Twisted graphene reveals double-dome superconductivity controlled by electric field
Superconducting phase in twisted trilayer graphene (T = 100 mK). Credit: Nature Physics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-03040-2 Superconductivity is…
Potential smoking gun signature of supermassive dark stars found in JWST data
This image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope highlights the region of study by the JWST Advanced…
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Shows “Extreme Negative Polarization”. What Does That Mean?
A team of astronomers have presented the first polarimetric observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, finding that it has…
Turkish high school students make history at CERN with award-winning physics project
She described CERN as a place of “incredible scientific circulation,” where dozens of experiments run simultaneously. Having the…
Scientists may be closing in on dark matter’s true identity
Determining the nature of dark matter, the invisible substance that makes up most of the mass in our…
Key steps towards the realization of a high-precision optical clock based on Ni¹²⁺
Schematic of the components involved in the paper. Precise calculations allow to estimate the transition frequency with unprecedented…
Magnetic imaging under high pressure with a spin-based quantum sensor integrated in a van der Waals heterostructure
Principle of the experiment We start by studying how the optical and spin properties of \({{{\rm{V}}}}_{{{\rm{B}}}}^{-}\) centers in…
Metal bends the rules by combining electrical conductivity with optical frequency-doubling properties
Mg₃Cl₇, synthesized in a laser-heated diamond anvil cell under high pressure and temperature, was identified as a polar…
The effect of non-stoichiometry in Sb2Se3 films on their phonon and electronic properties in the infrared range
First principle calculations of electron and phonon properties of SbxSey films The calculated dielectric permittivities ε∞ (electronic contribution)…
What Lies Within? New Image From a Mysterious Galaxy Asks Big Questions
A new image of galaxy OJ 287 reveals for the first time the sharply curved, ribbon-like structure of…
Astronomers determine new origins of double-peaked emission lines in galactic centers
Simulating the full band light emitted by a binary supermassive black hole system in a transparent medium, observed…
Physicists solve mystery of loop current switching in kagome metals
Permanent nanoscale loop electrical currents in kagome metals. Credit: Kano Okada, Nagoya University Quantum metals are metals where…