Jupiter Accelerates Electrons to Near-Light Speed, Offering Clues to Cosmic Ray Origins
The giant planet’s bow shock isn’t just deflecting the solar wind, it’s acting as a powerful particle accelerator,…
Astronomers detect winds from a black hole reaching 30% of the speed of light
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An illustration showing two black holes. Recently, astronomers have detected powerful winds in a…
“Crisis averted” – The Universe is still expanding. Scientists say they’ve debunked a study that claims dark energy doesn’t exist
The Universe is still expanding, the expansion of the Universe is still accelerating and our understanding of the…
Why no two people ever see the same rainbow: The science behind this beautifaul illusion |
Whenever you spot a rainbow stretching across the sky after a monsoon shower, you think you’re seeing the…
Space-time holograms based on programmable metasurfaces
Zheng, G. et al. Metasurface holograms reaching 80% efficiency. Nat. Nanotechnol. 10, 308 (2015). Article Google Scholar Gopakumar,…
US: Scientists find Higgs mode in a semiconductor for the first time
Scientists at the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) in the US found an elusive type of vibration, called the…
David Kipping Has a New Take on the Existence of Advanced Life in the Universe… and the Numbers are Not Encouraging!
Between the mid-70s and early 80s, two physicists (Michael Hart and Frank Tipler) published a controversial series of…
On The Hunt For Cosmic Dawn And The Universe’s Very First Stars
After only four short years, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and observational cosmologists like Richard Ellis at…
23,000-pound magnet to power world’s most advanced fusion system
A massive magnet that crossed the Atlantic Ocean has brought one of America’s most ambitious fusion projects a…
Two-component exciton condensates in an electron–hole bilayer
Stamper-Kurn, D. M. & Ueda, M. Spinor Bose gases: symmetries, magnetism, and quantum dynamics. Rev. Mod. Phys. 85,…
In situ nanocrystal confinement for efficient blue perovskite LEDs
Ma, D. et al. Distribution control enables efficient reduced-dimensional perovskite LEDs. Nature 599, 594–598 (2021). Article ADS CAS …
Underground detector unveils first major findings about mysterious ghost particles
NEW YORK — A massive underground detector aimed at understanding the mysterious ghost particles in our universe released…