Scientists Detect Strange Signal in Gravitational Waves
For the first time, astrophysicists have measured the recoil — or “kick,” in the parlance — resulting from…
There’s a 90% chance we’ll see a black hole explode within a decade, physicists say
Stellar black holes form from the collapse of massive stars at the end of their lives, typically weighing…
New Method Proposed To Detect Universe’s Mysterious “Phantom Heat” Predicted by Einstein
A team in Japan has proposed a clever method to finally detect the mysterious Unruh effect, a predicted…
Catastrophic disruption of asteroid 2023 CX1 and implications for planetary defence
Brown, P. G. et al. A 500-kiloton airburst over Chelyabinsk and an enhanced hazard from small impactors. Nature…
Physicists Propose a ‘Neutrino Laser’ Straight Out of Science Fiction : ScienceAlert
MIT physicists have proposed a way to make a super sci-fi-sounding device: a neutrino ‘laser,’ which could help…
Experiments Refute Dark Matter Claim
September 17, 2025• Physics 18, s117 Two direct-detection experiments see no evidence of a signal reported by their…
The signature of subgalactic dark matter clumping in the global 21-cm signal of hydrogen
Carniani, S. et al. Spectroscopic confirmation of two luminous galaxies at a redshift of 14. Nature 633, 318–322…
Bilayer Graphene Slides into Action
September 16, 2025• Physics 18, s116 Sliding one layer of bilayer graphene over the other provides a powerful…
Japanese Scientists Solve Decades-Old Quantum Puzzle, Paving the Way for Teleportation and Advanced Computing
Scientists from Kyoto University and Hiroshima University have identified a novel method of understanding the long-elusive W state…
Scientists Detect Strange Signal in Gravitational Waves
For the first time, astrophysicists have measured the recoil — or “kick,” in the parlance — resulting from…
Atomic-scale imaging of frequency-dependent phonon anisotropy
Schubert, M. et al. Anisotropy, phonon modes, and free charge carrier parameters in monoclinic β-gallium oxide single crystals.…
What are the ‘magic numbers’ in nuclear physics, and why are they so powerful?
Some atoms are stable, while others seem to fall apart. Lead-208 will probably last forever, while the synthetic…