Physics

For about one second after two neutron stars collided 130 million light-years away, the wreckage they left behind…

The sensitivity of moiré materials to crystal quality and twist angle can make experimental results difficult to replicate.…

There is a mile of rock between us and understanding, or so it sometimes feels with quantum physics,…

Drake, J. J., Kashyap, V. L., Wargelin, B. J. & Wolk, S. J. Pointing Chandra toward the extreme…

Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have discovered a new class of objects behaving unlike any they have…

Black hole ringdowns could reveal signs of surrounding matter or new physics, giving scientists a new way to…

Guest Post by Dr. Kris Naudts, Zeynep Koruturk and Donald Harmitt @ Firgun Ventures. Firgun Ventures is a…

German startup eleQtron has unveiled JION, a trapped-ion computer that can be controlled using indigenously developed magnetic gradient-induced…

Rachel Chen, 18, won $100,000 for her innovative quantum mathematics research. (Photo: Society for Science) At just 18,…

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An artist’s interpretation of the PACMAN artificial intelligence framework for fusion systems. Credit: Kyle Palmer / PPPL Communications…

Physicist Bhupal Dev at Washington University used the debris from GW170817 — the 2017 neutron star merger — to squeeze new limits on axion-like particles, treating the hot post-collision remnant as a natural forge for dark-matter candidates