Particle, Atomic & Molecular Physics

Muon Results Throw Physicists’ Best Theories into Confusion

Scientific American: Physicists should be ecstatic right now. Taken at face value, the surprisingly strong magnetism of the elementary particles called muons, revealed by an experiment this month, suggests that the established theory of fundamental particles is incomplete. If the discrepancy…

Disorder enhances transport in 1D systems, calculations reveal

Physics World: Under the right conditions, the transport of electrical charges through wires with nanometre-scale thicknesses could become more efficient as disorder in the nanowire increases. This counterintuitive behaviour could be possible following a theoretical discovery made by physicists in Italy…

Transistor-like device controls graphene’s electronic properties

Physics World: Researchers in Germany and Spain have created a transistor-like device that uses a small voltage to control the strength and frequency of electronic signals transmitted through graphene. The feat, which is detailed in Science Advances, marks an important step…

Majorana-based quantum computation gets a handy new platform

Physics World: The errors that arise from the volatile nature of quantum technologies are a major roadblock on the path to practical quantum computing. We can imagine getting past this blockade by driving straight through it, using a car built to…