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Qubits as valves: Controlling quantum heat engines
Researchers from Aalto University are designing nano-sized quantum heat engines to explore whether they may be able to outperform...
Jul 9, 20182 min read


New insights bolster Einstein's idea about how heat moves through solids
A discovery by scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory supports a century-old theory by Albert Einstein...
Jul 6, 20182 min read


The photoelectric effect in stereo
When a photon hits a material, it can eject an electron from it provided it has enough energy. Albert Einstein found the theoretical...
Jul 2, 20183 min read


Interaction of paired and lined-up electrons can be manipulated in semiconductors
The way that electrons paired as composite particles or arranged in lines interact with each other within a semiconductor provides new...
Jun 24, 20182 min read


Is Nature Exclusively Left Handed? Using Chilled Atoms to Find Out
The Science The study of how atoms radioactively decay has played a critical role in developing the standard model, our modern...
Jun 23, 20183 min read


Superconducting vortices quantize ordinary metal
Russian researchers together with their French colleagues discovered that a genuine feature of superconductors -- quantum Abrikosov...
Jun 23, 20183 min read
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