Physicists show tensor mesons play important role in light-on-light scattering
Light is scattered by light—via virtual particles. Credit: Vienna University of Technology Usually, light waves can pass through…
New microscope creates 3D ghost images of nanoparticles using entangled photons
The 3D quantum ghost imaging microscope setup. A laser and crystal (left) are used to make entangled photons,…
Quantum tunneling mystery solved after 100 years—and it involves a surprise collision
Recently, Professor Dong Eon Kim from POSTECH’s Department of Physics and Max Planck Korea-POSTECH Initiative and his research…
Distorted sound of the early universe suggests we are living in a giant void
Baryon acoustic oscillations represent the sound of the Big Bang. Credit: Gabriela Secara, Perimeter Institute, CC BY-SA Looking…
Scientists Finally Solved a Century-Old Quantum Puzzle: Unveiling the Electron Tunnel
In a groundbreaking study published in Physical Review Letters, researchers led by Professor Dong Eon Kim of POSTECH’s…
A new method to measure ultrafast relaxation processes in single molecules
Schematic of the experimental circuit and working mechanism. A silver STM tip probes a single pyrrolidine molecule adsorbed…
Wide-field spectroscopic imaging of optical activity
Concept and experimental workflow Figure 1 shows the conceptual scheme and the experimental setup of the polarization-sensitive off-axis…
Chinese scientists achieve breakthrough, detect rare quantum friction in folded graphene
Friction, though familiar in everyday life, remains a complex phenomenon—especially at the microscopic level. Scientists long believed it…
Did 3I/ATLAS Go Viral?. By now, I have a pretty reliable method… | by Avi Loeb | Jul, 2025
Zoom image will be displayed(Image credit: NASA) By now, I have a pretty reliable method for gauging whether…
Famous double-slit experiment holds up when stripped to its quantum essentials | MIT News
MIT physicists have performed an idealized version of one of the most famous experiments in quantum physics. Their…
German physicists control electronics with light pulses
German scientists have discovered a method to control atomically thin semiconductors using ultrashort pulses of terahertz light, rather…
Rare intermediate-mass black hole caught devouring star in distant galaxy
A Hubble Space Telescope image of a pair of galaxies: NGC 6099 (lower left) and NGC 6098 (upper…