Dive Into the Elusive World of Particles With the Global Physics Photowalk Finalists
Here’s something you rarely see so up close. The photograph above shows one of 18 optical modules inside…
Simulation showing what it would look like to go around Earth at the speed of light is absolutely wild
This simulation showed what it would look like if you went around Earth at the speed of light,…
What is Quantum Teleportation? How scientists made a breakthrough for the first time
In 2024, researchers achieved what was long thought impossible: quantum teleportation over the internet. A quantum state of…
Are the Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics Beginning To Dissolve?
Thus the wave function can’t tell us what the quantum system is like before we measure it. By…
What’s Really Behind This Unexplained Particle Decay? Scientists Say It’s Something Big!
A surprising and rare particle decay has left scientists puzzled as kaons, particles made up of quarks, are…
Quantum imaging with correlated photon pairs
Strekalov, D., Sergienko, A., Klyshko, D. & Shih, Y. Observation of two-photon “ghost” interference and diffraction. Phys. Rev.…
Helical metasurfaces based on topological surface states in three-dimensional photonic topological insulators
Huber, S. D. Topological mechanics. Nat. Phys. 12, 621 (2016). Article CAS Google Scholar Yang, Z. et al.…
Could the Milky Way galaxy’s supermassive black hole actually be a clump of dark matter?
New research suggests the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way is actually a tremendously…
Controversy that has divided quantum physics since 1927 is settled
A single trapped atom has been used to carry out Einstein’s proposed test of the double-slit experiment, a…
Scientists Caught Sperm Ignoring a Major Physical Law : ScienceAlert
Human sperm can swim through surprisingly viscous fluids with ease – and they seemingly defy Newton’s third law…
‘Loudest’ gravitational wave yet puts Einstein’s theory of gravity to its toughest test yet
Scientists have used the loudest gravitational-wave signal ever recorded to put Albert Einstein’s more than 100-year-old theory of…
Scientists Discover Time Crystals You Can Hold—and They Levitate
Last year, physicists created a time crystal—atomic arrangements repeating motion patterns—visible to the naked eye. But the latest…