Cooling rate triggers phase transitions in silicon surfaces
Silicon atoms on a silicon surface organize in pairs that can assume two different positions like a seesaw.…
First Direct Images of ‘Cosmic Web’ That May Weave Entire Universe
This image is a simulation based on groundbreaking new images captured by an international team of astronomers. The…
Physicists Discover Unconventional Quantum Echo in Niobium Superconductors
Physicists from Ames National Laboratory and Iowa State University have demonstrated the emergence of a Higgs echo in…
LUX-ZEPLIN experiment sets more stringent constraints on cosmic ray-boosted dark matter
The LZ central detector in the clean room at Sanford Lab after assembly, before beginning its journey underground.…
Unusual plasma waves detected above Jupiter’s north pole may finally have explanation
Top: Amplitude of the electric field fluctuations during a Juno pass over the Jupiter’s north pole. The white…
Could our galaxy be inside a giant hole? This bold theory might solve one of the universe’s biggest mysteries
Astronomers at the University of Portsmouth have a bold idea: what if Earth sits inside a massive cosmic…
How do water rings ‘bounce?’ New discovery answers decades-old question
A vortex ring of water traveling in a tank gets reflected off a water-air interface. Credit: John Zhuang…
Genuine quantum scars in many-body spin systems
Model, classical dynamics, and UPOs — Consider a chain of N spin s particles subject to a magnetic…
It’s darker than darkness — Rogue dark star defies the laws of the universe
The universe conceals many mysteries, and one of the most intriguing is how stars are powered. A star…
Physicists discover aluminum-20, a new three-proton-emitting isotope
Illustration of three-proton emission from aluminium-20. Credit: Xu Xiaodong Radioactive decay is a fundamental process in nature by…
Super Set of Supernovae Suggests Dark Energy Surprise – Berkeley Lab News Center
Scientists reanalyzed the supernovae with a sophisticated statistical method (a “Bayesian Hierarchical Model”) that can better account for…
Super-resolution femtosecond electron diffraction reveals electronic and nuclear dynamics at conical intersections
Bernardi, F., Olivucci, M. & Robb, M. A. Potential energy surface crossings in organic photochemistry. Chem. Soc. Rev.…