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
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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…
Tiny knotted fibre leaps into the air like a springtail bug – Physics World
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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…
What’s faster than light? Darkness
The speed of light in a vacuum has been known as both a universal constant and a hard…
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…
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…
Scientists Think Ghost Particles Could Be Storing Their Mass in a Hidden Dimension
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How Do Close Binary Stars Form?
Our Sun is a bit of an outlier in the general stellar population. We typically think of stars…
Programmable skyrmions for communication and sensing
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