New measurement of free neutron lifetime achieves world-record precision
Student researcher Katherine Zine from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Nathan Washecheck from North Carolina State University and…
Discarded particles dubbed ‘neglectons’ may unlock universal quantum computing
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Quantum computers have the potential to solve problems far beyond the reach of today’s…
Ultrathin metallic films show tunable, directional charge flow using light at room temperature
Epitaxial strain control of electronic anisotropy in the RuO2/TiO2 (110) heterostructure. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adw7125 In…
Modeling Planet Formation With Water Tornadoes
Sometimes the easiest way to understand the physics of a phenomenon is to make a physical model of…
Theories on dark matter’s origins point to ‘mirror world’ and universe’s edge
An artistic illustration of the mechanism proposed by Professor Stefano Profumo where quantum effects near the rapidly expanding…
Gaussian processes provide a new path toward quantum machine learning
Schematic of the main results. Credit: Nature Physics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-02883-z Neural networks revolutionized machine learning for classical…
Meet ‘lite intermediate black holes,’ the supermassive black hole’s smaller, much more mysterious cousin
Merging black holes generate gravitational waves, which astronomers can track. Credit: SXS, CC BY-ND Black holes are massive,…
Physicists discover particles that accelerate when crowded
Hundreds of 1mm metal beads are placed between two glass plates of 15 x 15 cm. Credit: Leiden…
Scientists capture real-time melting of 2D skyrmion lattices using magnetic fields
Snapshots of the skyrmion lattice during the melting: an ordered skyrmion lattice on the left while the lattice…
Quantum framework offers new approach to analyzing complex network data
QTSP, which is at the core of ranking algorithms, processes higher-order data. This data is represented as graphs…
Control of collective activity to crystallize an oscillator gas
Toner, J., Tu, Y. & Ramaswamy, S. Hydrodynamics and phases of flocks. Ann. Phys. 318, 170–244 (2005). ADS …
Physicists finally unveil what lightning really hides
Lightning, with its spectacular flash, carries more than just legends. Throughout the centuries, it has fascinated and frightened,…