Caltech Physicist Honored with Watson Medal
Jonas Zmuidzinas (BS ’81), the Merle Kingsley Professor of Physics at Caltech, will receive the 2026 James Craig…
Supermassive black hole grows 13 times faster than cosmic speed limits
Japanese astronomers have discovered an extraordinary supermassive black hole in the early universe that is growing at a…
New unified theory connects two fundamental domains of modern quantum physics
By bringing the long-standing and opposing views of quantum mechanics together to form a single cohesive theory, a…
What Are Super Quantum Dots?
Super quantum dots might be the next big (OK, little) thing in TVs. At least, that’s what companies…
Emergence of Kondo-assisted Néel order in a Kondo necklace model
The molecular structure of Ni(p-Py-V-p-F)(H2O)5 is shown in Fig. 1a, with the Ni atom surrounded by a pyridine in…
Ultrafast transition from coherent to incoherent polariton nonlinearities in a hybrid 1L-WS2/plasmon structure
Törmä, P. & Barnes, W. L. Strong coupling between surface plasmon polaritons and emitters: a review. Rep. Prog.…
Demonstration of low-overhead quantum error correction codes
Nielsen, M. A., Chuang, I. L. Quantum Computation and Quantum Information (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2010). Google Scholar Shor,…
Strain-induced two-dimensional topological crystalline insulator in bilayer SnTe
Experimental realization of strained 3 atomic layers We prepared ultrathin SnTe films on a 2H-NbSe2 substrate using the…
Modelling wavefunction collapse as a continuous flow yields insights on the nature of measurement – Physics World
Modelling wavefunction collapse as a continuous flow yields insights on the nature of measurement – Physics World Skip…
There is no such thing as a “quantum un-do button” in nature, and that limitation could explain why your coffee cools down but never reheats on its own
For as long as people have dreamed about time machines, physics has wrestled with a strange mismatch between…
What If Outer Space Isn’t Empty? One Researcher Claims It’s Actually a Fluid
What if outer space isn’t empty, but behaves like a thick, slow-moving fluid? A new study suggests just…
A New Theory Says Gravity May Come From Entropy—Which Could Lead to a Unified Theory of Physics
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A new theory suggests that gravity could possibly be…