This Star Is Racing Around the Milky Way’s Black Hole at 8% the Speed of Light
Illustration of a sunlike star passing very close to a supermassive black hole. Credit: ESO, ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser…
Cold radioactive molecules offer a tabletop route to new physics – Physics World
Cold radioactive molecules offer a tabletop route to new physics – Physics World Skip to main content Discover…
Superconductivity under pressure in a van der Waals heavy-fermion metal
Yankowitz, M., Ma, Q., Herrero, P. J. & LeRoy, B. J. van der Waals heterostructures combining graphene and…
Quantum Computer Feasible in 5-10 Years
27 July 2026 How far are quantum computers from practical applications? And what challenges must be overcome for…
Scientists create an “electron lighthouse” with laser light
Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a semiconductor device that uses laser light to direct the…
Twisted laser light can tell mirror-image molecules apart
Many molecules come in two forms that are mirror images of one another, much like left and right…
Quantum Heat Waves Spotted at Room Temperature for the First Time
Visualization of ray-like heat flow in boron arsenide at 300 K (80°F). Credit: H-Lab/UCLA The discovery could improve…
Meet IIT Kanpur professor HC Verma, who changed how millions learned physics
Before HC Verma wrote Concepts of Physics, one of India’s most influential textbooks, he noticed something troubling in…
‘We were forced to say, Feynman and followers, you guys are off’: Physicists disprove decades-old Richard Feynman theory on ‘silly’ sprinklers
Richard Feynman was a serious physicist who loved to answer unserious questions. Can math tell you how to…
From Lab to Market: The US Push to Commercialise Quantum Technology
Image Source: Getty Images Following the announcement of a US$2 billion federal incentive for Quantum Technology (QT) by the…
A Fiber Frozen at -196°C Unlocks a New Way To Store Light
Artist impression of a frozen optical fiber core in a glass capillary, which guides and couples light and…
Scientists Discover Two Competing Memories in Matter
Device used to stir and rock samples of a suspension of small particles in viscous liquid. New research…