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Physics is the search for and application of rules that can help us understand and predict the world around us. Central to physics are ideas such as energy, mass, particles and waves. Physics attempts to both answer philosophical questions about the nature of the universe and provide solutions to technological problems.
The astronomy and quantum information science communities met together in a one-day workshop to share experiences and ideas on how to reach the next level — the quantum level — of astronomical interferometry.
A clear picture of how and why cells inevitably lose viability is still lacking. A dynamical systems view of starving bacteria points to a continuous energy expenditure needed for maintaining the right osmotic pressure as an important factor.
A single monolayer semiconductor integrated into a plasmonic tunnel junction exhibits electroluminescence with photon energies that exceed the excitation electron potential. This phenomenon is shown to be indirectly triggered by inelastically tunnelling electrons.
A radiation damage cycle in X-ray-ionized solvated Mg ions is reported by the authors leading to production of water radicals and low-energy electrons. The Mg ion ends in its initial state quickly and can restart the cycle, multiplying the local damage.
90 years after Eugene Wigner predicted the formation of an ordered electron state, direct observations of a lattice of electrons in bilayer graphene not only verify the existence of a Wigner crystal but find unexpected physics.
The astronomy and quantum information science communities met together in a one-day workshop to share experiences and ideas on how to reach the next level — the quantum level — of astronomical interferometry.