Peacock feathers can emit laser beams
Peacock feathers are greatly admired for their bright iridescent colors, but it turns out they can also emit…
Einstein’s Theory Helps Astronomers Spot Mysterious Free-Floating Planet Using Hubble
Astronomers have uncovered a rogue planet, or a free-floating planet, drifting through the vast expanse of space, all…
an exceptional breakthrough makes their large-scale deployment possible
For decades, the ambition to harness quantum computing breakthroughs for solving everyday problems has seemed just beyond reach.…
Einstein called it impossible — NASA now tries to build faster-than-light engine
It has been 100 years since the Theory of Relativity by Albert Einstein mentioned almost nothing travels quicker…
Dispersive determination of nucleon gravitational form factors
Meson form factors Pion has two GFFs which are defined as18,20,59,60,61 $$ \left\langle {\pi }^{a}({p}^{{\prime} })\left\vert {\hat{T}}^{\mu \nu…
Building electronics that don’t die: Columbia’s breakthrough at CERN
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is tough on electronics. Situated inside a 17-mile-long tunnel that runs in a…
After 100 Years of Quantum Mechanics, Physicists Still Can’t Agree on Anything
In July 1925—exactly a century ago—famed physicist Werner Heisenberg wrote a letter to his equally famous colleague, Wolfgang…
Why “vibe physics” is the ultimate example of AI slop
Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he…
New Lightning Discovery Reveals How Electric Fields and X-rays Start a Chain Reaction
Lightning has captivated scientists for centuries, but despite extensive research, the precise atmospheric conditions that trigger a lightning…
Predicting topological entanglement entropy in a Rydberg analogue simulator
Hilbert space Considering a system of N spins 1/2 whose Hilbert space is spanned by {|↑〉, |↓〉}⊗N, we map…
New Excitonic Quantum State Of Matter Could Lead To Radiation-Proof Self-Charging Computers
Scientists report a new quantum state of matter that might lead to a computer that can self-charge but…
Microscopic theory of polariton group velocity renormalization
Model system We use the Generalized Holstein-Tavis-Cummings (GHTC) Hamiltonian23,24,25,26 to describe N excitons interacting with \({{{\mathcal{M}}}}\) cavity modes,…