Physicists Converted Lead Into Gold
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Dissipative solitons in mode-locked parity–time-symmetric lasers
Bender, C. M. & Boettcher, S. Real spectra in non-Hermitian Hamiltonians having \({\mathcal{P}}{\mathcal{T}}\) symmetry. Phys. Rev. Lett. 80,…
Precise measurements of ruthenium nuclei can shed light on early universe
Scientists in the United States have made an extremely precise measurements of unstable ruthenium nuclei. The measurements are…
Super-moiré spin textures in twisted two-dimensional antiferromagnets
Dietl, T. & Ohno, H. Dilute ferromagnetic semiconductors: physics and spintronic structures. Rev. Mod. Phys. 86, 187–251 (2014).…
Is the whole universe just a simulation?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an…
The Baby Universe Really Was a Goopy Soup, Research Suggests
In the moments following the Big Bang, the extreme heat and pressure coerced matter into a goopy mix…
Fully autonomous tuning of a spin qubit
Here we provide details of the experimental setup and the algorithmic choices made in this study. We begin…
China’s first-of-a-kind ABF crystal creates most energised solid-state laser beam
The shortest wavelength of a laser beam generated from a crystal has been realised in a laboratory at…
This New Optical Crystal Could Power Next-Generation Quantum and Semiconductor Tools
Chinese researchers have developed a new type of optical crystal that addresses existing supply bottlenecks and opens new…
Scientists Discover the Milky Way Is Floating on a Vast Sheet of Dark Matter Stretching Millions of Light-Years
A series of high-resolution simulations has revealed a striking new perspective on the Milky Way’s position in the…
“Understand. Don’t Memorise”: Why Nobel-winning physicist Richard Feynman’s advice works better than cramming for exams
Richard Feynman | Image source: Caltech Digital Collections The night before an exam is rarely about learning. It…
Our Entire Galaxy Appears to Be Embedded in a Colossal Sheet of Dark Matter
The Milky Way — and in fact our entire galactic neighborhood known as the Local Group — appear…