Scientists Just Got an Unprecedented Glimpse into the Nature of Reality
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Dark Matter “Wind” May Finally Be Detectable With New Superconducting Tech
Using the improved superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD), researchers are searching for very light dark matter. Credit: UZH…
Physicists propose tabletop “neutrino laser” to probe ghost particles
Trillions of ghostly particles called neutrinos stream through our bodies every second, slipping past atoms without a trace.…
Physics – Diamond Defects Drive Dynamics
September 9, 2025• Physics 18, s109 A minuscule diamond containing billions of impurities can be induced to produce…
Scientists Create Magnetic Nanohelices To Control Electron Spin at Room Temperature
The twisting direction of metal nanoparticles is controlled to be right- or left-handed by adding chiral molecules, which…
Something From Nothing – Physicists Mimic the “Impossible” Schwinger Effect
Physicists have long wondered whether matter can spontaneously emerge from nothing, a process known as the Schwinger effect.…
Wilczek’s Multiverse | Why it is time for the world to think about the 3 faces of time
In the eighth instalment of his exclusive monthly series for the South China Morning Post, American theoretical physicist…
Scientists Discover a “Giant” New Twist on a 140-Year-Old Effect
For the first time, researchers have uncovered a giant anomalous Hall effect in a nonmagnetic material, rewriting established…
Why We Can’t Walk Through Walls Even Though Atoms Are Mostly Empty
It’s a fair question: atoms are made mostly of empty space, so why does solid matter feel, well……
Quantum calculations provide a sharper image of subatomic stress
A proton (pink) and an electron (blue) experience stresses in the hydrogen atom. Investigating stress in subatomic particles…
Physicists achieve record precision in measuring proton-to-electron mass ratio with H₂⁺
Detailed view of the experimental setup. The hydrogen molecule ions are cooled by means of laser light to…
Before Hawking, a forgotten priest imagined black holes
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