Fast blue optical transients still defy explanation
Sky surveys keep catching a kind of cosmic explosion that astronomers can’t explain. They call them fast blue…
This Star Is Racing Around the Milky Way’s Black Hole at 8% the Speed of Light
Illustration of a sunlike star passing very close to a supermassive black hole. Credit: ESO, ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser…
A Distant Primordial Object May Be a Newborn Little Red Dot
The infrared-sensitive James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been doing multiple surveys of the very distant Universe, digging…
Superconductivity under pressure in a van der Waals heavy-fermion metal
Yankowitz, M., Ma, Q., Herrero, P. J. & LeRoy, B. J. van der Waals heterostructures combining graphene and…
Quantum Computer Feasible in 5-10 Years
27 July 2026 How far are quantum computers from practical applications? And what challenges must be overcome for…
Scientists create an “electron lighthouse” with laser light
Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a semiconductor device that uses laser light to direct the…
Twisted laser light can tell mirror-image molecules apart
Many molecules come in two forms that are mirror images of one another, much like left and right…
Quantum Heat Waves Spotted at Room Temperature for the First Time
Visualization of ray-like heat flow in boron arsenide at 300 K (80°F). Credit: H-Lab/UCLA The discovery could improve…
Researchers break light symmetry with simple materials
Light typically interacts with a material the same way whether it enters through the front or the back…
From Lab to Market: The US Push to Commercialise Quantum Technology
Image Source: Getty Images Following the announcement of a US$2 billion federal incentive for Quantum Technology (QT) by the…
‘Photonic multi-lane highway’ enjoys insulator-free topological protection – Physics World
‘Photonic multi-lane highway’ enjoys insulator-free topological protection – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics…
Scientists Discover Two Competing Memories in Matter
Device used to stir and rock samples of a suspension of small particles in viscous liquid. New research…