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…
New Discovery In Laser Technology Could Change Everything For Quantum Computing
pixalane/Shutterstock The idea behind quantum computing has existed…
The infant universe’s “primordial soup” was actually soupy » MIT Physics
MIT physicists observed the first clear evidence that quarks create a wake as they speed through quark-gluon plasma,…
Scientists discover quantum particles remember past states
Researchers have tracked a looping fractional charge in ultrathin carbon and seen it return with a consistent interference…
Scientists discover hidden geometry that bends electrons like gravity
How can information move at incredible speeds, or electricity flow without wasting energy? Answering these questions has pushed…
Observation of dissipationless fractional Chern insulator
Neupert, T., Santos, L., Chamon, C. & Mudry, C. Fractional quantum Hall states at zero magnetic field. Phys.…
World-leading quantum physicist You Chenglong leaves US for Chinese research institute
You, who was previously based at Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge, is regarded as a rising…
Supernova whose light will ‘reappear’ in 60 years could solve the biggest problem in cosmology
Two incredibly rare supernovas that erupted billions of years ago provide a unique opportunity to explain cosmology’s biggest…