What is the Quantum vacum state?
Quantum vacuum state is the quantum state with the lowest possible energy. Generally, it contains no physical particles. The QED…
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What Is a Tokamak?
A tokamak is a machine that confines a plasma using magnetic fields in a donut shape that scientists call a…
Compact Fusion Power Plant Concept Uses State-of-the-Art Physics To Improve Energy Production
Fusion power plants use magnetic fields to hold a ball of current-carrying gas (called a plasma). This creates a miniature…
What The Heck Is a Neutron Star?
As many as one in every hundred stars in the Milky Way is of the ‘neutron’ variety. These are objects…
Can you jump the information bar to travel faster than light?
According to a new hypothesis carried out in a research by the University of Göttingen, it is opening the debate…
Physicists may have discovered the ‘new force of nature’ in the LHC’s experiment
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) generated worldwide excitement in March, when particle physicists reported tantalizing evidence of a new physics…
After 50-Year International Hunt, Physicists Discover Mythical Odderon Particle
A never-before-seen particle has revealed itself in the hot guts of two particle colliders, confirming a half-century-old theory.Scientists predicted the…
Exotic magnetic states in miniature dimensions
We are all used to the idea that simpler units in nature interact to form complex structures. Take, for example,…
What is a Tesla coil?
Tesla coil is an electrical resonant transformer circuit designed by inventor Nikola Tesla in 1899. It is used to produce…
What are the Quasiparticles?
Quasiparticles (related to fermions) and collective excitations (related to bosons) are emergent phenomena that occur when a microscopically complicated system…