Physicists propose that our universe may contain three dimensions of time
Space and time looked settled, at least in broad outline. Einstein’s special relativity gave physics a durable framework…
Negative time experiment clears peer review as photons appear to leave an atom cloud before entering — groundbreaking quantum ‘negative time’ proven after 1 million test runs
A University of Toronto experiment showing that photons can spend a negative amount of time inside a cloud…
Evidence for the generic existence of two local structures in liquid water
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Giant gate response of the charge in an electron–lattice condensate
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The Unexpected Brightness ‘Gap’ in an Ancient Globular Cluster
Globular clusters are oddballs. They’re the most massive type of star cluster and their stellar population is typically…
Local ‘Little Red Dots’ stay eerily steady for up to 15 years, puzzling astronomers
Illustration of a supermassive black hole embedded within a dense, optically thick photosphere. The model predicts stable optical…
Gravitational waves confirm predicted black-hole mass gap and probe stellar nuclear physics
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Scientists Think a Cosmic Particle Accelerator Shot a Mystery Particle Right at Earth
A new paper in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics has put forth an intriguing theory: A…
Physicists propose that our universe may contain three dimensions of time
Space and time looked settled, at least in broad outline. Einstein’s special relativity gave physics a durable framework…
Crystalline symmetry breaking enables directional light emission in quantum dots
Dai, X. et al. Solution-processed, high-performance light-emitting diodes based on quantum dots. Nature 515, 96–99 (2014). Article ADS …
Single-shot full-field X-ray imaging with 10-nm resolution using hard X-ray free-electron laser pulses
Miao, J., Charalambous, P., Kirz, J. & Sayre, D. Extending the methodology of X-ray crystallography to allow imaging…
Atom Computing Reveals Quantum Error Correction with Toric Code
Insider Brief Atom Computing reported the first full demonstration of quantum error correction using a toric code on…