Powerful and precise multi-color lasers now fit on a single chip
This schematic illustration shows the diffractive element in the high-power microcomb source separating comb lines spectrally. Credit: Michal…
New study rules out binary hardening as cause of Dimorphos’s orbital period drop
Gravitational scattering of ejecta cannot explain the observed period drop of Dimorphos. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL A new…
Plasma rampdown prediction model could improve reliability of fusion power plants
A shot-by-shot breakdown of every shot in the experiment. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-63917-x Tokamaks are machines…
Physicists develop new quantum sensor at the atomic lattice scale
Working principle of the quantum electrometer. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61839-2 From computer chips to quantum dots—technological…
Physicists detect water’s ultraviolet fingerprint in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
NASA’s Swift Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS during two visits in July and August 2025. The…
Physicists just built a quantum lie detector. It works
Can you prove whether a large quantum system truly behaves according to the weird and wonderful rules of…
Nobel physics prize awarded for pioneering experiments that paved the way for quantum computers
The 2025 Nobel prize in Physics has been awarded to three scientists for the discovery of an effect…
UCSB physics professors John Martinis and Michel Devoret win 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics
UC Santa Barbara physicists John Martinis and Michel Devoret have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics.…
Supermassive Black Holes Might Not Be So Super After All
Scientists from the Australian National University have published findings that call into question basic understandings of the nature…
the last gallery component takes its place
With the arrival of the last coil termination box on 19 September and its installation three days later,…
Metal bends the rules by combining electrical conductivity with optical frequency-doubling properties
Mg₃Cl₇, synthesized in a laser-heated diamond anvil cell under high pressure and temperature, was identified as a polar…
Towards terahertz nanomechanics | Nature Communications
Pawar, A. Y., Sonawane, D. D., Erande, K. B. & Derle, D. V. Terahertz technology and its applications.…