Extreme gravity leaves lasting marks on movement and energy use
Gravity feels constant, almost invisible. It holds oceans in place and keeps us grounded, so we rarely question…
New shield material thinner than a strand of hair, but blocks both cosmic electromagnetic waves and radiation
A 3D-printed, ultra-thin, lightweight, high-performance shielding material comprised of two nanotubes has proven effective as a shield against…
Oxford team achieves advanced quantum squeezing with trapped ion
For the first time in quantum physics, Oxford researchers have demonstrated quadsqueezing, a complex fourth-order quantum interaction. The…
This penguin-inspired film can heat, cool and block signals on demand
A white roof cools, a black surface heats. Engineers have treated these as fixed, opposite solutions to managing…
Magnon Research Advance could Pave the Way for Mini Quantum Computers
Insider Brief University of Vienna-led researchers extended magnon lifetimes to 18 microseconds—about 100 times longer than previous limits—significantly…
Supermassive black holes launch the most powerful cosmic jets
Across the recesses of space, collimated jets frequently emerge. While distant host galaxies for quasars and active galactic…
Physicists just found a tiny flaw in time itself
Quantum mechanics is famous for its strange and often counterintuitive ideas. At very small scales, particles do not…
Decades-long physics mystery may have been an illusion all along
A long-suspected crack in particle physics was a calculation problem, not a broken law of nature, according to…
Oxford scientists create rare quantum effect 100 times faster than expected
For the first time in quantum physics, Oxford researchers have demonstrated quadsqueezing, a complex fourth-order quantum interaction. The…
A Nearly Invisible Energy From Dark Matter Could Explain How the First Black Holes Formed So Fast
A new study suggests that decaying dark matter may have helped create the universe’s first supermassive black holes…
Debugging A Stopped Foucault Pendulum’s Electronics
After the Foucault pendulum at the Houston Museum of Natural Science stopped working a while back after maintenance…
This laser turns metal into a star-like plasma in trillionths of a second
When intense laser flashes strike matter, they can knock electrons out of their positions around atomic nuclei. This…