Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) detectors, introduced by Prof. Fabio Sauli in 1997, have become essential tracking devices in ...

Researchers have developed an innovative technique using a radioactive source that can simplify the study of radiation effects on Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) detectors, a crucial step in nuclear and ...

The phase and the group velocity of light propagating in conventional optical media cannot exceed the speed of light in vacuum. However, in so-called epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) materials, light exhibits ...

The largest solar storm in two decades hit Earth in May 2024. For several days, wave after wave of high-energy charged ...

Rock and dust samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu contain organic matter and a variety of minerals crucial to the emergence of life ...

In recent years, there have been attempts to describe the inside of a proton using quantum information tools, with partial ...

Physicists know from previous experiments that what happens at the nuclear scale to protons and neutrons also affects their ...

By twisting layers of graphene, researchers discovered a unique electronic crystal where electrons freeze in place yet allow ...

Low-density lipoproteins (LDL) - commonly known as bad cholesterol - have long been on scientists' radar as a major contributor to heart disease.

In a first, US researchers have observed fractional excitons, a new class of quantum particles, that were only theoretically ...

Electrons have a hidden feature — spin — that could revolutionize technology. Magnets can control it, but researchers are now ...