Scientists Discover the Milky Way Is Floating on a Vast Sheet of Dark Matter Stretching Millions of Light-Years
A series of high-resolution simulations has revealed a striking new perspective on the Milky Way’s position in the…
“Understand. Don’t Memorise”: Why Nobel-winning physicist Richard Feynman’s advice works better than cramming for exams
Richard Feynman | Image source: Caltech Digital Collections The night before an exam is rarely about learning. It…
The infant universe’s “primordial soup” was actually soupy » MIT Physics
MIT physicists observed the first clear evidence that quarks create a wake as they speed through quark-gluon plasma,…
Our Entire Galaxy Appears to Be Embedded in a Colossal Sheet of Dark Matter
The Milky Way — and in fact our entire galactic neighborhood known as the Local Group — appear…
New Discovery In Laser Technology Could Change Everything For Quantum Computing
pixalane/Shutterstock The idea behind quantum computing has existed…
Scientists discover hidden geometry that bends electrons like gravity
How can information move at incredible speeds, or electricity flow without wasting energy? Answering these questions has pushed…
Observation of dissipationless fractional Chern insulator
Neupert, T., Santos, L., Chamon, C. & Mudry, C. Fractional quantum Hall states at zero magnetic field. Phys.…
World-leading quantum physicist You Chenglong leaves US for Chinese research institute
You, who was previously based at Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge, is regarded as a rising…
Chinese scientists achieve breakthrough in quantum computing with ‘Zhuangzi 2.0’
In the cinematic world of The Wandering Earth II, the super-intelligent AI “MOSS” navigates the impossible complexities of…
A binary model of long-period radio transients and white dwarf pulsars
Buckley, D. A. H., Meintjes, P. J., Potter, S. B., Marsh, T. R. & Gänsicke, B. T. Polarimetric…
Astronomers Discover Magnetic Highways in Galaxies Merging at 1.1 Million MPH
In a new study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, a team of astronomers has uncovered extraordinary details…
Collective photon emission and ferroelectric exciton ordering near Mott insulating state in WSe2/WS2 heterobilayers
Cai, J. et al. Signatures of fractional quantum anomalous Hall states in twisted MoTe2. Nature 622, 63–68 (2023).…