A special type of laser spectroscopy has been used by researchers in Australia to measure the velocities of atoms in caesium vapour. The technique could allow researchers to infer both the temperature ...

Over the past decades, physicists and quantum engineers introduced a wide range of systems that perform desired functions ...

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This summer has been hot—one of the hottest on record—and it's probably just going to keep getting hotter. I feel like we are getting to the point where air-conditioning isn't just something nice to ...

Highspeed Internet, autonomous driving, the Internet of Things: data streams are proliferating at enormous speed. But classic ...

Melting gold normally requires temperatures upwards of 1,064° C (1,947° F), but physics is never quite that simple. A team of researchers has now found a way to melt gold at room temperature using an ...

Ever since the fundamental laws of thermodynamics were formulated and the concepts of temperature and entropy properly understood, the realization of increasingly ordered states of matter — a coveted ...

Drexel University's master's (MS) and doctoral (PhD) degrees in Physics offer students a comprehensive graduate education and the opportunity to engage in leading scientific research. Faculty in the ...