In physics, breakthroughs are rare. Experiments are slow, expensive and often end up refining, rather than rewriting, our understanding of the universe. But what if the only constraint on scientific ...

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Fig.1: Schematic illustration of the experimental approach. The magnetic heterostructure is first excited by a femtosecond infrared laser pulse (2.1µm wavelength), initiating the process of ...

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Abstract: This article compares the irreversible demagnetization characteristics between parallel and radial magnetization patterns in surface-mounted PM (SPM) machines. The results show that, in ...

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There are precision measurements, and then there’s the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. In each of LIGO’s twin gravitational wave detectors (one in Hanford, Washington, and the ...

A groundbreaking collaboration between Los Alamos scientists and Duke University has resurrected a nearly forgotten 1938 experiment that may have quietly sparked the age of fusion energy. Arthur ...

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An unprecedented brain study has delivered fresh clues about consciousness—suggesting it's more about perception than planning. Two leading theories went head-to-head, but neither emerged victorious.