Scientists just turned light into a remote control for crystals
Scientists at NYU have developed a way to use light to guide how microscopic particles arrange themselves into…
Physics World March 2026 – Physics World
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A tiny twist creates giant magnetic skyrmions in 2D crystals
In the fast moving field of two dimensional materials, even a slight rotational shift between layers can dramatically…
How fast is the universe actually expanding? Ripples in spacetime could finally solve ‘Hubble tension’
A team of scientists says it’s possible to use tiny ripples in space and time, or gravitational waves,…
Purcell-enhanced two-photon emission from a quantum dot via dark-state biexciton loading
Slusher, R. E., Hollberg, L. W., Yurke, B., Mertz, J. C. & Valley, J. F. Observation of squeezed…
Quote of the day by Albert Einstein: ‘Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe’ – A hard truth about human behavior from the genius scientist
A Quote of the Day usually does one simple thing. It pauses us. It makes us look at…
Quantum internet materializes in Germany due to a 30-kilometer breakthrough
Something once thought too delicate for real cities just survived them. A quiet test in Germany hints that…
Large-scale ion-trap quantum computing systems inch closer to reality
Researchers have achieved a breakthrough towards building scalable quantum computers. The team used cryoelectronics to control ion traps,…
Atomic tweak turns silicon into high-efficiency quantum light source
In the strange world of quantum physics, even the tiniest tweak can unlock outsized rewards. In a new…
For the first time, light mimics a Nobel Prize quantum effect
In the late 1800s, physicists discovered what is now called the Hall effect. It occurs when an electric…
Stephen Hawking writes a tiny paper — and turns our understanding of black holes inside out — March 1, 1974
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A faint cosmic hum could solve the Universe’s expansion mystery
For decades, astronomers have known that the universe is expanding. To determine how fast it is growing today,…