How Many Elementary Particles Are There, Really?
Every time I write about particle physics, I encounter a moment of uncertainty about a quantity that, at…
Strange ‘little red dots’ may be growing supermassive black holes
Little red dots have puzzled astronomers ever since NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope discovered them in 2022. These…
Success! Physicists Build The World’s First Clocks Powered by Atomic Nuclei : ScienceAlert
A breakthrough in chronometry decades in the making could redefine the limits of how we keep time. Using…
The Little Red Dots That Turned Out to Be Black Holes in Disguise
Sometimes the universe hands astronomers a single object so perfect that it cracks open a mystery that has…
Ask me anything: Mary Bishai – ‘For a self-professed nerd like me, doing big science is heaven’ – Physics World
Ask me anything: Mary Bishai – ‘For a self-professed nerd like me, doing big science is heaven’ –…
We have 4 fundamental forces of nature. ‘Quantum gravity’ could help lead us to a mysterious 5th
For decades, scientists have searched for a fifth fundamental force of nature that can explain mysterious aspects of…
Can black holes send information back in time?
If something is allowed by the laws of physics, then scientists can assume that it probably exists. Under…
Oxford physicists just made Schrödinger’s cat even stranger
Researchers at the University of Oxford have created a new type of quantum superposition, a phenomenon often associated…
Meet Harish-Chandra: The forgotten Indian mathematician who corrected a Nobel laureate and transformed modern physics |
Some scientists make discoveries. Others create entirely new ways of understanding the universe. Harish-Chandra belonged to the latter…
Microsoft And Quantinuum Report on Major Gains in Quantum Error Correction
Insider Brief A Nature study from Microsoft Quantum and Quantinuum found that quantum error-correction techniques reduced computational errors…
Physicists crack the puzzle of bird flocks with Newton-inspired twist
For more than three centuries, physicists have believed in Isaac Newton’s third law—every action has an equal and…
World’s first working nuclear clocks built after decades of effort
For decades, nuclear clocks have existed as one of physics’ most tempting promises. A device that could keep…