Why the spiral pass had physicists’ heads spinning for decades : Short Wave : NPR
Monday night football is back! What better way to celebrate than a close look at some of the…
Physicists model vacuum tunneling in a 2D superfluid
Credit: CC0 Public Domain In 1951, physicist Julian Schwinger theorized that by applying a uniform electrical field to…
Humans could finally have found a way to defy Earth’s gravity
Gravity is a key component to human life on Earth – but can this powerful force be defied?…
JWST reveals 3I/ATLAS’s coma is largely carbon dioxide
Hubble image of 3I/ATLAS. Credit: NASA/ESA All (or at least most) astronomical eyes are on 3I/ATLAS, our most…
Genetic tools identify lost human relatives from fossil records
Predicted phenotypic differences between AMHs, Neanderthals, and Denisovans. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025). DOI:…
Solar Orbiter traces superfast electrons back to sun
Solar Orbiter observed more than 300 bursts of ‘Solar Energetic Electrons’ between November 2020 and December 2022. For…
Ultrafast dynamics of ferroelectric polarization of NbOI2 captured with femtosecond electron diffraction
Characterization of NbOI2 nanocrystals Figure 1 a shows the crystal lattice of NbOI2. The lattice constants of NbOI2 are…
Observable universe is 93 billion light years wide but what’s beyond it? Here’s what we can’t see…
One of the most important pieces of evidence for this limit is the cosmic microwave background radiation, faint…
Laser light from peacocks? Florida Poly student research finds it in feathers
A Florida Polytechnic University student is attracting national attention through groundbreaking research revealing the presence of laser light…
Hidden swirling motion observed for first time
At first glance, a landslide, an avalanche, or even a heap of sand pushed by a bulldozer looks…
A Study Appears to Stunningly Contradict Newton and Einstein’s Theory of Gravity
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, an immensely important update…
Turkish physicist who worked at CERN goes missing after detention near Canadian border
Turkish physicist Dr. Furkan Dolek, who worked at CERN and Fermilab, accessed on Aug. 31, 2025. (IHA Photo)…