Laser-crystal sensor measures strong magnetic fields in challenging environments — ANS / Nuclear Newswire
How it works: In the sensor, polarized laser light shines through a crystal around the size of a…
Researchers Have Created a 3D Thermal Cloak That Renders Objects Invisible to Heat
A three-dimensional thermal cloak that can conceal objects from heat, while also shielding them from extreme temperatures, has…
New quantum gravity theory links entropy, dark energy, and life
A new theoretical study offers a possible way to address one of modern physics’ most difficult puzzles: how…
Observation of superconductivity-induced leading-edge gap in a bilayer nickelate
Sun, H. et al. Signatures of superconductivity near 80 K in a nickelate under high pressure. Nature 621, 493–498…
Researchers Explore Gold Nanoclusters as a Potential Quantum Technology Platform
Insider Brief Researchers at Penn State and the University of Toronto are studying gold-based quantum materials, including gold…
Does dark energy really exist? Our work identifies cracks in the foundations of today’s cosmological model
According to our best understanding, the universe is expanding – and is doing so at an accelerating rate.…
Chandrasekhar and the Limits of Physics, Part 2: Humiliation
(This is Part 2 of a series on the life and work of Chandrasekhar. Read Part 1 first.)…
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…