The Mysterious Origins of the Most Energetic Neutrino Ever Detected
In February 2023, a cosmic particle detector housed deep in the Mediterranean Sea recorded the arrival of a…
The Solar System’s Largest Moon Could Hold the Secret to Unlocking Dark Matter
Dark matter, the elusive substance that makes up around 27% of the universe, remains one of the most…
Observations explore nature of massive ancient galaxy
SMILES-GS-191748: The observed combined spectrum (black), associated uncertainty (gray, along the bottom), and best-fit Prospector model spectrum (red).…
Achromatic beam deflector with electrodynamic phased arrays
Chromatic aberration in the beam deflector and its compensation Beam steering with LC leverages its anisotropic characteristics to…
Spectral analysis suggests asteroids Bennu and Ryugu are part of Polana family
SwRI scientists reviewed spectral data of sample material taken from near-Earth asteroids Ryugu and Bennu (pictured above) and…
Gold refuses to melt at temperatures hotter than the Sun’s surface
Researchers taking the first-ever direct measurement of atom temperature in extremely hot materials inadvertently disproved a decades-old theory…
Physics – Skyrmions as Active Matter
August 18, 2025• Physics 18, 146 Pairs of skyrmions—tiny whirlpools that emerge in some magnetic materials—might be able…
Distinct terahertz nonlinear and Raman responses in cuprate superconductors Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x
Tinkham, M. Introduction to superconductivity. Second Edition, Dover Books on Physics (Courier Corporation, 2004). Kampfrath, T., Tanaka, K.…
Rapid-response protocol promises to reveal supernovae only hours after they explode
Artistic elaboration based on images from the original paper. Credit: Galbany et al., JCAP, 2025. Supernovae appear to…
Century-old turbulence theory confirmed in bubble swarm experiments
An international team of scientists has successfully shown that swarms of rising bubbles create turbulence that behaves exactly…
High-speed method tracks fleeting quantum events
Time-resolved sensing of ballistic single electrons. The transmission of a ‘sensing’ electron (blue arrows) through a barrier (green)…
Evidence of “negative time” observed in quantum experiments
Scientists just measured something that sounds impossible. When light passes through atoms, it can spend what appears to…