Physicists Made Light Swim Upstream and Broke Newton’s Third Law
A leaf dropped into a river goes wherever the current takes it. To travel upstream, something has to…
Fermilab and Microsoft partner to provide new quantum tools and expand quantum research
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is joining Microsoft Quantum as an initial partner in…
Volumetrically continuous 3D dynamic holography via cascaded light-field propagation
Maimone, A., Georgiou, A. & Kollin, J. S. Holographic near-eye displays for virtual and augmented reality. ACM Trans.…
Lu+ optical frequency references with accuracy verified at the 19th digit
Experimental sequence Each interrogation beginsonly after both ions have been subjected to Doppler cooling and prepared in the…
Gravitational torque drives multidecadal variations in length of day
Torque and changes in the LOD An axial torque Γz acting on the mantle causes a change in…
Evaluation of seismological evidence for decadal changes in Earth’s lowermost mantle and outer core
Trap 1: imperfect source repeatability AI-0009 in ZW25 does not exhibit the level of repeatability generally expected for…
A student built a particle detector for just $100; the pocket-sized device can track invisible particles raining down from space at light’s speed; it is now being used in high-altitude balloon missions and major physics experiments
A device that can detect particles arriving from space does not necessarily require a multimillion-dollar laboratory. A compact…
The free-to-read Physics World Big Science Briefing 2026 is out now – Physics World
The free-to-read Physics World Big Science Briefing 2026 is out now – Physics World Skip to main content…
A Rydberg atomic synthetic-aperture radar imaging system approaching the Rayleigh criterion
Guo, Q., Liang, J., Chang, T. & Cui, H.-L. Millimeter-wave imaging with accelerated super-resolution range migration algorithm. IEEE…
Biology Might Not Be Quantum, but Its Math Is Quantumlike
Two decades ago, scientists seemed on the verge of understanding biology in a new, quantum way. Life unfolds…
Scientists propose a light-matter quantum state inside living cells
Researchers report an unexplained 71-terahertz vibration in living cells, mouse tissues and isolated mitochondria that disappears when mitochondrial…
Two Dead Stars Are Racing Around Each Other Every 6.2 Minutes
Artistic impression of the double white dwarf binary eRASSU J0608. Credit: Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics A…