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Researchers build world’s smallest interferometer to measure how X-rays and atomic nuclei interact

The researchers study the performance of the PLATON demonstrator by characterising its spatial resolution with data collected in the laboratory for light intensities ranging from a few hundred down to five detected photons.

An international team at GSI/FAIR has observed for the first time an exotic bound state of a carbon-11 nucleus and an η′ meson, held together solely by the strong interaction. The discovery confirms a 20-year-old prediction and reveals that the η′ meson mass decreases inside nuclear matter, offering new insight into the origin of mass in strongly interacting particles.

Quantum physicists at ANU have observed helium atoms entangled in motion for the first time, demonstrating that massive particles with gravity can exist in two places at once and interfere with themselves. This milestone advances quantum mechanics experiments beyond photons, opening new paths to explore the interface between quantum physics and gravity.

Electrons can be ‘kicked across’ solar materials at almost the fastest speed nature allows, scientists have discovered – challenging long-held theories about how solar energy systems work. The finding could help researchers design more efficient ways of harvesting sunlight and converting it into electricity. In experiments capturing events lasting just 18 femtoseconds – less than 20 quadrillionths of a second – researchers at the University of Cambridge observed charge separa

The team developed a platform that uses powerful X-rays from the lab’s LCLS X-ray laser to resolve for the first time the evolution of instabilities in high-density plasmas.