Experiments Refute Dark Matter Claim
September 17, 2025• Physics 18, s117 Two direct-detection experiments see no evidence of a signal reported by their…
Dust-shrouded quasars reveal secrets of early universe
Astronomers have discovered a hidden population of quasars – supermassive black holes blazing from the universe’s childhood –…
What are the ‘magic numbers’ in nuclear physics, and why are they so powerful?
Some atoms are stable, while others seem to fall apart. Lead-208 will probably last forever, while the synthetic…
Unprecedented ‘Einstein Cross’ Reveals Fifth Ghost Image and a Dark Matter Surprise
When gravity—an invisible yet ubiquitous force—bends and distorts light from distant galaxies, Earthbound observers get a rare glimpse…
Physicists just found a way to make “something from nothing”
In 1951, physicist Julian Schwinger theorized that by applying a uniform electrical field to a vacuum, electron-positron pairs…
Top quarks embrace in quasi-bound toponium – Physics World
Top quarks embrace in quasi-bound toponium – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World…
This Giant Subterranean Neutrino Detector Is Taking On the Mysteries of Physics
Located 700 meters underground near the city of Jiangmen in southern China, a giant sphere—35 meters in diameter…
Constant-overhead magic state distillation | Nature Physics
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Terahertz field control of surface topology probed with subatomic resolution
Basov, D. N., Averitt, R. D. & Hsieh, D. Towards properties on demand in quantum materials. Nat. Mater.…
Artificial gauge fields in photonics
Yang, C. N. in Selected Papers of Chen Ning Yang II, 78–92 (World Scientific, 2013). Aidelsburger, M., Nascimbene,…
M87* : Magnetic Flip Seen Around First Photographed Black Hole Pushes “Models To The Limit”
The first image of a black hole was of M87*, the supermassive monster at the center of the…
Gravitational waves help scientists measure newborn black hole’s ‘kick’
The historic finding comes about a decade after the first detection of gravitational waves performed by a famous…