A gamma-ray burst kept astronomers on tenterhooks for 7 hours
Astronomers have caught the longest gamma ray burst ever seen, a seven-hour flash of high-energy light that looks…
Physicists propose tweak to Einstein’s relativity that could transform our understanding of the Big Bang
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Static magnetization switching in an artificial antiferromagnetic multilayer driven by a voltage-controlled magnetic anisotropy effect
Engineering H ex by using heavy metals We first studied the Co/Ru/Co trilayer structure with IEC and investigated…
“Why would you expect me to remember that?” Thomas Kuhn and the uses of oral history
“Why would you expect me to remember that?”: Thomas Kuhn and the uses of oral history Niels Bohr,…
Physicists Found Something That Can Move Faster Than Light: The Darkness Inside It
For the first time, physicists have observed that ‘holes’ in light can move faster than the light itself.…
Light can travel for billions of years yet experience no time
A photon emitted from a star a billion light-years away arrives at a telescope having experienced no time…
Gravitational effects could shed more light on the Hubble tension – Physics World
Gravitational effects could shed more light on the Hubble tension – Physics World Skip to main content Discover…
US fusion breakthrough cracks decades-old heat load mystery in tokamaks
New research at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has indicated that the rotation of the plasma core…
New Advances Bring the Era of Quantum Computers Closer Than Ever
In a white paper posted the same day as the Caltech paper, Gidney and his collaborators announced that…
New tweak to Einstein’s relativity could transform our understanding of the Big Bang
The Big Bang is often described as the moment everything began — a point of infinite density where…
These Pretty Light Cones Actually Represent Einstein’s Theory of Spacetime Relativity
Elliot McGucken These photos of 70-foot-tall light cones shimmering over the Californian desert may look beautiful, but scratch…
The Darkness Inside It : ScienceAlert
For the first time, physicists have observed that ‘holes’ in light can move faster than the light itself.…