Superfluids are a fascinating topic in modern physics research. Governed by quantum mechanics and known for their frictionless flow, superfluids have intrigued scientists with their unusual properties and far-reaching applications.

Researchers from FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, led by Professor Wei Guo, have achieved a groundbreaking milestone in studying how vortices move in these quantum fluids.

Yuan Tang, a postdoctoral researcher working with Wei Guo, an associate professor in mechanical engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and Florida State University, received the prestigious Peter Kapitza Award from the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR).  

Training medical professionals in a virtual environment recently became more realistic with artificial intelligence (AI) that provides instant feedback and team interaction during mock operations.

To hear an axion, you have to be listening very, very carefully.

These hypothetical elementary particles may be responsible for some or all dark matter in the universe, so there is strong support in the physics community to find one, but it’s not easy because their energy inputs are so minuscule.

Florida A&M University and FAMU-FSU College of Engineering alumnus Asegun Henry—a contributor to two world records—recently received the Alan T. Waterman Award, which is the highest honor that the National Science Foundation can bestow on early-career engineers and scientists.

“It feels vindicating,” 41-year-old Henry, a Tallahassee native and Massachusetts Institute Technology professor, told the Democrat.

Toshiaki Kanai, a graduate research student working with Wei Guo, an associate professor in mechanical engineering, won the best poster award at the Florida State University Quantum and Science Symposium. Kanai received the award for his research on a theoretical study on electron-neon qubit quantum states. 

Griffin Bradford, a doctoral student in materials science at Florida State University, received the overall Tony DiBenedetto Student Employee of the Year (SEOTY) for 2023 from the FSU Career Center.

The spiral-shaped bacteria Helicobacter pylori are common and troublesome.

More than 13 percent of Americans have an H. pylori infection, although rates vary with age, race and socioeconomic status. The microorganism uses its corkscrew-like tail to power forward through viscous fluids such as stomach mucus. When it arrives at the epithelium of the stomach wall, it can cause everything from ulcers to cancer.