Can we hear gravitational-wave ‘beats’ in the rhythm of pulsars?
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Pulsars suggest that ultra–low-frequency gravitational waves are rippling through the cosmos. The signal seen…
When Black Holes Don’t Play by the Rules
Black holes are the remains of dead supermassive stars. When a star reaches the end of its life,…
Anomalous metal sheds light on ‘impossible’ state between superconductivity and insulation
(a) Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a reference device, taken before depositing the global top gate. The square…
New Simulator Pushes Classical Limits on Quantum Algorithm Testing
Insider Brief Researchers from INSAIT, ETH Zurich, and the University of Oxford developed qblaze, a quantum circuit simulator…
Scientists Have A New Model For The Big Bang Theory That Changes Everything
Gremlin/Getty Images For decades, scientists have relied on…
Compact laser-plasma accelerator can generate muons on demand for imaging
Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator (BELLA) detected and characterized directional muons. Credit: https://pxhere.com/es/photo/788784?utm_content=shareClip&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pxhere Muon beams can now be created…
Ultrafast topological control | Nature Physics
Mohsin, I. et al. Nature 626, 505–511 (2024). Article ADS Google Scholar Hefei, Z. et al. Nat. Phys.…
Tidal forces heat white dwarfs to unexpected temperatures in tight binary orbits
Impression of the 6.9 minute double white dwarf binary J1539+5027, composed of a tidally heated white dwarf (yellow)…
Nodal hybridization in a two-dimensional heavy-fermion material
Andres, K., Graebner, J. E. & Ott, H. R. 4f-virtual-bound-state formation in CeAl3 at low temperatures. Phys. Rev.…
The first eight | Nature Physics
Zapperi, S., Castellano, C., Colaiori, F. & Durin, G. Nat. Phys. 1, 46–49 (2005). Article Google Scholar Papanikolaou,…
Inside the 2025 Nobel Prize in physics
This illustration shows, from left to right: John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis. Credit: Niklas Elmehed, Nobel…
Gravity vs magnetism: Star-forming interaction revealed
This image, taken by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, shows a portion of molecular cloud NGC 6334, popularly known…