Ultrafast, reconfigurable all-optical beam steering and spatial light modulation
Brongersma, M. L. et al. The second optical metasurface revolution: moving from science to technology. Nat. Rev. Electr.…
A Dark Dimension Could Link Two of the Universe’s Great Unknowns
According to the standard model of cosmology, that expansion rate should be the same no matter how you…
Are Asteroid-Mass Black Holes Hiding in the Cosmic Gamma-Ray Glow?
There are multiple ways to form black holes. The one most commonly taught in high school physics classes…
NTHU Researchers Develop World’s Brightest Room-Temperature Single-Photon Source
Insider Brief Researchers at National Tsing Hua University developed a room-temperature single-photon source that emits more than 2.3…
Twisting Quantum Potential Into Reality
Insider Brief UTS researchers and collaborators developed a twist-based method for controlling quantum light sources in hexagonal boron…
Meet Jainendra K. Jain: The first Indian-origin physicist to win the Wolf Prize and transform quantum physics |
In the world of theoretical physics, some ideas solve a problem. Others reshape an entire field. Jainendra K.…
Observation of magnon polarons in the van der Waals itinerant ferromagnet Fe3GeTe2
Park, J.-G. Opportunities and challenges of 2D magnetic van der Waals materials: magnetic graphene? J. Phys. Condens. Matter…
Fast X-Ray Transient, Meaning, Sources, Latest News
Fast X-ray Transients are energetic, non-repeating bursts of low-energy X-rays associated with violent cosmic events. Read more about…
Scientists expected a black hole, but found a giant stellar neutrino factory instead |
For decades, astronomers have looked to black holes as the likely birthplace of the Universe’s most energetic neutrinos.…
François Englert, Nobelist Who Helped Predict the ‘God Particle,’ Dies at 93
On July 4, 2012, scientists packed a large hall at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, also known…
Scientists use Einstein’s equations to reveal what came before the Big Bang
Some of the hardest questions in cosmology begin where the usual math gives up. Push Einstein’s theory far…
Structural origin of line-tension reversal in nanoscale wetting of water
Bonn, D., Eggers, J., Indekeu, J., Meunier, J. & Rolley, E. Wetting and spreading. Rev. Mod. Phys. 81,…