Yariv took frequent and long showers to cool off. A …A step closer to optical computers: Researchers develop an all-optical universal gate A research team from Skoltech and Bergische Universität Wuppertal in Germany has created a universal NOR logical element (from NOT—a negation operator and OR—a disjunction operator).Nonreciprocal interactions go nonlinear: Non-Hermitian dynamics observed in coupled nanoparticles Using two optically-trapped glass nanoparticles, researchers observed a novel collective Non-Hermitian and non-linear dynamic driven by non-reciprocal interactions. This contribution expands tradition …Escaping kinetic traps: How molecular interactions make it possible to overcome the energy barrier In a paper in Physical Review Letters scientists from the department Living Matter Physics at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS) propose a mechanism on how energy bar …Exciting the alpha particle: International team validates helium-4 transition calculations An important part of physics research is examining why theoretical calculations and experimental results sometimes don't match. A recent experiment in Germany studied the helium-4 nucleus, also k …Save your data on printable magnetic devices? New laser technique's twist might make this reality The proliferation of all things digital doesn't mean that printing technology is no longer relevant. In fact, printing technology is required to make the semiconductors necessary for the digital …Optimization algorithm successfully computes the ground state of interacting quantum matter Over the past decades, computer scientists have developed various computing tools that could help to solve challenges in quantum physics. These include large-scale deep neural networks that can be tra …An MRI-like tool for quantum materials: Sensor can detect minute magnetic fields at atomic scale An international research team from Germany's Forschungszentrum Jülich and Korea's IBS Center for Quantum Nanoscience (QNS) has developed a quantum sensor capable of detecting minute magneti …Study finds active matter and shear flows share thinning behaviors According to a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a research team led by Professor Xu Ning from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) has found that …Physicists control electronic properties of moiré crystals If you make a material thinner and thinner, at a certain point it undergoes a seemingly miraculous transformation: A two-dimensional material that consists of only one or two layers of molecules somet …Does heat travel differently in tight spaces? New insights into convection heat and fluid mechanics A search for "air fryer recipe" on most social media platforms likely returns a flood of food videos touting quick and easy meal ideas. The market touts these devices as a convenient, clean, …Synthesis of a new compound with excellent intrinsic magnetic properties using smaller amounts of rare earth elements The National Institute for Materials Science has successfully synthesized a new SmFe-based magnetic compound, SmFe8.8N1.1, which possesses superior intrinsic magnetic properties when compared to those …Study shows elephant trunk dexterity can be mimicked with minimal actuators The trunk of an elephant is among the versatile appendages in the animal kingdom. Now a research team has shown that most of its dexterity can be reproduced with a model using just three "muscles …An optical lattice clock based on strontium atoms achieves unprecedented accuracy Researchers at the Ye Lab at JILA (the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado Boulder) and University of Delaware recently created a highly precise optical latti …A new way to make element 116 opens the door to heavier atoms Scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) are credited in the discovery of 16 of the 118 known elements. Now they've completed the crucial …Combining trapped atoms and photonics for new quantum devices Quantum information systems offer faster, more powerful computing methods than standard computers to help solve many of the world's toughest problems. Yet fulfilling this ultimate promise will re …Near-infrared photobiomodulation technique targets brain inflammation As the world grapples with an aging population, the rise in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's is becoming a significant challenge. These conditions place a heavy …