A collaboration between researchers from the UAB Department of Physics and the ICFO has resulted in a significant advance towards the quantum simulation of the Chern-Simons gauge theory, which explains the fractional Hall effect, one...
As time passes, glass restructures itself towards more stable configurations which can affect its properties. Given that glass has numerous practical applications, knowing how this transition takes place is highly relevant. Researchers from the UAB Department of...
The hydrogen cell can be the source of clean energy that replaces fossil fuels, but the component where the chemical reactions take place, the catalyst, requires the use of platinum, a very expensive material. Researchers from the Department of Physics, in collaboration with a research team...
Macroscopic equilibrium phenomena require microscopic movement of molecules. Until now, the dynamics of liquids had been described considering a single type of movement known as...
The constituents of dark matter remain unknown, but primordial black holes and their evaporation products are interesting candidates. IFAE and King’s College London researchers have searched signatures of these black holes in gravitational...
Since Einstein's predictions, physics had to wait 100 years for the detection of the first gravitational waves. The European Space Agency and NASA have initiated the LISA project, a mission without yet a final...
We have a good qualitative intuition about the concept of entropy, but its quantitative application to the quantum world is still a challenge for physicists. This article describes a framework for studying the second law of thermodynamics in...
In 2017 the UNESCO declared the 16th May as the International Day of Light (IDL). This celebration is focused in making the society aware of the importance of the light and light-based technologies for the well-being of the humankind. Since 2018...
Researchers from the UAB and the University of Santiago de Chile (Chile) have developed a series of porous films with a honeycomb structure in which it is possible to control the hydrophilic properties, the microstructure of the pores and the whole...
The transition from glass to liquid, due to an increase of temperature, causes changes in the dynamic properties of matter, such as viscosity, without changing its structure. Although different theories try to explain this phenomenon, according to the Materials Physics I Unit of the UAB, focused...
