A New View Of The “Cosmic Grapes” Is Challenging Our Theories Of How Galaxies Form
Thanks to the natural magnification from gravitational lensing, researchers have been able to study a small galaxy from…
100 Years Later, Quantum Science Is Still Weird
IRA FLATOW: This is Science Friday. I’m Ira Flatow. 100 years ago this summer, physicist Werner Heisenberg wrote…
Scientists just recreated the universe’s first ever molecules — and the results challenge our understanding of the early cosmos
This story was provided by Live Science, a sister site of Space.com. For the first time, researchers have…
Observing the dynamics of quantum states generated inside nonlinear optical cavities
Experimental setup Here, we briefly introduce our experimental setup. More detailed description of the setup can be found…
Near-infrared photon-triggered CH4-to-CH3OH conversion over plasmonic oxyselenides
Structural and photo-physical characterizations The crystal structure of triclinic CuSeO3 with space group P1 is illustrated in Fig. 1a.…
The particle that may finally unlock universal quantum computing
Quantum computers promise speed, but they still struggle with reliability. Qubits are sensitive, and small disturbances can scramble…
Constraints on axion-like particles from active galactic nuclei seen through galaxy clusters
ALP propagation equations In this section, we summarize the key theoretical ingredients relevant to the studies of ALPs…
Gravity vs Quantum Physics: Researchers Say They are Closing in on “One of the Most Important Outstanding Problems”
In a new roundup of promising advances in quantum physics, researchers are revealing the upcoming cutting-edge studies they…
A Cosmic Noon Puzzle: Why Did Cosmic Noon Galaxies Emit So Many Cosmic Rays?
Answers to some of cosmology’s most pressing questions are obscured by simple dust. It concerns the Cosmic Noon,…
New Theory Points to the Universe’s Greatest Fireworks Show
Imagine the entire universe suddenly blazing with light in a flash that lasted just a brief moment in…
If nothing escapes a black hole, could one really swallow the entire universe?
In reality, a black hole’s gravitational influence is limited. Like any other massive object, its pull weakens with…
Unconventional scaling of the orbital Hall effect
Manchon, A. et al. Current-induced spin-orbit torques in ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic systems. Rev. Mod. Phys. 91, 035004 (2019).…