What happens when neutrinos swap identities inside a supernova?
Meanwhile, on the theory side, things have been in a bit of flux. As we’ve added ever more…
Einstein’s theory of gravity could be shaken by a cold beam of atoms
Researchers at the Swiss institutes of ETH Zurich and Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Villigen have produced an…
‘Chronic and worsening’ shortage of physics teachers revealed
At the same time, “Retaining, Recruiting, and Retraining Physics Teachers for Scotland’s Future” reports that recruitment to Initial…
Why Quantum Computing (QUBT) Is Getting Attention Again
Quantum Computing (QUBT) is back in focus after the company signed a three year Framework Agreement with Qatar’s…
68% of physicists don’t think the time started at the big bang
Many of the world’s greatest scientific minds remain in startling disagreement with one another about the nature of…
A flat fusion magnet built in a New Jersey shop hit 6 tesla at 424 degrees below zero, and the startup behind it wants 300 identical copies to do the job Germany’s stellarator does with 50 twisted coils in five shapes
KeysQuestions4Vehicle1 Thea Energy just proved that a flat, round magnet built in New Jersey can hit 6 tesla…
The Physics That Curves a Ping-Pong Ball Just Showed Up in Quantum Light
Putting spin on a ping-pong ball changes its trajectory – a similar effect also occurs in the quantum…
Mysterious Gamma Rays Reveal Hidden Magnetism Inside Atomic Nuclei
New results from an experiment at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams answer a fundamental question about the…
Researchers Turned “Empty Space” Into a Tool for Superconductivity
Schematic of vacuum-fluctuation-enhanced superconductivity. Credit: USTC Researchers used a specially designed cavity to strengthen quantum vacuum fluctuations and…
Inverted phosphorescent OLEDs with plasmon coupling from quantum dot interlayers for enhanced efficiency
Kang, K., Byeon, I., Kim, Y. G., Choi, J. R. & Kim, D. Nanostructures in organic light-emitting diodes:…
CERN recreates cosmic ray collisions to reveal what happens when space particles hit Earth
Physicists at CERN have directly measured proton-oxygen collisions at 9.62 TeV per nucleon pair, closely recreating an important…
A Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt project combining acoustics, MEG and fMRI found that humans can actually hear sounds below the assumed 16-hertz lower limit of audibility, and that the auditory cortex lights up in response to infrasound the ear was long thought to ignore entirely
Human hearing does not end at a hard wall marked 16 or 20 hertz. Sensitivity falls sharply as…