Robots team up to explore planetary lava caves
Robot team used during the Lanzarote field trial along with scale bar. (A) Heterogeneous robot team. (B) Robot…
New Theory Points to the Universe’s Greatest Fireworks Show
Imagine the entire universe suddenly blazing with light in a flash that lasted just a brief moment in…
Complex deep learning models are no better at understanding genetic perturbation than simple baseline ones, study finds
Double perturbation prediction. Credit: Nature Methods (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41592-025-02772-6 Deep learning models have shown great potential in predicting…
Unconventional scaling of the orbital Hall effect
Manchon, A. et al. Current-induced spin-orbit torques in ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic systems. Rev. Mod. Phys. 91, 035004 (2019).…
Using Grover’s algorithm to efficiently prepare collective quantum states in optical cavities
Grover’s algorithm, a quantum algorithm for search, can be used to prepare entangled states of many qubits efficiently.…
Researchers hunt for mysterious dark matter particle with clever new trick
Black hole galaxies emit energy and light, including gamma rays (γ) (left panel). If axions exist, some of…
New Physics-Inspired Proof Probes the Borders of Disorder
Their techniques aren’t just promising for analyzing models of electron behavior like Anderson’s. The work also taps into…
Strange atomic vibration discovered may solve physics mystery
A cryogenic microscope that fits on a laboratory bench has now let scientists watch electrons shake graphene’s atoms…
Ask Ethan: Did life begin when the Universe was room temperature?
Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he…
Peering Down Through Black Hole’s “Eye Of Sauron” Cosmic Jet Got Earth Hit By Record-Breaking Neutrinos
There is an absolutely incredible cosmic object called PKS 1424+240. It is a blazar, a supermassive black hole…
Ferri- and ferro-electric switching in spontaneously chiral polar liquid crystals
Materials Table 1 shows the chemical structures and phases transitions of the materials presented here. Details of chemical synthesis…
Researchers Simulate What a Black Hole “Shadow” Look Like
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) established a reputation worldwide in 2019 when it released the first-ever image of…