Not-so-dark matter: Mysterious substance might leave red and blue ‘fingerprints’ on light
Dark matter, one of the universe’s best kept secrets, may have been quietly painting the cosmos in faint,…
Scientists Intrigued by Black Hole That Fell Into Star, Then Ate It From the Inside
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images This summer, astronomers detected a gamma ray burst (GRB)…
Quantum study shows light can exit a material before ever entering
Light can play tricks that challenge the senses, and this one ranks high. In a tabletop experiment, physicists…
In-plane dielectric constant and conductivity of confined water
Device fabrication We fabricated our devices using procedures similar to those described in ref. 22. A free-standing silicon nitride…
Why some quantum materials stall while others scale | MIT News
People tend to think of quantum materials — whose properties arise from quantum mechanical effects — as exotic…
‘Only possible through countless discussions and debates’
Researchers in Korea have made a massive discovery that could change the way we approach nuclear fusion and…
Scientists unlock a 100-year-old quantum secret to supercharge solar power
In a breakthrough that connects modern science with ideas first explored a century ago, researchers have witnessed a…
4 Monumental Risks to Quantum Computing Pure-Plays IonQ, Rigetti Computing, and D-Wave Quantum
Shares of Wall Street’s pure-play quantum computing darlings — IonQ, Rigetti Computing, D-Wave Systems, and Quantum Computing, Inc.…
The Hidden Math of Ocean Waves Crashes Into View
“They don’t look bad,” Strauss said of the resulting equations. “But just take a look at a lake…
A rare variety of wheat with three ovaries—gene discovery could triple production
A representative MOV-wheat spikelet (a) and spike (b) showing the effect of the Mov-1 locus on grain number.…
Record-breaking gamma ray burst seems to be caused by a black hole engulfed by a bloated star
The combined, background-subtracted gamma-ray lightcurve of GRB 250702B. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2509.22792 On July 2, 2025, NASA’s Fermi…
Human exceptionalism is at the root of the ecological crisis, claims evolutionary biologist
Credit: Harvard Gazette In the grand story of evolution, the crowning human distinction is our big brain. But…