Japan claims to have achieved the first-ever “direct observation” of dark matter —Its so rare we don’t even know if it exists
An incredibly rare discovery was made by Japan scientists led by Tomonori Totani in Tokyo, at the university…
Transforming sensitivity to new physics with single-top-quark events
The top quark, the heaviest known elementary particle, has captivated physicists since its discovery in the 1990s and…
Geometry-induced spin chirality in a non-chiral ferromagnet at zero field
Sample preparation The magnetic chiral tubes were fabricated by combining TPL and ALD. We applied the additive manufacturing…
Acoustic Levitation Breakthrough Uses Sound to “Float” Multiple Objects in Midair
Austrian scientists working to perfect acoustic levitation have broken through a critical barrier by using electrical charges, allowing…
Astronomers capture the ‘invisible’ corona of a black hole
Astronomers have found a way to measure the hot corona around a distant supermassive black hole. The black…
Quantum-scale thermodynamics offers a tighter definition of entropy – Physics World
Quantum-scale thermodynamics offers a tighter definition of entropy – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from…
Chinese physicists prove Einstein wrong and put century-old debate to an end
For the first time, scientists in China have faithfully recreated a thought experiment proposed by Albert Einstein nearly…
Why is the universe made of matter? These ‘ghost particle’ experiments could help us find out
Scientists have inched a step closer to solving an enduring mystery in physics — why the universe contains…
Twist-induced non-Hermitian topology of exciton–polaritons
Hasan, M. Z. & Kane, C. L. Colloquium: topological insulators. Rev. Mod. Phys. 82, 3045–3067 (2010). Article ADS …
Ultrafast time-resolved observation of non-thermal current-induced switching in an antiferromagnetic Weyl semimetal
Satoh, T. et al. Spin oscillations in antiferromagnetic NiO triggered by circularly polarized light. Phys. Rev. Lett. 105,…
Surprising optics breakthrough could transform our view of the Universe
Gravitational-wave detectors may soon get a major performance boost, thanks to a new instrumentation advance led by physicist…
Quasi-bound flat bands in the continuum
The theoretical framework for the quasi-bound flat bands in the continuum We start with a one-dimensional (1D) silicon…