Here, we introduce the first experimental proof of coherent oscillation and coupling of photoswitchable molecules embedded randomly in a polymeric matrix and acting cooperatively upon illumination ...

Electric dipole moments (EDMs) are a crucial area of research in particle physics, particularly in the context of understanding the fundamental symmetries of nature. The study of EDMs is closely ...

In a study that closes a long-standing knowledge gap in fundamental science, researchers Boerge Hemmerling and Stephen Kane at the University of California, Riverside, have successfully measured the ...

Laser light is the medium of choice for bringing atoms to extremely low temperatures. In laser cooling, atoms are exposed to laser light whose energy is very slightly below the energy of a selected ...

The first stable quantum gas of molecules with large electric dipole moments has been made by physicists in the US. Unlike other quantum gases, the molecules interact with each other over relatively ...

A News of the Week article claimed that all-cis hexafluorocyclohexane (HFC) with a dipole moment equal to 6.2 debyes is “the most polar nonionic compound now known to exist” (C&EN, March 30, page 5).

Incompatible moments A spinning charge (left) acts like a loop of current to produce a magnetic dipole moment (blue arrow). Distorting the electron's charge distribution (middle) produces an electric ...