Aalto University researchers have developed a black silicon photodetector that has reached above 130% efficiency in UV range without external amplification, breaking the theoretical one-photon–one-electron barrier known as the Shockley-Queisser limit

Falling rain produces electrostatic charges when it hits a surface

While astronomers look for a ninth planet to explain orbits in the outer solar system, a duo explores the possibility that the mystery object is a primordial black hole.

Black-silicon ultraviolet photodiodes achieve external quantum efficiency above 130%

Physicists at the Goethe University in Frankfurt first detect the phenomenon experimentally, which was predicted by Arnold Sommerfeld in 1930: When a particle of light strikes an atom…

Scientists demonstrate that anesthetized brains become both less structured and more reversible.

Physical Implications of a Fundamental Period of Time - A strong upper bound T_C < 10^− 33 s of the fundamental period of time, several orders of magnitude below any direct time measurement, is obtained from bounds on dynamical variations of the period of a system evolving in time.

A proposed interaction between neutrinos might explain a discrepancy in measurements of the Universe’s expansion rate.

Current understanding of cosmology and nuclear physics suggests that dark matter could be made of axions, hypothetical particles with unusual symmetry properties

New test of the gravitational 1/r2 law at separations down to 52μm

Quantum entanglement offers unprecedented precision for GPS and more

High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory Tests Speed of Light

Physicists grab individual atoms in groundbreaking experiment

Scientists have split a single photon of light into three

Scientists predict state of matter that can conduct both electricity and energy perfectly

Satellite test shows objects of different mass dropped in space fall at a rate within two-trillionths of a percent of each other proving the equivalence principle of Einstein’s general theory of relativity & the theory that the absence of air resistance…

Atomic-Array Optical Clock with Single-Atom Readout

Researchers discover that minute fluctuations in the colors of light absorbed and emitted by nanoparticles completely change when the nanoparticles are vibrating

Nanorheology of Interfacial Water during Ice Gliding

Researchers have found an anomaly in the electromagnetic duality of Maxwell Theory, which could play an important role in the consistency of string theory.

Scientists have shown that 34 is a ''magic number'' for neutrons, meaning that atomic nuclei with 34 neutrons are more stable than would normally be expected

Physicists from UNIGE discovered a new quantum property: By placing 3 pairs of photons in a network, it is possible to entangle them and create new ultra-strong correlations, creating the potential for new applications in cryptography while reviving quantum physics at its most fundamental level.

Extreme Light Intensities Using Optically Curved Relativistic Plasma Mirrors

Physicists believe dark energy, unknown & undetectable 5th force, acts on the matter & is causing the universe to expand at an accelerating rate

Physicists and computer scientists have developed a new approach to the problem of dark matter and dark energy in the universe

Scientists have developed a "traffic light" that can bring quantum waves to a halt that could be key to harnessing the potential of the atomic world, eventually leading to breakthroughs in computing…

Researchers experimentally determined a property of cadmium called the magic wavelength which is considered essential for the development of the most accurate atomic clocks ever envisaged that could be used to improve our understanding of current theories and even test for new physics.

Quantum X-Ray machine can take sharper images with less radiation

Quantum Interference Between Light Sources Separated by 150M Kilometers

Dark Matter from Scalar Field Fluctuations

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