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Aug 14
2023

“Quantum Avalanche” — A Phenomenon That May Revolutionize Microelectronics and Supercomputing

New Study Solves Mystery on Insulator-to-Metal Transition

A study explored insulator-to-metal transitions, uncovering discrepancies in the traditional Landau-Zener formula and offering new insights into resistive switching. By using computer simulations, the research highlights the quantum mechanics involved and suggests that electronic and thermal switching can arise simultaneously, with potential applications in microelectronics and neuromorphic computing.

Looking only at their subatomic particles, most materials can be placed into one of two categories.

Aug 13
2023

Physicists confirm the 67-year-old prediction of massless, neutral composite particle

Uisng a nonstandard experimental technique, physicists confirm 67-year-old prediction of massless, neutral composite particle called demon.

Aug 13
2023

‘Quantum superchemistry’ observed for the 1st time ever

A new type of chemistry performed at very cold temperatures on very small particles enables quick, precise reactions.

Aug 12
2023

Tiny particle’s ‘wobble’ could be start of a major discovery — scientists

The “wobble” of a tiny particle known as a muon is once again challenging our understanding of physics and could be the start of a major discovery, scientists have said.

For the third time, findings from experiments have shown this particle does not behave as predicted by the Standard Model – the rulebook physicists use to describe and understand how the universe works at the subatomic level.

Scientists said their latest results, which have been submitted to the journal Physical Review Letters, reinforce measurements of the muon’s wobble in previous experiments and are even more precise.

Aug 12
2023

Dreams of new physics fade with latest muon magnetism result

Precision test of particle’s magnetism confirms earlier shocking findings — but theory might not need a rethink after all.

Aug 12
2023

Muons are still behaving oddly, which could break particle physics

An experiment at Fermilab in the US suggests that muons rotate faster than expected, which would be a problem for the standard model of particle physics.

By Leah Crane

Aug 12
2023

‘Demon’ particle found in superconductor could explain how they work

A particle called Pines’s demon has been seen inside a superconductor, decades after it was first predicted.

By Alex Wilkins

Aug 12
2023

Self-Organized Zigzags from Fluid Flow

A zigzag arrangement that appears spontaneously in a collection of magnetic particles and some other colloids is explained by the fluid flow around each particle.

Aug 11
2023

New Theory Suggests Quantum Entanglement And Wormholes Are Linked Together

Practical applications for quantum entanglement have already been proposed, as entangled particles have been suggest for use in powerful quantum computers and “impossible” to crack networks. Now, it seems quantum entanglement may be linked to wormholes.

Entangled wormholes.

Aug 11
2023

Netherlands: British & Dutch Scientists Make Frog Float in Mid-Air

😗😁Year 2015

(12 Apr 1997) English/Nat.
British and Dutch scientists using a giant magnetic field have made a frog float in mid-air, and might even be able to do the same thing with a human being.
The team from Britain’s University of Nottingham and the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands has also succeeded in levitating plants, grasshoppers and fish.
Scientists at the University of Nijmegen in Holland have managed to make a frog float six feet (approximately two metres) in the air — and they say the trick could easily be repeated with a human.
The secret is not magic but a powerful magnetic field which overcomes the force of gravity.
The field makes the frog’s atoms generate a weak magnetic force in the opposite direction.
This causes it to be repelled in the same way as like poles of two magnets.
Plants, grasshoppers and fish have been levitated by the research team in the same way.
NASA, apparently, is extremely interested in the experiment in order to be able to test the effects of weightlessness on astronauts without having to put them into space.
Easy, says team leader Dr Andre Geim.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
There is no problem with putting a man by this magnetic levitation, to fly in the air. Technically we can do it with you without any problems.
SUPER CAPTION: Dr Andre Geim, Director of the High Field Magnetic Laboratory of the Catholic University of Nijmegen.
And for those worried about the effects on the frog — don’t worry.
He’s not hopping mad — quite the opposite, in fact.

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