Physicists use thorium-229 to power the world’s first working nuclear clock
A clock built from thorium-229 has crossed an important line, from a long-discussed concept to a working device.…
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.…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
Black Holes Aren’t Real? Astronomers Propose Elusive Formation Mechanism for “Gravastar” Alternative That is “Easier to Accept”
Scientists from Goethe University, Frankfurt, studying alternatives to black holes have suggested a mathematically viable formation mechanism for…
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,…
In 2002 astronomers averaged the light of 200,000 galaxies and announced the universe was pale turquoise — then traced the color to a software error and corrected it to a beige they nicknamed cosmic latte
The universe is the color of weak coffee In 2002 two astronomers at Johns Hopkins University, Karl Glazebrook…
Physicists discover the upper limit of electrical resistance in metals
Electrical resistance is easy to notice and hard to pin down. Power lines shed energy as heat, and…
A Physicist Made a ‘Mini Universe’ in The Lab to Check Time Really Exists : ScienceAlert
The quantum world is mind-bogglingly counterintuitive: at the smallest scales, basic physical qualities like position and speed are…