Finned porous materials boost heat storage efficiency in phase-change systems
Source: Simulation of compressible flow and convergence enhancement in finned porous medium PCM systems considering non-linear material properties
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AI predicts which ultra-hard metal carbides can actually be made
Source: Synthesizability, hardness, and stacking order in multicomponent transition metal carbides from machine-learned potentials
New high-frequency method boosts 2D material readout for next-gen quantum computers
Quantum computers represent a next step in the fast-paced evolution of technology. Using quantum bits (qubits), they have the potential to run certain calculations exponentially faster than…
Optical fibers carry light and sound together like a highway
For the first time, scientists have achieved strong coupling between light and long-lived acoustic vibrations in an optical fiber. Optical fibers are used in both classical telecommunications and…
Gravitational wave detectors get major upgrade with better mirror coatings
Researchers have developed and tested a new locking method for gravitational wave detectors that will advance the discovery of distant black holes and neutron stars colliding.
Scientists have just voted to abolish leap seconds
Since 1972, officials have added 27 leap seconds to the universal clock, but in a meeting this week in France they have decided to abandon the practice
Physicists May Have Solved the Mystery of Missing Neutrinos
Glimpses of the “gallium anomaly” were first seen in the mid-1990s, but it was first clearly discovered and stated in 2007 by neutrino physicist Carlo Giunti of Italy. The problem is simple to state…
How Does Crystal Structure Identification and Analysis Work?
How Does Crystal Structure Identification and Analysis Work? Imagine trying to understand the architecture of a building in complete darkness, using only sound waves that bounce off its walls. This is essentially what scientists do when they decode crystal structures—they send radiation through solid materials and analyze the patterns that emerge, revealing the invisible blueprint … Read more
AI Poised to Revolutionize Physics Research and Discovery
AI has taken huge strides in computer programming and mathematics – physics could be next
Scientists create quantum highway one atom high to boost superconductors
Scientists discovered that atomic steps just one atom high can guide quantum vortices through superconductors, making them move more than 1,000 times more easily in one direction than another. This…