Stressed Ice Generates Electricity, Researchers Find
Don’t mess with ice. When it’s stressed, ice can get seriously sparky. Scientists have discovered that ordinary ice—the…
Polaritons enable tunable and efficient molecular charge transfer across broader spectrum of light
CT processes in uncoupled and strongly coupled donor–acceptor systems. Credit: Nature Nanotechnology (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41565-025-01995-0 Polaritons are quasiparticles…
Astronomers Use a Double-Lensing Technique to Study a Supermassive Black Hole
In astronomy, some of the most profound discoveries happen by accident. As the saying goes, “The most exciting…
US scientists make incredible breakthrough with machine that runs hotter than the Sun: ‘Offers a practical bridge’
Scientists may have discovered a way to improve fusion reactors. Interesting Engineering reported on experiments inside a tokamak,…
Fabrication technique opens door to new materials for quantum hardware
Superconducting resonators store electromagnetic energy for quantum computers. Credit: Iliya Shiravand and Moeid Jamalzadeh Researchers have demonstrated a…
A light-programmable, dynamic ultrasound wavefront
Fig. 1. Optically Programmable Array of Transducers (OPAT) uses light to shape ultrasonic fields. Credit: Rahul Goyal, from…
Crystalline material conducts heat even worse than glass and water—and that’s promising
Postdoc Peter Skjøtt Thorup from Aarhus University holds a small sample of the crystalline material AgGaGe3Se8, which he…
JWST May Have Found The First Direct Evidence of a Primordial Black Hole : ScienceAlert
A tiny blob of red light spotted at the beginning of the Universe could represent the first direct…
Herwig Schopper obituary | Particle physics
The German physicist Herwig Schopper, who has died aged 101, was director general of Cern, the European Organisation…
Quantum emitter discovery in diamonds enables a new type of coupling
An NV-hosting nanodiamond on an AFM tip probes a topological waveguide. Suppressing RCP emission at 710 nm reveals…
Scientists trace rare nuclei ‘island’ where physics rules break apart
Researchers at CERN have made a great step forward in revealing how atomic nuclei behave after they mapped…
DESI Hints Dark Energy Isn’t What We Thought
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument is mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope…