Astronomers have discovered a collision between two neutron stars in a small galaxy
ⓘ Mikkehouse – Pixabay An artist’s illustration showing a neutron star. Recently, astronomers have discovered a collision between…
Lense–Thirring precessing magnetar engine drives a superluminous supernova
Gal-Yam, A. in Handbook of Supernovae (eds Alsabti, A. W. & Murdin, P.) 195–237 (Springer, 2017). Moriya, T.…
Simulation of a Floquet non-Abelian topological insulator with photonic quantum walks
Qi, X.-L. & Zhang, S.-C. Topological insulators and superconductors. Rev. Mod. Phys. 83, 1057–1110 (2011). Article ADS Google…
The 19th-century mathematical clue that led to quantum mechanics
Yet Hamilton’s reputation during his lifetime was built on work he completed much earlier. In the 1820s and…
Black hole and neutron star mergers push the laws of physics with their odd orbits
Scientists have discovered that before black holes collide with neutron stars and merge, these extreme stellar remnants can…
The block universe: a theory where every moment already exists
JIM AL-KHALILI:Â My name is Jim Al-Khalili and I’m Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Surrey. My…
Ground-state exciton–polariton condensation via coherent Floquet driving
The acousto-polaritonic device studied here (Fig. 1a) is based on a patterned hybrid phonon–photon AlGaAs MC with multiple…
One- and two-dimensional cluster states for topological phase simulation and measurement-based quantum computation
Nielsen, M. A. & Chuang, I. L. Quantum Computation and Quantum Information 10th Anniversary Edition (Cambridge Univ. Press,…
Where Some See Strings, She Sees a Space-Time Made of Fractals
Astrid Eichhorn spends her days thinking about how the laws of physics change at the tiniest scales. Imagine…
A glimpse into the future of particle therapy – Physics World
A glimpse into the future of particle therapy – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from…
Quantum computing meets the Möbius molecule
This has a direct analog in tracing a path along the surface of a Möbius strip, where you…
Astrophysicists trace the origin of valuable metals in space, from colliding stars to merging galaxies
Billions of light years away in a remote part of the universe, two neutron stars – the ultradense…