Massive magnets are on the move: Repurposing electromagnets for research
Left to right: The BaBar solenoid magnet at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory before its move to Brookhaven. (SLAC)…
Ultrafast Levitation Achieved in New Frictionless Device Developed by Japanese Researchers
A new method for achieving ultrafast, frictionless levitation has been developed by Japanese researchers at Yokohama National University,…
Schrodinger’s Cat: The man behind the thought experiment that questioned reality
A cat is in a sealed box. It is both alive and dead, at least until you open…
Next-level pixel-particle analogy uses quantum-inspired math to clarify noisy medical images
A medical image denoising method based on principles of quantum mechanics outperform machine learning, statistical methods, and neural…
‘Pop III.1’ model explains origins of black holes and early cosmic ionization
Computer simulation of the ionized bubble around a Population III.1 supermassive star, progenitor of a supermassive black hole,…
Structure and flow of low-dimensional water
Rousseau, D. L. & Porto, S. Polywater: polymer or artifact? Science 167, 1715–1719 (1970). ADS Google Scholar Derjaguin,…
Fractional computing | Nature Physics
We highlight how an abstract piece of condensed-matter physics — the fractional quantum Hall effect — may be…
Atomic-scale visualization of strain-tailored noncollinear spin textures in an antiferromagnetic ultrathin film
Growth of Mn atomic bilayer on Ag(111) Figure 1a represents the STM topographic overview of 1.0 ± 0.1 atomic layers of…
Passive demultiplexed two-photon state generation from a quantum dot
Aspuru-Guzik, A. & Walther, P. Photonic quantum simulators. Nat. Phys. 8, 285–291 (2012). Google Scholar Sparrow, C. et…
Astrophysicist Proposes Interstellar Mission to Study Black Holes
In a new paper published in the journal iScience, an astrophysicist from Fudan University discusses the possibility of…
New quantum phonon interference sets stage for next-gen sensors
Researchers at Rice University and their collaborators have achieved a groundbreaking demonstration of strong interference between phonons, the…
Astronomers detect most distant fast radio burst, just 3 billion years after Big Bang
Dynamic spectrum and polarization profile of FRB 20240304B. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2508.01648 Using the MeerKAT radio telescope,…