Physicists have used a new optical centrifuge to control the rotation of molecules suspended in liquid helium nano-droplets, bringing them a step closer to demystifying the behavior of exotic, ...
In a spin: the optical centrifuge. (Courtesy: A&nbsp;Milner, A&nbsp;Korobenko and V&nbsp;Milner / <i>Phys. Rev. Lett.</i>) A dense molecular gas has been rapidly magnetized using light. Done by ...
The first ever camera footage from inside a centrifuge has revealed a new mystery in the physics of fluids. A centrifuge is a standard piece of laboratory equipment that spins fluid samples at high ...
Manu Prakash was visiting a health clinic in Uganda when he noticed a centrifuge–an expensive piece of lab equipment–propping the door open. “They were using it as a doorstop, because of course it had ...
Physicists in Germany have developed a technique for producing the first ever near-continuous beams of molecules slowed and cooled to a temperature of just one degree above absolute zero. The method, ...
Matthew Hole is a professor at Australian National University's Mathematical Sciences Institute and School of Computing. Professor Hole holds degrees in physics, mathematics, and electrical ...
To make a uranium-based weapon, technicians have to take uranium ore and extract certain rare types of atoms. One tool that does that is a centrifuge: a metal tube that spins at nearly the speed of ...