Fusion reactors may create dark matter particles
A University of Cincinnati physicist and an international team of collaborators say they have worked out a theoretical…
Stardust contains life’s ingredients – but how do they travel?
For decades, scientists thought dust helped aging stars push gas into space – but a nearby star shows…
Old physics, new materials: The science behind how winter jackets keep you warm
This article originally appeared on The Conversation. As the weather grows cold this winter, you may be one…
Large Hadron Collider finally explains how fragile matter forms
Scientists have now clarified how deuterons form under extreme conditions. Protons and neutrons needed to create these tiny…
A 50-Year Assumption About Black Holes May Have Just Been Broken
An international team of astronomers has uncovered subtle but significant signs that the cosmic engines powering quasars, some…
Reinhard Genzel, Nobel laureate in physics: ‘One-minute videos will never give you the truth’ | Science
German astrophysicist Reinhard Genzel, 73, takes the stage. He then begins his lecture in the most unexpected way:…
A Twist Between Hidden Dimensions May Explain Mass : ScienceAlert
The masses of fundamental particles such as the Z and W bosons could have arisen from the twisted…
A new superconductor breaks rules physicists thought were fixed
Something unexpected is happening inside a material called platinum-bismuth-two (PtBi2). According to a new study from researchers at…
This galaxy simulation can fit so many stars and gas particles in it
Title: The First Star-by-star N-body/Hydrodynamics Simulation of Our Galaxy Coupling with a Surrogate Model Authors: Keiya Hirashima, Michiko…
Simulating Driven-Dissipative Quantum Spin Dynamics On Consumer Hardware
Physics simulations using classical mechanics is something that’s fairly easily done on regular consumer hardware, with real-time approximations…
Trigger-based single photons generated on demand for quantum tech
Light already carries our phone calls, videos, and emails across the world through optical fibers, but the same…
Russian Researchers Test 72-Qubit Atom-Based Quantum Computer
Insider Brief Researchers at Lomonosov Moscow State University have developed and tested a 72-qubit atom-based quantum computing prototype…