Scientists Steer Infrared Light Through an “Invisible” Waveguide
Artist’s illustration of plasmon canalization in MoOCl₂, showing light propagating along a narrow channel. The image depicts the…
Physicist Jim Choyke, at 100, still works at Pitt: ‘I like doing physics. Why should I retire?’
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The Sun releases energy by fusing hydrogen in its core, but that energy does not travel outward in a straight line — one estimate puts its diffusion through the radiative zone at around 170,000 years
Here is a picture most of us carry: the Sun burns, light shoots off the top of it,…
World’s first superconducting quantum heat engine could help unlock massive quantum computers
A newly developed superconducting quantum heat engine could deepen our understanding of thermodynamics while helping advance technologies needed…
What does a black hole sound like? A Villanova scientist’s answer was turned into music.
Listen to article • 0:00 min Villanova astrophysicist Becka Phillipson wondered what a black hole might sound like. She…
Scientists detect a nuclear reactor’s ghostly afterglow for the first time
Even after a nuclear reactor is switched off, activity continues deep inside its core. Long-lived radioactive fission products…
World’s first superconducting quantum heat engine could help unlock massive quantum computers
A newly developed superconducting quantum heat engine could deepen our understanding of thermodynamics while helping advance technologies needed…
Quantum Australia Reports $83.1M Economic Impact and Growth of 15 Quantum Companies
Insider Brief Quantum Australia reported that its national programs generated $83.1 million in estimated economic value over five…
Quote of the day by Richard Feynman: “What I cannot create, I do not understand.”
Image: Princetoniana Museum Two people can read the same explanation of something and walk away with completely different…
Rice Researchers Improve Trapped-Ion Quantum Simulation with New Temperature Controls
Insider Brief Rice University researchers developed new controls for a trapped-ion quantum simulator that allow independent tuning of…
X-ray-driven Hanbury Brown and Twiss spectroscopy
Crookes, W. Contributions to molecular physics in high vacua—magnetic deflection of molecular trajectory—laws of magnetic rotation in high…
Scientists find loophole that moves energy faster than light
Two researchers say they have found a way for the energy peak of a wave pulse to reach…