What’s faster than light? Darkness
The speed of light in a vacuum has been known as both a universal constant and a hard…
Scientists Exposed Flies to Crushing Hypergravity. The Results Were Unexpected
Pests are, well, pesky because they simply won’t go away. And in a terrifying turn of events, scientists…
Resonant chiral dressing by amplitude fluctuations in a ferroaxial electronic crystal
Landau, L. D. et al. On the theory of phase transitions. Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz 7, 19–32 (1937).…
Tiny knotted fibre leaps into the air like a springtail bug – Physics World
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Dying stars can reverse their spin before they explode
A dying massive star can regain spin deep inside itself instead of simply slowing down, according to new…
Weird Quantum Gadget Spits Out Chaotic ‘Sound Particles’
Scientists can now sculpt the quantum states of tiny particles to their liking—an odd yet mind-blowing revolution leading…
Close-In Planets Act as “Bouncers” to Create Rogue Worlds
Rogue planets sound like rare travelers amongst the stars, freed from the gravitational constraints of a host system,…
Scientists Found What They Believe Is a Portal to the Fifth Dimension Through a Never-Before-Seen Particle
Something is missing from the universe. Not misplaced, but structurally absent. About 85 percent of all matter in…
Oxford physicists achieve first-ever “quadsqueezing” breakthrough in quantum physics
Researchers at the University of Oxford have demonstrated a new kind of quantum interaction using a single trapped…
For the first time, fusion reactions in a reactor were sustained for more than one minute
A new experiment using a tokamak-type reactor—that is, a toroidal chamber with a magnetic coil—has been successful. The…
MOF magnet with virtually no external magnetic field ideal for advanced electronics | Research
Scientists have created a metal–organic framework (MOF) that is strongly magnetic but generates no external magnetic field. The…
Transforming deep-space signals into cathedral sound | MIT News
A new immersive sound installation at Oulu Cathedral, Finland, brings the research of MIT astrophysicist and associate professor…