Reflective light from wind turbine blades may be luring bats to their deaths
(a) Experimental Y-maze apparatus, used to test the orientation preferences of Lasiurus cinereus and Lasionycteris noctivagans for sections…
Novel approach suppresses magnetic noise for the fast optical control of a coherent hole spin in a microcavity
Open microcavity system and coherent control of a hole spin qubit. Using carefully controlled laser pulses, the spin…
Physicists create thin films that unite topological insulators and ferroelectric behavior
A view of the crystal lattice of a topological insulator discovered by RIKEN researchers (blue spheres: tellurium atoms;…
Warped protoplanetary disks reshape existing ideas about how planets form
Visualization of the warped disk around the young star MWC 758, with warping exaggerated by a factor four…
Chemists create new high-energy compound to fuel space flight
PhD student Joseph Doane prepares the arc melter to synthesize manganese diboride. Credit: Photo by Brian Busher University…
Electrons reveal their handedness in attosecond flashes
When rotating light hits chiral molecules, electrons are emitted preferentially in the forward or backward direction. Attosecond pulses…
Researchers propose heat engine that surpasses classical thermodynamic limits
A conceptual illustration of the gambling Carnot engine with Maxwell’s demon monitoring a microscopic particle in an optical…
New laser technique boosts power by individually controlling light modes
Technical principle diagram of mode division control realized by mode MUX/DEMUX. Credit: Dr. Hu Guijun From precision machining…
Fine-tuning zinc supplementation and light exposure to boost microgreens’ nutrition
Zinc enrichment and light intensity affect the nutritional composition of radish microgreens, shown here. The researchers found that…
Quantum memory array brings us closer to a quantum RAM
From left to right, Markus Teller and Susana Plascencia in their lab at ICFO, working in the 10…