Understanding the behaviour of microscopic quantum magnets

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics have utilised a quantum gas microscope to explore the behaviour of microscopic quantum magnets. The behaviour of microscopic quantum magnets has been a topic of study and debate in theoretical physics...

The MANDELA project launches nuclear physics laboratories in South Africa

The MANDELA project has officially launched at UWC and UniZulu, in collaboration with the University of York, to open nuclear physics laboratories in South Africa. The construction of two nuclear physics laboratories in South Africa has been completed. The laboratories...

The Large Hadron Collider to resume after a maintenance break

Researchers at CERN announced on 22 April 2022 that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has restarted after a three-year break for maintenance, consolidation, and upgrade work. What has the Large Hadron Collider observed since it restarted? On 22 April 2022, two...

Determining top-quark mass with unparalleled precision

The CMS Experiment at CERN has successfully measured the mass of the top-quark with greater precision than ever before. In order to understand the world at its smallest scale, it is vital to have an accurate assessment of the top-quark...

Producing highly sensitive quantum magnetometers

The Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics (IAF) has developed quantum magnetometers based on diamonds. The quantum magnetometers, developed by the Fraunhofer IAF by utilising diamonds, have the ability to detect magnetic fields with a spatial resolution of a...

A novel cosmic ray sensor can successfully observe tsunami waves

Researchers from the University of Tokyo use muon particle technology to observe and detect tsunami waves. Highly energetic particles called muons are ever present in the atmosphere and can pass through large objects with ease. Sensitive detectors installed along the...

CDF collaboration researchers achieve precise measurement of W boson mass

Scientists at the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) have attained the most precise measurement yet of the mass of the W boson.  After a decade of research and analysis, researchers working with the CDF collaboration at the US Department of...

The LHCb reveals how antimatter is created in cosmic collisions

LHCb researchers analyse particle collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to determine whether antimatter that is detected by experiments in space could originate from dark matter. The LHCb experiment is one of eight particle physics detector experiments collecting data at the Large...

Novel centre marks funding boost for science in the North East 

A new centre for science in the North East – which will be ran by Northumbria and Newcastle Universities – represents a significant boost for the region.  Big data is the special application of data science, in which the large...

How nanomagnets self-align in specific layouts due to temperature change

Researchers at PSI have utilised nanomagnets to analyse their behaviour under certain temperature changes, to allow a better understanding of processes that take place within artificial spin ice. When water freezes to form ice, the water molecules, alongside their hydrogen and...

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