Metal bends the rules by combining electrical conductivity with optical frequency-doubling properties
Mg₃Cl₇, synthesized in a laser-heated diamond anvil cell under high pressure and temperature, was identified as a polar…
Twisted graphene reveals double-dome superconductivity controlled by electric field
Superconducting phase in twisted trilayer graphene (T = 100 mK). Credit: Nature Physics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-03040-2 Superconductivity is…
Floquet Chern insulators based on nonlinear photonic crystals achieved
Linear characterization of AlGaAs PhCs. a, Scanning electron microscope images of the fabricated AlGaAs PhC. b, Angle-resolved linear…
Supercomputer simulations pierce mysteries of galactic nuclei
Supermassive black holes constantly pump dust, gas and heat into their environments, creating accretion disks like this one.…
‘Fingerprint matrix’ method uncovers what lies beneath the sand
Left: Artistic impression of metal spheres buried in small glass beads. Middle: Conventional ultrasound picture. Right: With the…
Could dark energy change over time? Supercomputer simulations challenge ΛCDM assumption
Dark energy is responsible for the expansion of the Universe, but its true nature is still a subject…
Most powerful ‘odd radio circle’ to date discovered
A still image from the animation of RAD J131346.9+500320. Credit: RAD@home Astronomy Collaboratory (India) The most distant and…
Antarctic Sea ice emerges as key predictor of accelerated ocean warming
Left: a strong relationship was found between historical Antarctic sea ice extent and future global ocean heat uptake…
Laser pulses in graphene control electrons with lightning speed and nanometer precision
Ground-state properties of System 2. Credit: Physical Review Research (2025). DOI: 10.1103/dtk9-xv6n A research team in Kiel has…
Extreme pressure pushes honeycomb crystal toward quantum spin liquid, hinting at new qubit designs
Topologically protected quantum spin liquid under extreme pressure in diamond anvil cell. Honeycomb structure shown with frustrated and…
Spontaneous emission behaves contrary to predictions in photonic time crystals
Spontaneous emission decay rate (left) and spontaneous emission excitation rate (right) when a quantum emitter (or atom) is…
Parallel atom-photon entanglement paves way for future quantum networking
The researchers’ vision for parallelized networking with atom array processors using fiber, detector and BS arrays. Credit: The…