Scientists solve the mystery of ‘impossible’ merger of ‘forbidden’ black holes
Scientists have gotten to the bottom of the mystery of an “impossible” merger between black holes that was…
UW celebrating 40th anniversary of Nobel Prize-winning paper in physics
It has been 40 years since Donna Strickland and her two co-authors “revolutionized” a laser technique used in…
Exotic ‘time crystals’ could be used as memory in quantum computers, promising research finds
Time crystals could help create quantum computing data storage that lasts minutes, new research shows — a huge…
scientists are trying new ways to verify the idea that could unite all of physics
In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture…
Photoinduced twist and untwist of moiré superlattices
Cao, Y. et al. Correlated insulator behaviour at half-filling in magic-angle graphene superlattices. Nature 556, 80–84 (2018). Article …
New Proofs Probe Soap-Film Singularities
They started by re-proving Hardt and Simon’s decades-old result in eight dimensions, this time using a different method…
Astronomers Solve ‘Impossible’ Black Hole Mystery With Magnetic Field Twist
In 2023, astronomers observed a black hole collision that defied established theories. Two enormous black holes spun into…
Playing games by the quantum rulebook expends less energy – Physics World
Playing games by the quantum rulebook expends less energy – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more…
On-site enhancement and control of spin-forbidden dark excitons in a plasmonic heterostructure
Mak, K. F., Lee, C., Hone, J., Shan, J. & Heinz, T. F. Atomically thin MoS2: a new…
Astronomers solve cosmic mystery surrounding two massive black holes that shouldn’t exist
Astronomers knew something did not add up when detectors picked up a vast cosmic crash in 2023. The…
The prize at the end of the quantum tunnel
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis “for…
When Black Holes Merge – Universe Today
October and November 2024 proved to be particularly productive for gravitational wave astronomy. Within the two months, the…