Quantum uncertainty captured in real time using femtosecond light pulses
Mohammed Hassan, associate professor of physics and optical sciences, is the corresponding author on a paper which explains…
Experimental entanglement swapping through single-photon χ(2) nonlinearity
The SFG-BSA configuration Figure 1a shows a schematic of the SFG-BSA setup. A type-0 PPLN/W is incorporated in a…
Rethinking Our Place in the Universe
Matteo VielAstroparticle and Gravitational Physics Group, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy October 6, 2025• Physics…
GHz-rate optical phase shift in light-matter interaction-engineered, silicon-ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals
Shekhar, S. et al. Roadmapping the next generation of silicon photonics. Nat. Commun. 15, 1–15 (2024). Article Google…
Black Holes Have No Hair, But They Do Have Comb Overs
Making a black hole is easy. Just squeeze a bunch of stuff into a small enough volume. It…
Particles seen in Italy may be from a nearby black hole explosion
A single subatomic particle streaked through the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Sicily on February 13, 2023,…
Powerful and precise multi-color lasers now fit on a single chip
This schematic illustration shows the diffractive element in the high-power microcomb source separating comb lines spectrally. Credit: Michal…
Unified theory of phonon in solids with phase diagram of non-Debye anomalies
We begin by abstracting an isotropic real solid as a homogeneous continuum model embedded with some scatterers. The…
Gravitational lenses imaged by Webb during its first run
A collage of eight Webb images of gravitational lensing, each showing various distorted galaxies in the center of…
Plasma rampdown prediction model could improve reliability of fusion power plants
A shot-by-shot breakdown of every shot in the experiment. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-63917-x Tokamaks are machines…
Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 – Scientific background
The Nobel Foundation Tasked with a mission to manage Alfred Nobel’s fortune and has ultimate responsibility for fulfilling the…
Physicists detect water’s ultraviolet fingerprint in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
NASA’s Swift Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS during two visits in July and August 2025. The…