Researchers have known for some time of monochromatic light beams, such as Laguerre-Gauss beams, which carry orbital angular momentum also have a helical phase profile. According to Ole Steuernagel of the University of Hertfordshires Science and Technology Research Institute, UK, have helical wave fronts and can be made visible using interferometry. Such dark helices can […]
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Scientists discover dielectron charging of water nano-droplet - Scientists have discovered fundamental steps of charging of nano-sized water droplets and unveiled the long-sought-after mechanism of hydrogen emission from irradiated water. Photosystems made using ’3D Tetris’ - Scientists in Switzerland have designed self-sorted multicomponent surface architectures for supramolecular organic photosystems that are 40 times more active […]
Quantum leap: Magnetic properties of a single proton directly observed for the first time - Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz, together with their colleagues from the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg and the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, have observed spin quantum-jumps […]
Scientists develop a fatty ‘kryptonite’ to defeat multidrug-resistant ‘Super bugs’ - A team of Canadian scientists have discovered that specific mixtures of antimicrobial agents presented in lipid (fatty) mixtures can significantly boost the effectiveness of those agents to kill the resistant bacteria. Schoolchildren to test local water quality in biggest-ever chemistry experiment - A worldwide […]
DNA can discern between two quantum states, research shows - Research, which appeared recently in Science, shows that a biological molecule — DNA — can discern between quantum states known as spin. Caltech researchers build largest biochemical circuit out of small synthetic DNA molecules - Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have built […]
The ‘molecular octopus’: A little brother of ‘Schroedinger’s cat’ - For the first time, the quantum behaviour of molecules consisting of more than 400 atoms was demonstrated by quantum physicists based at the University of Vienna in collaboration with chemists from Basel and Delaware. Neutral atoms made to act like electrically charged particles - Completing […]