Mysterious Milky Way object accelerates protons beyond one quadrillion electron volts
Scientists have conclusively identified a source in the Milky Way that can accelerate protons to some of the…
The First Temporal Photonic Crystal Advances Light into a New Dimension
When a team of physicists in Paris fabricated the world’s first temporal photonic crystal, they added a new…
CERN Experiments Detect Signs of the Universe’s Primordial Matter
Collisions between oxygen and neon nuclei at the Large Hadron Collider are revealing signs of quark–gluon plasma, the…
Fermiology-driven goniopolar transverse thermoelectricity in kagome metals
Yin, J.-X., Lian, B. & Hasan, M. Z. Topological kagome magnets and superconductors. Nature 612, 647–657 (2022). Article …
SpaceX veteran on how rocket tech could solve Earth’s water crisis
Spacecraft have to survive launch, operate flawlessly in orbit, and return safely to Earth. Jonathan Criss spent over…
US develops two-knob quantum simulator with precise thermal control
Scientists in the US have developed a novel way to control temperature inside a trapped-ion quantum simulator that…
What is the breakthrough in China’s artificial sun project? A 6.5 Tesla magnet
New Delhi: China’s superconducting magnets have passed key tests at the Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of…
China hopes to banish blackouts as quantum tech puts power grid in superposition
China plans to expand the application of quantum technologies – including precision sensors and computer simulations – across…
Scientists Who Uncovered Altermagnetism Win Major Physics Honor
Altermagnetic crystal: not only the directions of spin polarization (in magenta and cyan) alternate on neighboring magnetic atoms,…
World’s largest neutrino detector pushed to 300,000 volts at CERN
Scientists have been testing the limits of the world’s largest neutrino experiment after they subjected the prototype detector…
Inside the strange physics of why time stops at the speed of light
A clock aboard a fast-moving spacecraft does not break, lag or malfunction. It ticks normally for everyone inside.…
IBM’s quantum computer cuts error rates 10x in 15-minute test
IBM and University of Chicago researchers have demonstrated a quantum computing system that they say can perform a…