“Black Hole Stars” Could Solve the Mystery of Little Red Dots
In summer 2022, just weeks after the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) began operating, astronomers noticed something unexpected…
New laser technique reveals nearly 20 previously hidden states of matter
The quantum world is already full of surprises, but a new discovery has added an entire wing to…
Ultraconfined terahertz phonon polaritons in hafnium dichalcogenides
Li, N. et al. Direct observation of highly confined phonon polaritons in suspended monolayer hexagonal boron nitride. Nat.…
The “phantom effect” in physics is finally observed in a lab
A new study reports the first experimental observation of the transverse Thomson effect – a long-hypothesized thermal effect…
MSnLib: efficient generation of open multi-stage fragmentation mass spectral libraries
Materials All solvents used were of LC–MS grade. Methanol, acetonitrile, water and formic acid were obtained from Thermo…
University of Michigan’s ZEUS Facility Unleashes 2-Petawatt Death Beam That Simulates Zettawatt-Scale Destruction
IN A NUTSHELL 🔬 The ZEUS laser at the University of Michigan has achieved a groundbreaking 2-petawatt power…
Scientists Have Summoned a Massless Demon Particle
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Physicists Introduce Concept of Neutrino Laser
Super-cooling radioactive atoms could produce a laser-like neutrino beam, according to a duo of physicists from MIT and…
France beats the world record for fusion plasma duration
France’s WEST tokamak held a hot plasma for 1,337 seconds, a little over 22 minutes. That performance matters…
A Supercomputer Just Created the Largest Universe Simulation Ever
Last month, a team of researchers put the then-fastest supercomputer in the world to work on a rather…
All-optical polarization encoding and modulation by nonlinear interferometry at the nanoscale
Neshev, D. N. & Miroshnichenko, A. E. Enabling smart vision with metasurfaces. Nat. Photonics 17, 26–35 (2023). Article …
Massive ‘domain wall’ between dimensions — The eerie signature that says it could exist
The universe has no visible boundaries, and it is currently in constant expansion. That is the reason scientists…