Meet Andrea Ghez: The puzzle-loving child who grew up to discover the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole |
Image: Left/Nobel Prize Org/Right/Canva As a child growing up in Chicago, Andrea Ghez loved solving maths problems and…
New Supernova Study Confirms Universe’s Expansion is Still Accelerating
A fresh analysis of Type Ia supernovae overturns a controversial 2025 claim that cosmic expansion is slowing. Type…
Senior thesis spotlight: A scholarly look at black holes and relativity by a student whose other universe is jazz
When Sophia Varughese came to Princeton, she expected to major in economics and minor in music performance so…
Astronomers Trace Elusive High-Energy Neutrino to Star-Forming Galaxy in Early Universe
JCMT0402-0424, a dusty starburst galaxy around 11 billion light-years away, is the strongest candidate yet for the source…
The Map of Physics: Animation Shows How All the Different Fields in Physics Fit Together
From Newton’s mechanical calculations to Einstein’s general and special relativity to the baffling indeterminacy of quantum mechanics, the…
Schrödinger’s anthill: Quantum entanglement detected inside a centimeter-sized strange metal
A strange metal can fit in your hand, yet still behave in ways that seem to belong to…
Mysterious cosmic particle may reveal where the universe’s most extreme rays are born
For decades, physicists assumed the universe’s most powerful particles stopped at iron. Anything heavier would shatter crossing the…
Strong coupling of a microwave photon to an electron on helium
Platzman, P. M. & Dykman, M. I. Quantum computing with electrons floating on liquid helium. Science 284, 1967–1969…
Physicists use thorium-229 to power the world’s first working nuclear clock
A clock built from thorium-229 has crossed an important line, from a long-discussed concept to a working device.…
Europe’s first superconducting X-ray spectrometer uses 248 sensors
Researchers in Germany have brought Europe’s first and only superconducting TES-array X-ray spectrometer online at the BESSY II…
LHCb discovers the final missing member of a doubly charmed particle family – Home
The LHCb Collaboration has found a new particle consisting of one strange quark and two charm quarks. With…
Nanoscale strain wave generation by a piezoelectric grating from polar vortices
Sekhar, M. C. et al. A review on piezoelectric materials and their applications. Cryst. Res. Technol. 58, 2200130…