Scientists Spot a Solar Flare With Surprising Spectral Behavior
On August 19, 2022, solar astronomers using the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) on the Hawaiian island…
A Baby Star Blows A Giant Gaseous Ring
Despite all we’ve learned about star formation, the process is still riven with mystery. Our prying telescopic eyes…
Orazio Svelto (1936–2026) | Nature Photonics
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Quantum computers keep losing data. This breakthrough finally tracks it
Quantum computers hold enormous promise, but they are still far from dependable. Their biggest weakness is instability, which…
Physicists were studying empty space when flashes of “fake light” appeared where nothing should exist
Not everything that seems empty has nothing in it. The universe is a constant boiling pot of quantum…
Scientists observe particles emerging from nothing
Scientists at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider have observed particles emerging directly from empty space for the first…
Scientists Just Found a Supermassive Black Hole That Lost 95% of Its Brightness… In Just Two Decades
Astronomers have observed a distant galaxy’s supermassive black hole undergoing a dramatic transformation. The galaxy’s black hole experienced…
What if dark matter came in two states?
image: The constellation of Ursa Major (The Great Bear) is home to Messier 101, the Pinwheel Galaxy. Messier…
Japanese quantum physicist quits University of Tokyo for Hong Kong position with triple pay, 10x lab budget
He says a rival offer delivered roughly three times his Japanese pay and a research budget about 10…
Protected quantum gates using qubit doublons in dynamical optical lattices
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Superconductivity and electronic structures of nickelate thin film superstructures
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Large Hadron Collider gives scientists their best look yet at conditions right after the Big Bang
The world’s most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, has given scientists their best look yet at…