Scientists Found ‘Magic’ Particles in the Large Hadron Collider
In November, Quanta magazine published a feature on the detection of “magic” top quarks at CERN’s Large Hadron…
A Japanese Team’s Ultra-Precise Sensor Could Reveal How Dark Matter Flows Without Touching It
Efforts to detect dark matter have long been shaped by one core limitation: the inability to observe it…
Continuous-wave narrow-linewidth vacuum ultraviolet laser source
Kroger, L. A. & Reich, C. W. Features of the low-energy level scheme of 229Th as observed in…
Giant magnetocaloric effect and spin supersolid in a metallic dipolar magnet
Xiang, J. et al. Giant magnetocaloric effect in spin supersolid candidate Na2BaCo(PO4)2. Nature 625, 270–275 (2024). Article ADS …
Newly discovered radio signal from the center of our galaxy could put Einstein’s relativity to the test
Is the ultradense core of a gigantic star lurking in the center of the Milky Way? Scientists think…
Maximizing perovskite electroluminescence with ordered 3D/2D heterojunction
Peng, C. et al. Weakly space-confined all-inorganic perovskites for light-emitting diodes. Nature 643, 96–103 (2025). Article ADS CAS …
New study favors ‘fuzzy’ dark matter as the backbone of the universe — contrary to decades of research
Physicists’ top theory about the nature of the universe may be wrong, a new study of strangely warped…
Physicists Make Electrons Flow Like Water
If you were asked to picture how electrons move, you could be forgiven for imagining a stream of…
Peering Into the Energetic Turbulence Around Supermassive Black Holes
Most evidence shows that supermassive black holes (SMBH) sit in the center of massive galaxies like ours. Their…
7 Weird Space Phenomena That Only Make Sense if Dark Matter Exists
Dark matter is the invisible stuff making up around 85% of the universe’s mass. Like its name, dark…
Scientists Just Discovered Cosmic Rays Inside a Mysterious Cloud for the First Time
Astronomers have made a historic discovery by directly detecting cosmic rays deep inside a dense, starless molecular cloud.…
Heralded high-dimensional photon–photon quantum gate
Vertesi, T., Pironio, S. & Brunner, N. Closing the detection loophole in Bell experiments using qudits. Phys. Rev.…