New ‘physics shortcut’ lets laptops tackle quantum problems once reserved for supercomputers and AI
Physicists have developed a way to model quantum systems on everyday computers, making it easier to run complex…
Scientists Uncover Mind-Blowing Magnetic Behavior
In a groundbreaking study, researchers have shown that the magnetic component of light plays a key role in…
Ask Ethan: Can we ever observe a proton decaying?
Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he…
“Exceptional” 5.5-Million-Light-Year-Long Cosmic Structure May Be Largest Rotating Structure Ever Identified
A team of researchers believe they have identified a large, rotating structure 140 million light-years away from Earth.…
Twist-induced non-Hermitian topology of exciton–polaritons
Hasan, M. Z. & Kane, C. L. Colloquium: topological insulators. Rev. Mod. Phys. 82, 3045–3067 (2010). Article ADS …
Geometry-induced spin chirality in a non-chiral ferromagnet at zero field
Sample preparation The magnetic chiral tubes were fabricated by combining TPL and ALD. We applied the additive manufacturing…
Why is the universe made of matter? These ‘ghost particle’ experiments could help us find out
Scientists have inched a step closer to solving an enduring mystery in physics — why the universe contains…
Acoustic Levitation Breakthrough Uses Sound to “Float” Multiple Objects in Midair
Austrian scientists working to perfect acoustic levitation have broken through a critical barrier by using electrical charges, allowing…
Astronomers capture the ‘invisible’ corona of a black hole
Astronomers have found a way to measure the hot corona around a distant supermassive black hole. The black…
Ultrafast time-resolved observation of non-thermal current-induced switching in an antiferromagnetic Weyl semimetal
Satoh, T. et al. Spin oscillations in antiferromagnetic NiO triggered by circularly polarized light. Phys. Rev. Lett. 105,…
Chinese physicists prove Einstein wrong and put century-old debate to an end
For the first time, scientists in China have faithfully recreated a thought experiment proposed by Albert Einstein nearly…
Ultrathin Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Surface Wave Absorbers for Terahertz Dielectric Waveguides
Lioubtchenko, D., Tretyakov, S. & Dudorov, S. Millimeter-wave waveguides Vol. 114 (Springer Science & Business Media, 2003). Carpintero,…