Atomic-scale imaging of frequency-dependent phonon anisotropy
Schubert, M. et al. Anisotropy, phonon modes, and free charge carrier parameters in monoclinic β-gallium oxide single crystals.…
Scientists Detect Strange Signal in Gravitational Waves
For the first time, astrophysicists have measured the recoil — or “kick,” in the parlance — resulting from…
Mystery objects in the early universe may be black hole stars
Not everything in the universe is what it seems. Some things, like tiny red objects captured by NASA’s…
What are the ‘magic numbers’ in nuclear physics, and why are they so powerful?
Some atoms are stable, while others seem to fall apart. Lead-208 will probably last forever, while the synthetic…
Scientists just built a detector that could finally catch dark matter
About 80 percent of the universe’s mass is thought to consist of dark matter. And yet, little is…
Bilayer Graphene Slides into Action
September 16, 2025• Physics 18, s116 Sliding one layer of bilayer graphene over the other provides a powerful…
Physicists just found a way to make “something from nothing”
In 1951, physicist Julian Schwinger theorized that by applying a uniform electrical field to a vacuum, electron-positron pairs…
Unprecedented ‘Einstein Cross’ Reveals Fifth Ghost Image and a Dark Matter Surprise
When gravity—an invisible yet ubiquitous force—bends and distorts light from distant galaxies, Earthbound observers get a rare glimpse…
Top quarks embrace in quasi-bound toponium – Physics World
Top quarks embrace in quasi-bound toponium – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World…
Mysterious “Universe Breaker” Red Dots Could Be Black Holes in Disguise
Artist’s impression of a black hole star (not to scale). Mysterious tiny pinpoints of light discovered at the…
LIGO’s 10th anniversary gift confirms Hawking’s theorem
Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he…
This Giant Subterranean Neutrino Detector Is Taking On the Mysteries of Physics
Located 700 meters underground near the city of Jiangmen in southern China, a giant sphere—35 meters in diameter…