Physicists Observe Strange Quantum Rotation Effect That Defies Intuition
Like on a Ferris wheel, a powerful terahertz laser drives the atoms of a crystal along precise circular…
The “impossible” LED that could change everything
Scientists have developed a surprising new way to power materials that normally cannot conduct electricity, opening the door…
AI reveals the invisible magnetic chaos wasting energy inside electric motors
The explosive growth of electric vehicles has intensified the search for ways to make electric motors more energy…
Quantum ghost imaging works using only sunlight in stunning new experiment
Correlated and entangled photon pairs are essential tools in quantum optics. Scientists usually create these photon pairs through…
The Four Forces Of Physics
Everything you have ever touched, seen, or felt comes down to four forces. The four forces hold atoms…
There is no sound in space, but NASA records the electromagnetic vibrations of planets and converts them to audio, and Saturn sounds genuinely haunting
Don Gurnett, the principal investigator for the Radio and Plasma Wave Science instrument on NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, spent…
Did Chinese scientists simulate what could be the ‘end of the universe’?
If a certain tiny bubble suddenly appeared somewhere in the cosmos, physicists say, it could expand and erase…
Someone Asked Physicists What They Really Believe About the Universe and… Yikes
You’d hope that the world’s brightest scientific minds would more or less agree on the nature of our…
A plasma experiment made light-like waves twist, exposing a hidden rule of extreme physics
A flashlight beam cuts straight across a dark room. Light moving through a window doesn’t twist or curve…
China claims new photonic quantum computer leaves US rivals behind
Jiuzhang 4.0, China’s latest photonic quantum computer, is staking a claim to quantum supremacy. The photonic supercomputer completed…
U.S. Department of Energy Issues RFI for 2028 Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computer
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a formal Request for Information (RFI) to identify companies capable…
Cross-probing van der Waals multiferroics
Schmid, H. Multi-ferroic magnetoelectrics. Ferroelectrics 162, 317–338 (1994). Article ADS Google Scholar Fiebig, M., Lottermoser, T., Meier, D. &…