Evidence of “negative time” observed in quantum experiments
Scientists just measured something that sounds impossible. When light passes through atoms, it can spend what appears to…
Mysterious Radio Bursts Unveil Hidden Cosmic Matter Between Galaxies
Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery that unveils one of the universe’s greatest mysteries: the elusive ordinary matter…
Spin-orbit coupling in van der Waals materials for optical vortex generation
Figure 1a schematically illustrates the creation of optical vortices via spin-orbit coupling in the hBN crystal. As shown…
2025 One Hertz Challenge: Timekeeping At One Becquerel
The Becquerel (Bq) is an SI unit of radioactivity: one becquerel is equivalent to one radioactive decay per…
Magnetically induced convection enhances water electrolysis in microgravity
General notes All aqueous solutions were prepared with ultrapure water (18.2 MΩ cm, Veolia). Chemicals were purchased with an analytical…
Strange new shapes may rewrite the laws of physics
How can the behavior of elementary particles and the structure of the entire universe be described using the…
Noncollinear harmonic spectroscopy reveals crossover of strong-field effects
Figure 1a illustrates the generation of ultrahigh order wave-mixing photons resulting from the superposition of an intense fundamental field…
This Bright Dot May Be an Entirely New Type of Space Object
At first, the dot looked like any other star. Then the astrophysicists switched to polarized light and found…
These Chunks of Ice Move All By Themselves, Thanks to a Cool Engineering Trick
It looks like something straight out of a Ouija board horror movie, but frosty—researchers have figured out how…
Quasicrystals Spill Secrets of Their Formation
“That’s just freaking awesome. It’s a really clever thing,” Glotzer said. “Until now, no one has ever successfully…
What really happens beyond a black hole’s event horizon?
For decades, scientists have stared into the darkness of black holes, yet one question continues to haunt astronomy:…
Astronomers Search for Dark Matter Using Far Away Galaxies
In the 1960s, astronomers theorized that the Universe was filled with a mysterious mass that did not interact…