Engines of light: New study suggests we could increase useful energy obtained from sunlight

Physicists from Trinity College Dublin believe new insights into the behavior of light may offer a new means of solving one ...
Space.com

Is dark matter made of mysterious 'ghost particles?' Galaxy clusters could hold the answer

"WIMPs are still the leading candidate for dark matter, but billions of dollars of experiments have been done, only getting ...

Replication efforts suggest 'smoking gun' evidence isn't enough to prove quantum computing claims

A group of scientists, including Sergey Frolov, professor of physics at the University of Pittsburgh, and co-authors from ...

Physicists Discover a Quantum System That Refuses To Heat Up

An experiment with ultracold atoms reveals that a strongly driven quantum system doesn’t always heat up as expected. In daily ...
IEEE

Integrating Technology Acceptance Model With UTAUT to Increase the Explanatory Power of the Effect of HCI on Students’ Intention to Use E-Learning System and Perceive Success

Abstract: This study aimed to investigate the potential human-computer interaction factors (HCI) affecting students’ behavioural intentions (BI) to use the e-learning system and perceive success. This ...
Interesting Engineering

Video: YouTuber captures ‘lightning in a bottle’ using particle accelerator

The phrase “lightning in a bottle” is usually used as a metaphor for something rare or impossible to reproduce. In a recent YouTube experiment, a creator known as Electron Impressions gave the phrase ...
IEEE

State-of-Charge Estimation of Lithium-Ion Batteries Using an Adaptive Particle Filter Based on an Improved Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm

Abstract: The state of charge (SOC) of lithium-ion batteries is a crucial parameter in battery management systems (BMSs). The particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm boasts advantages such as fast ...