Ramanujan’s 100-year-old pi formula is still revealing the Universe
Most people first encounter the irrational number π (pi) — commonly approximated as 3.14 and extending infinitely without…
Astronomers Caught a Spacetime Whirlpool Around a Black Hole as First Predicted by Einstein. “This is a Real Gift for Physicists”
An artist’s impression depicts the accretion disk surrounding a black hole, in which the inner region of the…
Astronomers May Have Finally Solved the Mystery of These Freaky Blue Cosmic Flashes
The cosmos is so full of mysteries that sometimes, astronomers will find answers to things you’ve probably never…
Motion through quantum space–time is traced by ‘q-desics’ – Physics World
Motion through quantum space–time is traced by ‘q-desics’ – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from…
Low-threshold lasing from colloidal quantum dots under quasi-continuous-wave excitation
Chemicals Cadmium oxide (CdO, 99.5%, trace metals basis), zinc acetate 99.99%, trace metals basis), oleylamine (70%, technical grade),…
Why Is Its Black Hole So Quiet?
In one of the most fascinating globular clusters in the Milky Way, Omega Centauri, astronomers have long suspected…
Fusion and fission of particle-like chiral nematic vortex knots
Materials and sample preparation The chiral LC mixture used was prepared from 4-cyano-4′-pentylbiphenyl (5CB, EM Chemicals), doped with…
Comet 3I/ATLAS Is Experiencing A Non-Gravitational Acceleration. Here’s What To Know
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was discovered just five and a half months ago, and in that time has taken…
How are dark matter and antimatter different?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an…
First coil ready to face deep-space cold
Toroidal field coils have already experienced extreme cold. Once finalized, in Japan or in Europe, most of them…
Astronomers discover spacetime drag around a supermassive black hole — as predicted by Einstein
A star’s fatal brush with a supermassive black hole can light up a quiet galaxy. When gravity shreds…
Plasma Turbulence Is Doing Surprising Things Inside Fusion Reactors
The interiors of fusion reactors can get seriously chaotic. But for obvious reasons—like extreme temperatures and pressures—researchers aren’t…