Zeroing In on Zero-Point Motion Inside a Crystal
November 5, 2025• Physics 18, 178 A nanocrystal cooled to near absolute zero produces an unexpected light emission,…
Astronomers Think They May Have Spotted the Universe’s First Stars Glowing From the Dawn of Time
Artist’s impression of a field of Population III stars as they would have appeared after the Big Bang.…
An optical meta-image-processor for enhanced imaging through strongly scattering media
Principle In an ideal imaging system, the PSF appears as a distinct Airy pattern, as shown in Fig. 1a.…
New quantum hardware puts the mechanics in quantum mechanics
Even in its simplified form, however, it’s still a model of a quantum system, with all the computational…
US government grapples with questions about interstellar object 3I/ATLAS amid shutdown
Notwithstanding major disruptions from the U.S. government shutdown, federal personnel are monitoring the rare interstellar comet known as…
Millisecond lifetimes and coherence times in 2D transmon qubits
Place, A. P. M. et al. New material platform for superconducting transmon qubits with coherence times exceeding 0.3…
Scientists recreate ‘cosmic fireballs’ in CERN particle accelerator to hunt for missing gamma-rays
In a first-of-its-kind experiment, scientists have recreated “cosmic fireballs” here on Earth in a particle accelerator.The experiment aimed…
John Joannopoulos (1947–2025) | Nature Photonics
Authors and Affiliations Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA Marin Soljačić Department of Electrical…
Quantum fusion of independent networks based on multi-user entanglement swapping
Xu, F., Ma, X., Zhang, Q., Lo, H. K. & Pan, J. W. Secure quantum key distribution with…
US scientists show light can move atoms in 2D semiconductors
Light isn’t just illuminating materials anymore, it’s moving them. Scientists at Rice University have discovered that beams of…
a new look at magnetic excitations – Physics World
New research reveals how quantum effects in double-exchange ferromagnets drive unexpected magnetic behaviour Iron-based material (Courtesy: iStock/Assistantua) For…
Most Powerful Black-Hole Flare Ever Recorded Shone Like 10 Trillion Suns : ScienceAlert
In a flare of light that traveled for 10 billion years to reach us, astronomers have identified the…