After 20 years, scientists finally explain the Crab Pulsar’s strange “zebra stripes”
For more than 20 years, astronomers have been puzzled by a striking pattern of bright, evenly spaced stripes…
Adventitious carbon breaks symmetry in oxide contact electrification
SiO2 accounts for up to 60% of the Earth’s crust, primarily in minerals such as olivine and pyroxene1.…
Scientists mimicking the Big Bang accidentally turn lead into gold
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Distance in space is an illusion
Andromeda sounds far away because 2.5 million light-years sounds far away. It lands with authority. It feels exact.…
Near-miss particle encounters reveal hidden secrets of strong force
Deep inside every atom lies a restless world of quarks and gluons—the tiny building blocks that hold everything…
Scientists make breakthrough with magnets in pursuit of limitless energy source
A prototype nuclear fusion power plant in the United Kingdom isn’t expected to be completed until 2040, but…
Extremely Rare Star Preserves Traces of The Universe’s First Light : ScienceAlert
Once upon a time, billions of years ago, the Universe was shrouded in darkness. It wasn’t until the…
X-ray laser experiment unlocks water’s hidden critical state at -81°F
Scientists may have solved the long-standing mystery of why ice floats and why liquid water expands as it…
The hydrodynamic torque dipole from rotary bacterial flagella powers symmetric discs
Bacteria are torque dipoles and swim in circles As our observations were performed near the bottom of a…
A truck at CERN transported antimatter for the first time
A small amount of antimatter took to the road on Tuesday, representing the first time any quantity of…
Magnetic friction defies centuries-old law – Physics World
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Many-body effects at the world’s largest physics conference – Physics World
Many-body effects at the world’s largest physics conference – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from…