Unprecedented ‘Einstein Cross’ Reveals Fifth Ghost Image and a Dark Matter Surprise
When gravity—an invisible yet ubiquitous force—bends and distorts light from distant galaxies, Earthbound observers get a rare glimpse…
Mysterious “Universe Breaker” Red Dots Could Be Black Holes in Disguise
Artist’s impression of a black hole star (not to scale). Mysterious tiny pinpoints of light discovered at the…
Physicists just found a way to make “something from nothing”
In 1951, physicist Julian Schwinger theorized that by applying a uniform electrical field to a vacuum, electron-positron pairs…
This Giant Subterranean Neutrino Detector Is Taking On the Mysteries of Physics
Located 700 meters underground near the city of Jiangmen in southern China, a giant sphere—35 meters in diameter…
Top quarks embrace in quasi-bound toponium – Physics World
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Artificial gauge fields in photonics
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Terahertz field control of surface topology probed with subatomic resolution
Basov, D. N., Averitt, R. D. & Hsieh, D. Towards properties on demand in quantum materials. Nat. Mater.…
CERN and fusion energy, advancing together
CERN and Fusion for Energy (F4E) sign a major framework collaboration agreement to advance scientific research and technological…
What Alternatives Are There To The Big Bang Model?
In 1964, physicist Arno Allan Penzias and radio astronomer Robert Woodrow Wilson noticed an unusual noise always humming…
Something Out Of Nothing: New Approach Mimics Matter Creation Using Superfluid Helium
When matter and antimatter collide, they turn into pure energy. Energy can also spontaneously turn into matter and…
The ‘ghost particle’ machine rewriting our understanding of the universe
They are sometimes called “ghost particles”, so mysterious are they. And anyone who does not know what subatomic…
New laser technique reveals nearly 20 previously hidden states of matter
The quantum world is already full of surprises, but a new discovery has added an entire wing to…