A team of researchers led by Nico Deshler at the University of Arizona has developed a new type of coronagraph that can capture images of dim exoplanets extremely close to bright stars. This breakthrough instrument has the potential to revolutionize exoplanet discovery and could also have significant applications in areas such as communications, quantum sensing,…
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Researchers at the Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, have made a breakthrough in proton therapy by developing a method to measure the linear energy transfer (LET) of proton beams. This advancement could lead to more effective cancer treatment by reducing LET in healthy tissue while maintaining or increasing it within the target…
Physicists at CERN have successfully completed a “test run” for transporting antimatter across the European particle-physics facility, paving the way for more precise measurements of the differences between matter and antimatter. This breakthrough could help solve one of the biggest mysteries in physics: why our universe appears to be made up almost entirely of matter….
Physicists in the US have made a groundbreaking discovery in the field of ultracold atom traps, finding that five-body recombination could be the largest contributor to loss from these traps at specific “Efimov resonances.” This process, which involves the formation of a tetramer molecule and a single free atom, could have significant implications for building…
The Mars rover Perseverance has made history by capturing the first visible-light image of an aurora on another planet. The image, taken during a solar storm on March 18, 2024, shows a faint greenish tinge in the Martian sky. Scientists believe that similar aurorae would be visible to future human explorers on Mars. Forecast for…
Physicists at Ruhr University Bochum, CINECA, and Instituto Superior Tecnico have set a new upper bound on the interaction strength of dark matter by simulating the collision of two clouds of interstellar plasma. The study, published in Physical Review D, rules out many of the simplest dark matter theories and will require them to be…
Physicists at Swansea University have proposed a groundbreaking technique to eliminate quantum backaction noise in optical traps, allowing particles to remain suspended in space undisturbed. This innovation could pave the way for quieter, more precise experiments and unlock a new generation of ultra-sensitive quantum sensors. The technique involves blocking the flow of information from the…
Researchers at Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Chemistry have made a groundbreaking discovery in the field of superconductivity. By developing a new technique called planar electron tunnelling spectroscopy, they have directly measured a superconducting gap in a hydride sulphide material for the first time. This finding confirms that the electron pairing in these materials is…
Researchers at CERN have developed an innovative experiment using modified smartphone camera sensors to improve the spatial resolution of measurements of antimatter annihilations. This breakthrough could lead to a deeper understanding of how antimatter falls under gravity and potentially challenge our current understanding of the weak equivalence principle. The experiment, known as AEgIS, aims to…
Physicists have successfully created neutron Airy beams, a breakthrough that could revolutionize quantum science research and materials characterization. Using a holographic approach, researchers have overcome the challenges of manipulating neutrons and achieved a curved parabolic waveform, exhibiting self-acceleration and self-healing properties. This innovation could lead to sharper and more detailed images in neutron imaging techniques…