Metamaterial with more shapes than atoms allows endless sound control
The age of smart, self-optimizing materials has begun. A programmable metamaterial has been developed that shatters the limits…
Scientists simulate what an object looks like at 99.9% light speed
Physicists in Vienna staged how a cube and a sphere would look in a camera if they raced…
Quantum Sensors in Space – IEEE Spectrum
An emerging generation of quantum sensors are capable of performing tasks such as detecting the magnetic fields of…
Did cannibal stars and boson stars populate the early universe? – Physics World
Did cannibal stars and boson stars populate the early universe? – Physics World Skip to main content Discover…
Learning quantum states of continuous-variable systems
Trace distance The trace distance between two quantum states ρ1 and ρ2 is defined as $${d}_{{\rm{tr}}}(\;{\rho }_{1},{\rho }_{2}):=\frac{1}{2}\|{\rho…
A mysterious glow surrounding the Milky Way could be first evidence of dark matter
For nearly a century, dark matter has remained an enigma. Despite outnumbering normal matter five to one, it…
‘Portal to physics beyond the Standard Model’: World’s largest neutrino detector starts up — with incredible results
The first results from the world’s largest neutrino detector have just been published, and they reveal the most…
Electrical control of photon spin angular momentum in organic electroluminescent materials
Although aza[6]H has proved to be a useful additive to generate blend polymer films with large chiroptical activity,…
Ultra high-Q tunable microring resonators enabled by slow light
Slow light-induced linewidth narrowing The maximum achievable Q-factor (Q = ωc/κ) of resonators is primarily constrained by intrinsic loss mechanisms…
Two stars spiraling toward catastrophe are putting Einstein’s gravity to the test
Astronomers have observed a pair of stars locked in a death spiral, and their dance of doom is…
Two Years of Listening to the Universe’s Most Violent Events
Gravitational waves are perhaps the most extraordinary signals in modern astronomy. When black holes or neutron stars collide…
Scientists Revisiting the ‘Faraday Effect’ Have Uncovered a Surprising Magnetic Interaction Between Light and Matter
Light’s magnetic field influences matter, according to new findings by Israeli researchers, challenging long-held assumptions that light only…