The JWST Might Have Found the First Direct-Collapse Black Hole
Astrophysicists don’t know if direct-collapse black holes are real. They were hypothesized to explain how the Universe could…
Physics – Characterizing a Top Superconductor
July 22, 2025• Physics 18, s90 The material with the highest-temperature superconductivity at ambient pressure has received less…
How sperm manage to defy a major law of physics
Tiny organisms live in a world where the usual rules of motion feel upside-down. Water that slips through…
Long axial range 3D single-particle tracking using birefringent substrates
Birefringent characteristics of mica substrates The critical factor for the performance of the feedback-free (i.e., scan-free) single-particle 3D…
First Direct Images of ‘Cosmic Web’ That May Weave Entire Universe
This image is a simulation based on groundbreaking new images captured by an international team of astronomers. The…
Genuine quantum scars in many-body spin systems
Model, classical dynamics, and UPOs — Consider a chain of N spin s particles subject to a magnetic…
Unusual plasma waves detected above Jupiter’s north pole may finally have explanation
Top: Amplitude of the electric field fluctuations during a Juno pass over the Jupiter’s north pole. The white…
Scientists teleport telecom qubit to solid-state quantum memory
Quantum teleportation, once the stuff of science fiction, is rapidly becoming a central pillar in the race to…
LUX-ZEPLIN experiment sets more stringent constraints on cosmic ray-boosted dark matter
The LZ central detector in the clean room at Sanford Lab after assembly, before beginning its journey underground.…
Team confirms a fifth potentially habitable planet around L 98-59, a red dwarf 35 light-years away
This study exploits data from two ground-based telescopes: the Very Large Telescope (top left, credit: ESO/G. Hüdepohl) and…
How do water rings ‘bounce?’ New discovery answers decades-old question
A vortex ring of water traveling in a tank gets reflected off a water-air interface. Credit: John Zhuang…
Physicists Discover Unconventional Quantum Echo in Niobium Superconductors
Physicists from Ames National Laboratory and Iowa State University have demonstrated the emergence of a Higgs echo in…