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Optical signatures of interlayer electron coherence in a bilayer semiconductor
Transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are direct-gap semiconductors that can host optically bright excitons corresponding to Coulomb-bound electron–hole pairs. Due…
AI is cooking up wild physics experiments that push science beyond human limits
AI is coming up with wild physics experiments that are pushing science beyond human limits. The Laser Interferometer…
Watching Electron Dynamics Shape Chemical Reactions
Haiwang YongDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, US August 20, 2025•…
Realization of a doped quantum antiferromagnet in a Rydberg tweezer array
Lee, P. A., Nagaosa, N. & Wen, X.-G. Doping a Mott insulator: physics of high-temperature superconductivity. Rev. Mod.…
A New Model for Early Black Hole Formation Could Revolutionize Cosmologicy
When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) commenced operations, it provided the first views of the period known…
Experimental determination of partial charges with electron diffraction
Chemical reagents The chemical reagents used in the synthesis experiments include tyrosine (C9H11NO3, 99.0 wt%, Sigma-Aldrich), histidine (C6H9N3O2, 99.0 wt%,…
Physics flipped upside down — Scientists manage to create negative mass
Negative mass was something physicists never thought they would find – let alone create. For more than a…
Astronomers have glimpsed the core of a dying star – confirming theories of how atoms are made
Astronomers have glimpsed the inner structure of a dying star in a rare kind of cosmic explosion called…
Metabolic modeling unlocks diversity of yeast for industrial biotechnology
Construction and quality analysis of the S. cerevisiae pan-genome. Credit: bioRxiv: DOI: 10.1101/2024.06.14.598782 Brewer’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) is…
Astronomers capture a record 130-year evolution of a dying star
Glowing like a multi-faceted jewel, the planetary nebula IC418 lies about 2,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation…
Physicists create stable, ‘breathing’ solitons in settings without energy conservation
Breathing nonreciprocal soliton. Credit: Physical Review X (2025). DOI: 10.1103/nrv2-9h8z Solitonic waves—waves that keep their shape and direction…