‘Pop III.1’ model explains origins of black holes and early cosmic ionization
Computer simulation of the ionized bubble around a Population III.1 supermassive star, progenitor of a supermassive black hole,…
Massive magnets are on the move: Repurposing electromagnets for research
Left to right: The BaBar solenoid magnet at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory before its move to Brookhaven. (SLAC)…
Structured light manipulates material properties and reveals atomic changes in nanocrystals
Visualization of strain and cracking in a bismuth tungstate nanoparticle under various environmental conditions. Credit: Advanced Materials (2025).…
Ultrafast Levitation Achieved in New Frictionless Device Developed by Japanese Researchers
A new method for achieving ultrafast, frictionless levitation has been developed by Japanese researchers at Yokohama National University,…
Coral skeletons show sea-level rise began accelerating earlier than previously thought
An NUS-led study has confirmed corals to be reliable indicators of relative sea-level changes, making them a powerful…
Astronaut catches gigantic jet on camera
Left: Gigantic Jet Event from the International Space Station, taken by NASA Astronaut Nichole Ayers. (Credit: Ayers) Right:…
Astronomers spot the ‘Eye of Sauron’ in deep space
The “Eye of Sauron”: plasma jet in the blazar PKS 1424+240, threaded by a nearly perfect toroidal magnetic…
Atomic-scale visualization of strain-tailored noncollinear spin textures in an antiferromagnetic ultrathin film
Growth of Mn atomic bilayer on Ag(111) Figure 1a represents the STM topographic overview of 1.0 ± 0.1 atomic layers of…
Astrophysicist Proposes Interstellar Mission to Study Black Holes
In a new paper published in the journal iScience, an astrophysicist from Fudan University discusses the possibility of…
New quantum phonon interference sets stage for next-gen sensors
Researchers at Rice University and their collaborators have achieved a groundbreaking demonstration of strong interference between phonons, the…
New 3D topological phase of matter exhibits anomalous symmetry at non-zero temperatures
Image depicting the phase transition that occurs in our model as a function of the temperature. The model…
Fractional computing | Nature Physics
We highlight how an abstract piece of condensed-matter physics — the fractional quantum Hall effect — may be…