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…
Confirmed-astronomers capture cosmic web for the first time and reveal hidden highways connecting galaxies in the universe
We have been looking at the sky for centuries and creating theories about how the universe holds itself…
Realization of an untrusted intermediate relay architecture using a quantum dot single-photon source
Shor, P. W. Algorithms for quantum computation: discrete logarithms and factoring. In Proc. 35th Annual Symposium on Foundations…
Competition between excitonic insulators and quantum Hall states in correlated electron–hole bilayers
Zeng, Y. & MacDonald, A. H. Electrically controlled two-dimensional electron-hole fluids. Phys. Rev. B 102, 085154 (2020). CASÂ …
El Capitan transforms complex physics into jaw-dropping detail
El Capitan, the fastest supercomputer in the world, can now simulate extreme events like shock waves or fluid…
Researchers Pinpoint A Non-Repeating FRB To Within A Few Light Years
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are some of the most powerful signals in the universe. They can emit as…
A Chinese lab starts to tackle a giant mystery in particle physics
At the foot of the thickly forested Dashi Hill, in southern China’s Guangdong province, pre-approved visitors can take…
New laser helps decode rare earth element samarium’s secret spectrum
Scientists in Germany have uncovered previously unknown properties of the rare Earth element samarium by developing a powerful…
Scientists switch on the world’s largest neutrino detector deep underground
The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) has successfully completed filling its 20,000-tons liquid scintillator detector and begun data…
What Happened Before The Big Bang? New Approach To Einstein’s Equations Might Help Us Find Out
The evidence for the Big Bang is overwhelming, but we cannot describe what goes on in that event.…