CERN tests quantum microwire detectors for next-generation colliders
Researchers in the US have revealed that an emerging class of quantum sensors, called superconducting microwire single-photon detectors…
What Goes On Inside A Massive Star Before It Explodes As A Supernova?
When most people think of a supernova, they’re thinking of a Type II core-collapse supernova. These are massive…
Dynamical stability by spin transfer in nearly isotropic magnets
Kapitza, P. L. Dynamic stability of a pendulum when its point of suspension vibrates. Sov. Phys. JETP 21,…
The Sun Is ‘Glitching.’ Scientists Investigated and Solved a Cosmic Mystery
Scientists have peered inside the Sun and observed subtle shifts and “glitches” that have occurred over four decades,…
The Color of a Concert Hall Actually Changes The Way You Hear Music
The virtual concert hall presented to the participants in different color schemes. Credit: The Journal of the Acoustical…
Scientists Have Found What’s Really Inside Cosmic Voids, And It’s Anything But Empty
In the vast expanse of the universe, there are regions so empty they seem like the definition of…
Creating An Ultra-Stable Lunar Clock With A Cryogenic Silicon Cavity Laser
Phase-coherent lasers are crucial for many precision tasks, including timekeeping. Here on Earth the most stable optical oscillators…
A universal scheme to self-test any quantum state or measurement
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A flash of laser light flips a magnet in major light-control breakthrough
Researchers at the University of Basel and ETH Zurich have demonstrated a way to reverse the polarity of…
⚫️ First observation of an intermediate-mass black hole in action?
An unusual luminous flash caught the attention of astronomers in July 2025. During this event, an X-ray source…
Isaac Newton, scientist: “A man can imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true”
Isaac Newton, born Dec. 25, 1642, in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, is widely regarded as one of history’s most…
Physicists discover long-predicted ‘clock magnetism’ in an atomically thin crystal
image: When researchers at UT Austin coaxed an atomically thin sheet of nickel phosphorus trisulfide to enter a…