19.2-attosecond X-ray pulse lets scientists freeze electron motion
Electrons just got caught in the act. For decades, scientists have known that electrons quietly dictate almost everything,…
Everything in the universe is a quantum wave
A radical new interpretation of quantum mechanics is offered here. Professor of Quantum Information Science at the University…
First Runaway Supermassive Black Hole Tearing Through Space : ScienceAlert
Every now and again, a stellar object is caught zooming across space like a white rabbit, extremely late…
Astronomers Caught a Spacetime Whirlpool Around a Black Hole as First Predicted by Einstein. “This is a Real Gift for Physicists”
An artist’s impression depicts the accretion disk surrounding a black hole, in which the inner region of the…
Chinese research named among Physics World’s top 10 breakthroughs of 2025
BEIJING — A landmark achievement by Chinese researchers in creating China”s first two-dimensional metals has been named one…
Ultrafast light delivers 10x magnetic control for quantum devices
Scientists have uncovered a new way to control magnets using flashes of light lasting less than a trillionth…
Ramanujan’s 100-year-old pi formula is still revealing the Universe
Most people first encounter the irrational number π (pi) — commonly approximated as 3.14 and extending infinitely without…
Visualizing interaction-driven restructuring of quantum Hall edge states
Halperin, B. I. Quantized Hall conductance, current-carrying edge states, and the existence of extended states in a two-dimensional…
Quantum 100. UNESCO Recognizes Quantum Leaders
The Quantum 100 is a global initiative celebrating individuals propelling the field of quantum science forward. Recognizing the…
What MIT Physicist Nuno Loureiro Was Working on Before Fatal Shooting
The fatal shooting of professor Nuno Loureiro of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has prompted an outpouring…
A quantum mystery that stumped scientists for decades is solved
A global research team led by Rice University physicist Pengcheng Dai has verified the presence of emergent photons…
Speeding up antiferromagnetic switching | Nature Materials
Coughlin, T. Seagate shows path to over 100TB hard disk drives. Forbes (23 May 2025); https://go.nature.com/44vKTW8 Ogawa, K.…