1,000x more efficient tabletop laser could power future nuclear clocks
Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have demonstrated a new type of vacuum ultraviolet laser that is…
Looking for Supermassive Black Hole Binaries with a Flash of Starlight
Most galaxies have a supermassive black hole at their center, but some galaxies have two. These supermassive binaries…
Astronomers witness magnetar birth for first time
Astronomers have for the first time witnessed the birth of one of the universe’s most extreme objects: a…
How the twist of a molecule affects electron spin
Since the discovery was first reported in 1999, researchers have uncovered many aspects of the chiral-induced spin selectivity…
Quantum spin study reveals a previously unknown state of matter
At temperatures approaching absolute zero, most magnetic materials settle into tidy patterns. Their tiny magnetic moments, or spins,…
Astronomers have discovered a collision between two neutron stars in a small galaxy
ⓘ Mikkehouse – Pixabay An artist’s illustration showing a neutron star. Recently, astronomers have discovered a collision between…
Invisible magnets could make computers 1,000x faster using light
Researchers have potentially discovered a way to make computers process data about 1,000 times faster after evaluating so-called…
Finding Gold In A Stellar Explosion
Our first satellites were little more than repeater stations that propagated our radio and tv signals around the…
The 19th-century mathematical clue that led to quantum mechanics
Yet Hamilton’s reputation during his lifetime was built on work he completed much earlier. In the 1820s and…
Simulation of a Floquet non-Abelian topological insulator with photonic quantum walks
Qi, X.-L. & Zhang, S.-C. Topological insulators and superconductors. Rev. Mod. Phys. 83, 1057–1110 (2011). Article ADS Google…
Black hole and neutron star mergers push the laws of physics with their odd orbits
Scientists have discovered that before black holes collide with neutron stars and merge, these extreme stellar remnants can…
The block universe: a theory where every moment already exists
JIM AL-KHALILI:Â My name is Jim Al-Khalili and I’m Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Surrey. My…