A physicist discovers that all objects, even soap bubbles, break in the same pattern.
The distribution of fragments of a shattering object becomes predictable Fragmentation has long been of interest to scientists,…
How Black Holes Slowly Starve Galaxies
Galaxies don’t always die dramatically. Sometimes they fade away, slowly strangled by the very black holes at their…
Impact of electronic correlations on the superconductivity of high-pressure CeH9
Ashcroft, N. W. Metallic hydrogen: A high-temperature superconductor? Phys. Rev. Lett. 21, 1748–1749 (1968). Article CAS Google Scholar …
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Quantum metrology at NPL: we explore the challenges and opportunities – Physics World Skip to main content Discover…
The Surprising Heat of Early Clusters
Galaxy clusters aren’t supposed to be scorching hot when they’re young. Like infants, they should need time to…
Emergent topological semimetal from quantum criticality
Fundamental experimental1,2,3,4 and theoretical5,6,7,8 discoveries have led to the development of the flourishing field of topological quantum matter9,10,11,12,13.…
Flare as bright as 10 trillion Suns caused by supermassive black hole consuming an enormous star
Astronomers have broken two records at once by spotting the largest and the most distant flare ever seen,…
A Supernova That Shouldn’t Exist
When stars at least thirty times the mass of our Sun reach the end of their lives, astronomers…
An electrically injected solid-state surface acoustic wave phonon laser
Morgan, D. Surface Acoustic Wave Filters: With Applications to Electronic Communications and Signal Processing (Academic Press, 2010). Hashimoto,…
Trapping of single atoms in metasurface optical tweezer arrays
Kaufman, A. M. & Ni, K.-K. Quantum science with optical tweezer arrays of ultracold atoms and molecules. Nat.…
Strange ‘Little Red Dots’ in Space Have a Mind-Boggling Explanation, Scientists Discover
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Pushing China’s EAST Tokamak Past The Greenwald Density Limit
Getting a significant energy return from tokamak-based nuclear fusion reactors depends for a large part on plasma density,…