Physics News
May 15, 2025
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May 14, 2025 — The connection between a crumpled sheet of paper and quantum technology: A research team at the EPFL in Lausanne (Switzerland) and the University of Konstanz (Germany) uses topology in microwave photonics to make improved systems of coupled cavity ...
May 14, 2025 — A new study achieves unprecedented accuracy in modelling extreme cosmic events like black hole and neutron star collisions by calculating the fifth post-Minkowskian (5PM) order, crucial for interpreting gravitational wave data from current and ...
May 13, 2025 — Quantum physics keeps challenging our intuition. Researchers have shown that joint measurements can be carried out on distant particles, without the need to bring them together. This breakthrough relies on quantum entanglement -- the phenomenon that ...
May 12, 2025 — Massive ripples in the very fabric of space and time wash over Earth constantly, although you'd never notice. An astrophysicist is trying a new search for these gravitational ...
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May 8, 2025 — Researchers have developed a technique that makes high-dimensional quantum information encoded in light more practical and reliable. The advancement ...
May 9, 2025 — An international team has pioneered a nano-3D printing method to create superconducting nanostructures, leading to groundbreaking technological ...
May 9, 2025 — Carbyne, a one-dimensional chain of carbon atoms, is incredibly strong for being so thin, making it an intriguing possibility for use in ...
May 8, 2025 — In space, energetic neutrinos are usually paired with energetic gamma rays. Galaxy NGC 1068, however, emits strong neutrinos and weak gamma rays, which presents a puzzle for scientists to solve. A ...
May 8, 2025 — The rules about magnetic order may need to be rewritten. An international team of researchers found that it was possible to turn a non-magnetic material into a magnetic material by slicing it into ...
May 8, 2025 — Data science has revolutionized the hunt for high-performing catalysts, enabling scientists to quickly identify and test suitable ...
May 7, 2025 — Using a thermal sensor smaller than a grain of sand, engineers have measured the vibrations, or phonons, within individual ...
May 7, 2025 — Physicists captured the first images of individual atoms freely interacting in space. The pictures reveal correlations among the 'free-range' particles that until now were predicted but never ...
May 6, 2025 — In the quest toward finding the correct theory of quantum gravity, physicists have been testing the holographic principle which, they say, is a key property of any valid theory of quantum ...
May 6, 2025 — Electronic devices rely on materials whose electrical properties change with temperature, making them less stable in extreme conditions. A discovery that challenges conventional wisdom in physics ...
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May 6, 2025 — Researchers recently connected their campuses with an experimental quantum communications network using two optical ...
May 6, 2025 — Researchers captured sound fields around musical triangles. They wanted to understand the physical properties of the triangle instrument, test assumptions about the contribution of the triangle ...
May 6, 2025 — Neutrinos and antineutrinos are elementary particles with small but unknown mass. High-precision atomic mass measurements have revealed that beta decay of the silver-110 isomer has a strong potential ...
May 5, 2025 — A new shortcut can help engineers design leak-proof magnetic confinement systems for fusion reactors 10 times as fast as the gold standard method, without sacrificing accuracy. While several other ...
May 5, 2025 — Researchers have developed a new quantum theory of gravity which describes gravity in a way that's compatible with the Standard Model of particle physics, opening the door to an improved ...
May 5, 2025 — In 1959, physicists James Terrell and Roger Penrose (Nobel laureate in 2020) independently concluded that fast-moving objects should appear rotated. However, this effect has never been demonstrated. ...
May 1, 2025 — A research team has developed a new technique to rapidly and accurately determine the charge state of electrons confined in semiconductor quantum dots -- fundamental components of quantum computing ...
Apr. 30, 2025 — Researchers demonstrated extremely strong nonlinear light-matter coupling in a quantum circuit. Stronger coupling enables faster quantum readout and operations, ultimately improving the accuracy of ...
Apr. 30, 2025 — Researchers have discovered a way to use mirrors to dramatically reduce the quantum noise that disturbs tiny particles -- a breakthrough that might seem magical but is rooted in quantum ...
Apr. 30, 2025 — Scientists have produced one of the most neutron-rich isotopes, hydrogen-6, in an electron scattering experiment. The experiment presents a new method for investigating light, neutron-rich nuclei and ...
Apr. 29, 2025 — Traditional methods of looking into quantum systems often require immense resources. Researchers have now developed a new technique that allows scientists to extract essential information more ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — Scientists have developed a problem-solving architecture modeled on neurobiology that leverages quantum mechanical behavior to guarantee optimal solutions to complex ...
Apr. 25, 2025 — A recent study has unraveled some of the secrets concealed within the entangled web of quantum ...
Apr. 24, 2025 — Researchers have long recognized that quantum communication systems would transmit quantum information more faithfully and be impervious to certain forms of error if nonlinear optical processes were ...
Apr. 24, 2025 — Researchers have developed a novel high-energy particle detection instrumentation approach that leverages the power of quantum sensors -- devices capable of precisely detecting single ...
Apr. 23, 2025 — Researchers developed a machine-learning model that can predict the structures of transition states of chemical reactions in less than a second, with high accuracy. Their model could make it easier ...
Apr. 22, 2025 — A research group has manipulated light through its interaction with a metal surface so that it exhibits entirely new ...
Apr. 22, 2025 — Researchers have developed a light-induced DNA detection method that enables rapid, PCR-free genetic analysis. Their technique offers ultra-sensitive mutation detection in just five minutes, reducing ...
Apr. 22, 2025 — Asymmetric interactions between molecules may serve as a stabilizing factor for biological systems. A new model reveals this regulatory role of non-reciprocity. The scientists aim to understand the ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — Researchers observe over a dozen never-before-seen quantum states in a unique quantum ...
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
- Experimental Quantum Communications Network
- Would a Musical Triangle of Any Other Shape Sound as Sweet?
- New Silver Mass Brings Us a Step Closer in Our Understanding of the Antineutrino Mass
Monday, May 5, 2025
- Big Problem for Fusion Energy Solved
- New Theory of Gravity Brings Long-Sought Theory of Everything a Crucial Step Closer
- A Snapshot of Relativistic Motion: Special Relativity Made Visible
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
- Engineers Advance Toward a Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computer
- Breakthrough in Quantum Noise Reduction
- New Method to Produce an Extremely Heavy Hydrogen Isotope
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Monday, April 28, 2025
Friday, April 25, 2025
Thursday, April 24, 2025
- Nanophotonic Platform Boosts Efficiency of Nonlinear-Optical Quantum Teleportation
- Quantum Sensors Tested for Next-Generation Particle Physics Experiments
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
- Light Fields With Extraordinary Structure: Plasmonic Skyrmion Bags
- Shining a Light on DNA: A Rapid, Ultra-Sensitive, PCR-Free Detection Method
- Activity Stabilizes Mixtures
Monday, April 21, 2025
Friday, April 18, 2025
Thursday, April 17, 2025
- Unlocking the Secrets of Superfluid: Scientists Unveil How Dipolar Interactions Shape Two-Dimensional Superfluid Behavior
- New Hybrid Materials as Efficient Thermoelectrics
- Researchers Demonstrate New Class of Quantum Materials That Are Both Metallic and One-Dimensional
- Curved Neutron Beams Could Deliver Benefits Straight to Industry
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Monday, April 14, 2025
Friday, April 11, 2025
- Astroparticle Physics: Neutrinos Weigh Less Than 0.45 Electronvolts
- Reshaping Quantum Dots Production Through Continuous Flow and Sustainable Technologies
- Maximal Entanglement Sheds New Light on Particle Creation
- Scientists Observe Exotic Quantum Phase Once Thought Impossible
- A New Era in Materials Science: Antiferromagnetic Quasicrystals Unveiled
- Breaking a Century-Old Physics Barrier: Perfect Wave Trapping With Simple Cylinders
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
- Finding Cancer's 'fingerprints'
- Scientists Discover How Stellar-Mass Black Holes Emit Powerful Plasma Jets
Monday, April 7, 2025
- Chatbot Opens Computational Chemistry to Nonexperts
- Rare Crystal Shape Found to Increase the Strength of 3D-Printed Metal
- Making the Physics of Glass More Transparent
Friday, April 4, 2025
- Researchers Improve Chemical Reaction That Underpins Products from Foods to Fuels
- Hot Schrödinger Cat States Created
- Exception to Laws of Thermodynamics
Thursday, April 3, 2025
- Physicists Uncover Electronic Interactions Mediated Via Spin Waves
- Strain 'trick' Improves Perovskite Solar Cells' Efficiency
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
- Smartphone Photo Sensors Transformed Into an Unprecedented Resolution Antimatter Camera
- Transducer Could Enable Superconducting Quantum Networks
- Study Tracks Chromium Chemistry in Irradiated Molten Salts
- Scientists Merge Two 'impossible' Materials Into New Artificial Structure
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
- Enhancing Light Control With Complex Frequency Excitations
- Metasurfaces: Bilayer Device Can Control Many Forms of Polarized Light
- Diagnosing a Dud May Lead to a Better Battery
Friday, March 28, 2025
Thursday, March 27, 2025
- Physics of Irregular Objects on Inclined Planes Probed
- Researchers Find a Way to Shield Quantum Information from 'noise'
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
- Unlocking the Potential of the Heavy Atom Effect in Metal Clusters
- Cleverly Designed Carbon Nanohoop Enables Controlled Release of Iron
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
- A Multimodal Light Manipulator
- New Type of Quantum Computer Studies the Dance of Elementary Particles
- Listen to Quantum Atoms Talk Together Thanks to Acoustics
- Gas Injection Setup in New Fusion System Is Guided by Public-Private Research
Friday, March 21, 2025
Thursday, March 20, 2025
- Researchers Capture First Laser-Driven, High-Resolution CT Scans of Dense Objects
- Muonic Atoms Unlock New Possibilities in Nuclear Physics
- Producing Nuclear Fusion Fuel Is Banned in the US for Being Too Toxic, but These Researchers Found an Alternative
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
- Quantum Heat Dynamics Toggled by Magnetic Fields
- New Study Challenges Assumptions About Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries
- Breakthrough in Materials Science: AI Reveals Secrets of Dendritic Growth in Thin Films
- Good Vibrations: Scientists Discover a Groundbreaking Method for Exciting Phonon-Polaritons
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
- Nanomaterials Used to Measure Nuclear Reaction on Radioactive Nuclei Produced in Neutron Star Collisions
- Quantum Light Source for Eco-Friendly Production of Biogas
- Eco-Friendly Method to Efficiently Convert Methane to Ethanol
Monday, March 17, 2025
- Dialing in the Temperature Needed for Precise Nuclear Timekeeping
- Scientists Tune in to Rhombohedral Graphene's Potential
- Direct Evidence Revealed for Rare Pulsing Pear-Shapes in Gadolinium Nuclei
- Twisting Atomically Thin Materials Could Advance Quantum Computers
Friday, March 14, 2025
Thursday, March 13, 2025
- How Chemistry and Force Etch Mysterious Spiral Patterns on Solid Surfaces
- Spinning, Twisted Light Could Power Next-Generation Electronics
- Reading Magnetic States Faster -- In Far Infrared
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
- New Computer Code Could Lead to Simpler, Less Costly Stellarators for Fusion Power
- Exciting Moments on the Edge
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
- Technique to Manipulate Water Waves to Precisely Control Floating Objects
- Elementary-Particle Detectors, 3D Printed
- Scientists Discover New Heavy-Metal Molecule 'berkelocene'
- Untangling Quantum Entanglement With New Calculation Formulas
Monday, March 10, 2025
- The Two Faces of Liquid Water
- Evidence of a New Phenomenon: Quantum Tornadoes in Momentum Space
- X-Ray Snapshot: How Light Bends an Active Substance
- Unlocking the Secrets of Phase Transitions in Quantum Hardware
- 'Nanodot' Control Could Fine-Tune Light for Sharper Displays, Quantum Computing
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
- Sneaky Clocks: Uncovering Einstein's Relativity in an Interacting Atomic Playground
- Quantum Dot Discovery for LEDs Brings Brighter, More Eco-Friendly Displays
- Single-Qubit Sensing Puts New Spin on Quantum Materials Discovery
- The Quest for Room-Temperature Superconductors
- Neural Network Deciphers Gravitational Waves from Merging Neutron Stars in a Second