Catching Ghost Particles in Real Time
Deep beneath the ice at the South Pole sits one of the world’s most extraordinary scientific instruments: the…
harnessing the diagnostic power of positronium imaging – Physics World
Towards quantum PET: harnessing the diagnostic power of positronium imaging – Physics World Skip to main content Discover…
Flexoelectricity and surface ferroelectricity of water ice
Bartels-Rausch, T. et al. Ice structures, patterns, and processes: a view across the icefields. Rev. Mod. Phys. 84,…
Chemical tuning of quantum spin–electric coupling in molecular magnets
The Mn(Me6tren)X compounds The crystallographic structure of Cl derivative 1 is the same as that reported for its…
Tiny hologram inside a fiber lets scientists control light with incredible precision
Precise control of light focus is essential for applications ranging from microscopy and laser surgery to quantum optics…
Attosecond control and measurement of chiral photoionization dynamics
Chirality is traditionally viewed as a structural property of matter. The spatial arrangement of atoms in molecules and…
Scientists just created spacetime crystals made of knotted light
An internationally joint research group between Singapore and Japan has unveiled a blueprint for arranging exotic, knot-like patterns…
A New Theory of the Universe’s Origins Without Inflation
How exactly did the universe start and how did these processes determine its formation and evolution? This is…
Famous double-slit experiment gets its cleanest test yet – Physics World
Famous double-slit experiment gets its cleanest test yet – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from…
First measurement of X-ray polarization from a magnetar outburst
NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) measured X-ray polarization during an outburst from the magnetar 1E 1841-045, marking…
Astrophysicists Find No ‘Hair’ on Black Holes
In 2012, physicists showed that this paradox is tightly linked to the nature of the event horizon. They’d…
Ultrafast decoupling of polarization and strain in ferroelectric BaTiO3
Photoinduced structural dynamics Our sample consists of a coherently strained, monodomain BaTiO3 (BTO) thin film, grown on a…