Rare particle decay could mean new physics

(PhysOrg.com) -- An incredibly rare sub-atomic particle decay might not be quite as rare as previously predicted, say Cornell researchers. This discovery, culled from a vast data set at the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF), is a clue for physicists trying to catch glimpses of how the universe began.

Quantum optical link sets new entanglement time record: one hour

Niels Bohr Institute researchers have succeeded in setting a new record by maintaining the entanglement of the spins of two gas clouds of cesium atoms for

Physicists entangle 2 atoms using microwaves for the first time

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have entangled two separated ions (electrically charged atoms) by manipulating them

Making sperm from stem cells in a dish

Researchers have found a way to turn mouse embryonic stem cells into sperm. This finding opens up new avenues for infertility research and treatment.

Physicists show that quantum ignorance is hard to expose

No one likes a know-it-all but it turns out that a quantum know-it-all is the worst. New research has shown that the quantum world allows you to answer questions correctly when you don

Tiny tech, big results: quantum dot solar cells increase solar conversion efficiency

The race to achieve ever-higher photovoltaic conversion ratios is, so to speak, a hot area of research. One line of research has focused on quantum dots – semiconductor nanocrystals under 2-10 nanometers (about 10-50 atoms) in diameter in which electron motion is confined in all three dimensions – as the fundamental elements of nanoscale solar cell technology.

Engineering innovative hand-held lab-on-a-chip could streamline blood testing worldwide

Biomedical engineering professors have developed an innovative strategy for an integrated microfluidic-based diagnostic device that can perform complex laboratory assays, with such simplicity that these tests can be carried out in the most remote regions of the world. Successfully tested in Rwanda, the mChip diagnoses diseases like HIV and syphilis at patients

Wake cloaking simulated in lab - objects move through water without leaving a trace

(PhysOrg.com) -- Metamaterials researchers Yaroslav Urzhumov and David Smith, working at Duke University have built a simulation of an object that can move through water without leaving a trace and claim it

Researchers identify seventh and eighth bases of dna

Researchers from the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine have identified the seventh and eighth bases of DNA. For decades, scientists

Breakthrough in quantum computing: resisting 'quantum bug'

Scientists have taken the next major step toward quantum computing, which will use quantum mechanics to revolutionize the way information is processed.

Graphite + water = the future of energy storage

A combination of two ordinary materials – graphite and water – could produce energy storage systems that perform on par with lithium ion batteries, but recharge in a matter of seconds and have an almost indefinite lifespan.

A change of heart: researchers reprogram brain cells to become heart cells

Researchers are the first to demonstrate the direct conversion of a non-heart cell type into a heart cell by RNA transfer.

First successful transplantation of a synthetic tissue engineered windpipe

For the first time in history, a patient has been given a new trachea made from a synthetic scaffold seeded with his own stem cells. The patient, a 36-year old man, is well on the way to full recovery from the recent operation in Sweden and is now being discharged from the hospital.

Scientists drag light by slowing it to speed of sound

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Glasgow have, for the first time, been able to drag light by slowing it down to the speed of sound and sending it through a rotating crystal.