Wide-field spectroscopic imaging of optical activity
Concept and experimental workflow Figure 1 shows the conceptual scheme and the experimental setup of the polarization-sensitive off-axis…
Chinese scientists achieve breakthrough, detect rare quantum friction in folded graphene
Friction, though familiar in everyday life, remains a complex phenomenon—especially at the microscopic level. Scientists long believed it…
Did 3I/ATLAS Go Viral?. By now, I have a pretty reliable method… | by Avi Loeb | Jul, 2025
Zoom image will be displayed(Image credit: NASA) By now, I have a pretty reliable method for gauging whether…
Famous double-slit experiment holds up when stripped to its quantum essentials | MIT News
MIT physicists have performed an idealized version of one of the most famous experiments in quantum physics. Their…
German physicists control electronics with light pulses
German scientists have discovered a method to control atomically thin semiconductors using ultrashort pulses of terahertz light, rather…
Rare intermediate-mass black hole caught devouring star in distant galaxy
A Hubble Space Telescope image of a pair of galaxies: NGC 6099 (lower left) and NGC 6098 (upper…
You’ve never seen atoms like this before: A hidden motion revealed
Researchers investigating atomic-scale phenomena impacting next-generation electronic and quantum devices have captured the first microscopy images of atomic…
In a first, transmon qubit achieves a coherence time of one millisecond
A team of researchers in Finland has set a new world record for how long a quantum bit,…
Scientists confirm long-theorized idea – discover metallic material displaying 1D magnetism
In the fast-changing world of quantum science, a team of researchers has found something rare. A new material,…
What if the end of the universe is coming much sooner than expected? A new estimate shakes up astronomers’ calculations
Scientists are scanning space for answers about dark energy, an entity as fascinating as it is enigmatic. As…
A strange quantum battery concept reveals the second law of entanglement
For more than a century, the laws of thermodynamics have helped us understand how energy moves, how engines…
One of the Big Bang’s first creations spotted — It’s invisible and surrounds us
To understand what’s happening, we need to consider: for a long time, looking back at the beginning of…