Researchers Measure the Environment Where the First Supermassive Black Holes Formed
When the James Webb Space Telescope pointed its powerful instruments toward the early Universe, scientists were surprised by…
Researchers Observe First Real-Time Quantum Jump in Sound
Insider Brief Stanford researchers directly observed individual phonons, or quantum units of sound, making discrete energy jumps in…
Theoretical Physicist Contributes Foreword To New Channelled Book About The Cosmos As Love
Draft Cover Art [detail] for An Era in Anddemar Copyright Lee Matthews Cover Art for Soul Among the…
Potential dark matter detection gives scientists hope for study
Potential dark matter detection sparks hope in search for elusive substance Dark matter is invisible and makes up…
2D magnets convert microwaves to light for future quantum networks
A layered magnetic semiconductor could help solve one of the toughest problems in quantum networking. Researchers want to…
Astronomy’s Decades-Long Quest To Understand Cosmic Topology
If some aspects of cosmic topology turn out to be true, the idea that starships might voyage the…
Quantum Simulation Explained: Applications, Methods and Challenges
Insider Brief Quantum simulation uses quantum computers to model molecules, materials and other quantum systems that can be…
Guest Post — The Quantum Inflection Point: Charting a Science-First Roadmap for the Nation
By Dr. Darío Gil, the Under Secretary for Science at the U.S. Department of Energy. His office is…
A 1,100 plasma campaign on a spherical tokamak in Oxfordshire hit the machine’s highest pressure without a single disruption, where the real result was 4 separate ways to tame the plasma edge
A vacuum vessel in Oxfordshire shaped less like a doughnut than a cored apple. Inside it the machine…
Scientists are about to test Einstein’s gravity with exotic matter
Does gravity affect every type of particle in exactly the same way? Researchers at ETH Zurich and the…
Scientists are about to test Einstein’s gravity with exotic matter
Does gravity affect every type of particle in exactly the same way? Researchers at ETH Zurich and the…
68% of physicists don’t think the time started at the big bang
Many of the world’s greatest scientific minds remain in startling disagreement with one another about the nature of…