What If Outer Space Isn’t Empty? One Researcher Claims It’s Actually a Fluid
What if outer space isn’t empty, but behaves like a thick, slow-moving fluid? A new study suggests just…
Scientists may be approaching a ‘fundamental breakthrough in cosmology and particle physics’, if dark matter and ‘ghost particles’ can interact
Two of the universe’s most mysterious particles may be colliding invisibly throughout the cosmos — a discovery that…
Theoretical study of laser-enhanced nuclear fusion reactions
image: The illustration depicts an intense laser field (red wave) interacting with Deuterium and Tritium nuclei. By modifying…
Superconductivity Breakthrough Brings Practical Use Closer than Ever, as Team Unveils “Hidden Magnetic Order in the Pseudogap”
In the quest for room-temperature superconductivity, an international team of physicists has uncovered a link between magnetism and…
Symmetry, microscopy and spectroscopy signatures of altermagnetism
Šmejkal, L., Sinova, J. & Jungwirth, T. Beyond conventional ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism: a phase with nonrelativistic spin and…
New quantum boundary discovered: Spin size determines how the Kondo effect behaves
image: The size of the spin crucially affects how the system behaves. At spin-1/2, fully quantum spins pair…
Physicists Have Achieved Quantum “Alchemy” by Exciting Electrons to High-Energy States
A promising—and powerful—new engineering breakthrough could soon enable researchers to alter the properties of materials by exciting electrons…
Nanosculpted 3D helices of a magnetic Weyl semimetal with switchable non-reciprocal electron transport
Fiebig, M., Lottermoser, T., Meier, D. & Trassin, M. The evolution of multiferroics. Nat. Rev. Mater. 1, 1–14…
Probing quantum mechanics with nanoparticle matter-wave interferometry
Quantum and classical model The theory of Talbot–Lau interference is best formulated in phase space using the Wigner–Weyl…
The obscure physics theory that helped Chinese science emerge from the shadows – Physics World
The obscure physics theory that helped Chinese science emerge from the shadows – Physics World Skip to main…
Large-scale dynamos driven by shear-flow-induced jets
Parker, E. N. Hydromagnetic dynamo models. Astrophys. J. 122, 293–314 (1955). Article MathSciNet Google Scholar Batchelor, G. K.…
Billion-times more efficient fusion unlocked with low-frequency laser
A team of researchers has identified a mechanism that could lower the extreme temperature requirements for controlled nuclear…