Bringing physics down to Earth through rocket science – Physics World
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A decade of cosmic discovery | Waterloo News
After 10 years of observing the shapes of 61 million distant galaxies, the UNIONS (Ultraviolet Near Infrared Optical…
A Wandering Black Hole Meets a Wandering Star
What happens when a black hole and a star meet in the middle of nowhere in a galaxy?…
Topological phase transitions and mixed-state order in a Hubbard quantum simulator
Wen, X.-G. Quantum Field Theory of Many-Body Systems (Oxford Univ. Press, 2004). Zeng, B. et al. Quantum Information…
Conductance measurements cannot distinguish crossed Andreev reflection from elastic co-tunnelling in normal–superconductor–normal junctions
Feng, J. et al. Long-range crossed Andreev reflection in a topological insulator nanowire proximitized by a superconductor. Nat.…
Superconductivity under pressure in a van der Waals heavy-fermion metal
Yankowitz, M., Ma, Q., Herrero, P. J. & LeRoy, B. J. van der Waals heterostructures combining graphene and…
Fast blue optical transients still defy explanation
Sky surveys keep catching a kind of cosmic explosion that astronomers can’t explain. They call them fast blue…
A Distant Primordial Object May Be a Newborn Little Red Dot
The infrared-sensitive James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been doing multiple surveys of the very distant Universe, digging…
Cold radioactive molecules offer a tabletop route to new physics – Physics World
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Quantum Computer Feasible in 5-10 Years
27 July 2026 How far are quantum computers from practical applications? And what challenges must be overcome for…
This Star Is Racing Around the Milky Way’s Black Hole at 8% the Speed of Light
Illustration of a sunlike star passing very close to a supermassive black hole. Credit: ESO, ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser…
Quantum Heat Waves Spotted at Room Temperature for the First Time
Visualization of ray-like heat flow in boron arsenide at 300 K (80°F). Credit: H-Lab/UCLA The discovery could improve…