In a series of experiments and simulations, the researchers showed that by adjusting light intensity, timing, and spatial patterns, they can trigger crystals to form or melt on demand, decide where ...

Researchers at NYU have developed a way to use light to precisely direct how microscopic particles assemble into crystals. The findings, published today (February 24) in the Cell Press journal Chem, ...

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A dense network of sensors is looking for the fleeting footprints of neutrinos, the most mysterious in the pantheon of known particles.

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Particle never before seen on Earth detected; it could come from a primordial black hole and the origin of the universe.