Fusion Reactors Could Be Accidental Dark Matter Factories, Says New Study
A new theoretical study, published in the Journal of High Energy Physics, suggests that fusion reactors, currently built…
What actually is fire? A physicist explains
Fire is an ancient technology that has helped shape human evolution. Our ancestors used fire for safety, cooking…
How quantum physics is making weapons smarter, not bigger
These advances could lead to dual-use risks as quantum tools can boost irregular warfare through cheap, portable jammers…
Scientists just created a fabric so black it traps light like nature does
The steel-throated bird of paradise has feathers so intensely black they seem to swallow light. Inspired by this…
Dark energy could lead to a ‘Big Crunch’ end for our universe: Study
For nearly three decades, the scientific world has operated under an assumption: the universe is flying apart faster…
A Black Hole Ejects Matter at Highest Speed Ever Observed.
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Hidden quantum spin liquid behavior confirmed in a new kagome crystal
Deep inside some magnetic materials, electrons can behave in ways that seem to defy common sense. Instead of…
Large Hadron Collider finally explains how fragile matter forms
Scientists have now clarified how deuterons form under extreme conditions. Protons and neutrons needed to create these tiny…
A 50-Year Assumption About Black Holes May Have Just Been Broken
An international team of astronomers has uncovered subtle but significant signs that the cosmic engines powering quasars, some…
A Twist Between Hidden Dimensions May Explain Mass : ScienceAlert
The masses of fundamental particles such as the Z and W bosons could have arisen from the twisted…
Exciton transport driven by spin excitations in an antiferromagnet
Baibich, M. N. et al. Giant magnetoresistance of (001) Fe/(001) Cr magnetic superlattices. Phys. Rev. Lett. 61, 2472–2475…
Are We Living Inside A Black Hole?
Black holes are among the strangest objects in the universe. Even though we have learned a great deal…