Structural origin of line-tension reversal in nanoscale wetting of water
Bonn, D., Eggers, J., Indekeu, J., Meunier, J. & Rolley, E. Wetting and spreading. Rev. Mod. Phys. 81,…
Swiss Research Shows That Quantum Physics Generates Randomness
The project, conducted at ETH Zurich, involved two connected cryostats that cooled superconducting units called qubits, which behave…
The Map of Physics: Animation Shows How All the Different Fields in Physics Fit Together
From Newton’s mechanical calculations to Einstein’s general and special relativity to the baffling indeterminacy of quantum mechanics, the…
In 2002 astronomers averaged the light of 200,000 galaxies and announced the universe was pale turquoise — then traced the color to a software error and corrected it to a beige they nicknamed cosmic latte
The universe is the color of weak coffee In 2002 two astronomers at Johns Hopkins University, Karl Glazebrook…
Quantum sensor neutralizes laser noise for dark matter and gravitational wave detection
Finding out what the universe is actually made of remains one of the ultimate frontiers in modern physics.…
Physicists discover the upper limit of electrical resistance in metals
Electrical resistance is easy to notice and hard to pin down. Power lines shed energy as heat, and…
Magnet-Free Structured Light Control Could Advance Quantum Communications
Insider Brief Researchers at Vilnius University developed a theoretical method that uses light to pre-program atoms to reshape…
Indian physicist Prof Jainendra Jain awarded Wolf Prize for a 1989 breakthrough that changed Physics
India’s Professor Jainendra K Jain, one of the world’s leading theoretical physicists, has been awarded the prestigious Wolf…
Scientists expected a black hole but found a neutrino factory powered by stars
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have tracked down the source of a powerful neutrino burst…
A Physicist Made a ‘Mini Universe’ in The Lab to Check Time Really Exists : ScienceAlert
The quantum world is mind-bogglingly counterintuitive: at the smallest scales, basic physical qualities like position and speed are…
Scientists expected a black hole but found a neutrino factory powered by stars
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have tracked down the source of a powerful neutrino burst…
Einstein’s “biggest blunder” may finally have an explanation
One of the biggest unsolved problems in physics centers on a number known as the cosmological constant. This…