The lives of black holes, from birth to death
Of all the strange and spectacular things in outer space, nothing is stranger or more spectacular than black…
Cosmic rays share a common acceleration and movement pattern- Earth.com
Cosmic ray particles come in very different sizes. Protons are light, but iron nuclei are heavy. Scientists have…
The Magnetar at the Heart of a Superluminous Supernova
If exploding stars were a fireworks display, then superluminous supernovae (SLSNe) would be the grand finale. They can…
Thermodynamic computing: noise as a resource, not an enemy – Physics World
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Particle size affects contact electrification – Physics World
Particle size affects contact electrification – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright…
Spectral level repulsion and Lifshitz-like states in hyperuniform disordered photonic networks
The samples investigated in this work are based on the design of a purely two-dimensional stealthy hyperuniform disordered…
New theory argues quantum physics must abandon irratonal numbers and the continuum
Quantum mechanics works perfectly in experiments, but Oxford physicist Tim Palmer argues it rests on a mathematical fiction:…
The Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft were found to be decelerating slightly more than gravity could explain, and for thirty years physicists wondered if Newton was wrong before realizing in 2012 that the answer was the probes’ own waste heat gently pushing them backward at a billionth of Earth’s gravity.
Two NASA probes built in the early 1970s spent three decades drifting slightly off course, decelerating by about…
Physicists finally solve the strange mystery of “breathing” lasers
An international team of researchers, including a scientist from Aston University, has developed a new mathematical framework that…
Scientists discover strange “narwhal” waves that trap light beyond known limits
For decades, shrinking photonic devices has been far more difficult than miniaturizing electronic components. The challenge comes down…
Accurate and fast event-based shape measurement of mixed reflectance scenes
Principles In our proposed approach, we tightly integrate event-based triangulation and deflectometry to simultaneously scan all surface types…
Physicists finally solve the strange mystery of “breathing” lasers
An international team of researchers, including a scientist from Aston University, has developed a new mathematical framework that…