World’s largest fusion device solves key plasma heat loss challenge
For decades, physicists have been puzzled by a phenomenon inside fusion reactors that defies conventional theory: heat escaping…
An old jeweler’s trick could unlock next-generation nuclear clocks
 Key takeaways
In 2008, a team of UCLA-led scientists proposed a scheme to use a laser to…
The JWST Just Identified A Supernova From Only 730 Million Years After The Big Bang
Supernovae aren’t one of the JWST’s main science themes, but the perceptive telescope is full of surprises. Recently,…
New gravitational lens measurements reveal a faster expansion rate for the universe
For much of the twentieth century, scientists expected the expanding universe to slow over time. The opposite turned…
Gravitational lensing is amazing, but won’t solve the Hubble tension
Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he…
Euclid Reveals What Wakes Sleeping Black Holes
Almost every massive galaxy is has a supermassive black hole at its core, an object containing millions or…
Temporal anti-parity–time symmetry in diffusive transport
Gross, D. J. The role of symmetry in fundamental physics. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 93, 14256–14259 (1996).…
A 50 Million Light Year Structure Caught Spinning
Cosmic filaments are the largest known structures in the universe, vast thread like formations of galaxies and dark…
Astronomers Confirm a Discovery with Far-Reaching Consequences for the Universe’s Fate
For over two decades, cosmologists have believed that the universe is expanding at an accelerating pace, driven by…
Two-dimensional gradients in magnetic properties created with direct-write laser annealing
In Fig. 1, we summarize the various physical properties that can be modified using DWLA and how they impact…
Quantum computing reality check: What business needs to know now
open share links close share links What you’ll learn: Four guidelines for advancing commercial quantum computing: Address the…
Newly Discovered ‘Hybrid’ Phase of Matter Blurs the Line Between Solid and Liquid
High school science misses a lot of the science researchers actually work with. For example, you learn that…