Universe enters uncertain phase — Mysterious shift in dark energy upends cosmic fate
It is not news that our universe is a raving mass of mysteries, but a reality that even…
New study illuminates how diatoms thrive in—and light up—the Southern Ocean
An iceberg spotted near the most southern point of the research cruise’s transect highlights some of the challenges…
“Our Replication Leaves No Doubt” Physicists Uncover Long-Forgotten Experiment That Could Shatter Energy Limits Forever
IN A NUTSHELL 🌟 Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have successfully revived a forgotten 1938 experiment on…
New measurement of free neutron lifetime achieves world-record precision
Student researcher Katherine Zine from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Nathan Washecheck from North Carolina State University and…
Discarded particles dubbed ‘neglectons’ may unlock universal quantum computing
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Quantum computers have the potential to solve problems far beyond the reach of today’s…
Ultrathin metallic films show tunable, directional charge flow using light at room temperature
Epitaxial strain control of electronic anisotropy in the RuO2/TiO2 (110) heterostructure. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adw7125 In…
Modeling Planet Formation With Water Tornadoes
Sometimes the easiest way to understand the physics of a phenomenon is to make a physical model of…
Theories on dark matter’s origins point to ‘mirror world’ and universe’s edge
An artistic illustration of the mechanism proposed by Professor Stefano Profumo where quantum effects near the rapidly expanding…
Gaussian processes provide a new path toward quantum machine learning
Schematic of the main results. Credit: Nature Physics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-02883-z Neural networks revolutionized machine learning for classical…
Meet ‘lite intermediate black holes,’ the supermassive black hole’s smaller, much more mysterious cousin
Merging black holes generate gravitational waves, which astronomers can track. Credit: SXS, CC BY-ND Black holes are massive,…
Physicists discover particles that accelerate when crowded
Hundreds of 1mm metal beads are placed between two glass plates of 15 x 15 cm. Credit: Leiden…
Scientists capture real-time melting of 2D skyrmion lattices using magnetic fields
Snapshots of the skyrmion lattice during the melting: an ordered skyrmion lattice on the left while the lattice…