Luis Walter Alvarez’s eclectic career
Luis Walter Alvarez’s career was marked by two explosions. The first was one the physicist enabled: a plutonium…
Scientists achieve first observation of phonon angular momentum in chiral crystals
The phonon AM-induced mechanical rotation and torque. Credit: Nature Physics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-02952-3 In a new study published…
Energy-efficient ultracompact laser reduces light loss in all directions
The chip with the hexagon-shaped laser cavities. Credit: NTU Singapore An international team of scientists led by Nanyang…
Magnetic Topological Insulators Have an Edgy Side
August 13, 2025• Physics 18, s99 Edge currents are observed in a magnetic topological insulator even when conventional…
Astronomers Capture the 'Eye of Sauron' Billions of Light Years Away and It Might Be the Most Powerful Particle Accelerator Ever Found – ZME Science
Astronomers Capture the ‘Eye of Sauron’ Billions of Light Years Away and It Might Be the Most Powerful…
Swimming sperm appear to break Newtonian laws of physics
Human sperm are famously good swimmers, yet the physics of their motion has puzzled scientists for decades. Thick…
The cosmic giant that shouldn’t exist — 66-billion-sun monster breaks the rules
To a lot of enthusiasts, the figure 66 billion might seem out of reach, but for seasoned astronomers,…
Misunderstood “photophoresis” effect could loft metal sheets to exosphere
Light and lifting The researchers then built a few sheets of nanocardboard to test the output of their…
How chaetognaths got their unique body plan
Microphotographs of whole-mount in situ hybridization staining for selected markers in juvenile stages. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09403-2…
Astronomers discover new type of supernova triggered by black hole-star interaction
A study led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has captured the explosive interaction…
How river otters’ terrible food hygiene benefits ecosystem health monitoring
Feces (“scat”) from North American River Otters, in a forest at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Credit: Calli…
Study reveals mechanisms of rapidly driven plasma magnetic reconnection
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A research team from the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has…