Diffuse puffs of “missing” matter surround most galaxies | MIT News
Stars and galaxies make up much of the universe’s ordinary, observable matter. But for decades, scientists have wrestled…
Researchers Demonstrate New Superconducting Circuit Design That Could Advance Topological Quantum Computing
Insider Brief Researchers experimentally demonstrated a new superconducting circuit architecture that reproduces a key gauge symmetry proposed for…
Scientists Find a Way Around a 160-Year-Old Law of Physics to Create Programmable Heat : ScienceAlert
There are certain laws of physics that heat must follow. Take Kirchhoff’s law of thermal radiation, for example,…
Attosecond response of molecules to impulsive ionization
Calegari, F. & Martin, F. Open questions in attochemistry. Commun. Chem. 6, 1–5 (2023). Article Google Scholar Ostroverkhova,…
A Star Orbiting Our Galaxy’s Supermassive Black Hole Tests the Limits of Relativity
Although general relativity is an elegant theory of gravity, we don’t often need to use it. For most…
Topological Jackiw-Rebbi states in photonic Van der Waals heterostructures
Theoretical model for guided modes of photonic gratings Assuming continuous translational symmetry in the lateral y direction, the…
The puzzle of neutrinos, seventy years on – Home
Seventy years ago today, Clyde Cowan, Frederick Reines and their colleagues closed a quarter-century hunt with a paper…
Interlune Develops Cryogenic Technology to Expand Helium-3 Supply for Quantum Computing
Insider Brief Interlune demonstrated its Cold Capture technology can produce 99% pure helium-3 from Grade A helium using…
Optical fiber black hole model emits Hawking-like radiation, revealing a long-sought recoil
Using optical fiber as a model black hole, physicists have, after decades of pursuit, observed two linked effects…
Dark matter may be naturally tuned to a hidden fifth dimension
Dark matter appears to hold galaxies together, yet it has never shown itself directly. A new theory suggests…
From galaxies to groceries: how Sarah Bridle made the switch from cosmology to food – Physics World
From galaxies to groceries: how Sarah Bridle made the switch from cosmology to food – Physics World Skip…
An ordinary laptop solved a problem thought to require a quantum computer
Physicists have used an ordinary computer, advanced mathematics, and specialized software to solve a difficult quantum physics problem…