Swimming sperm appear to break Newtonian laws of physics
Human sperm are famously good swimmers, yet the physics of their motion has puzzled scientists for decades. Thick…
Misunderstood “photophoresis” effect could loft metal sheets to exosphere
Light and lifting The researchers then built a few sheets of nanocardboard to test the output of their…
The man behind famous quantum physics experiment
The famous cat experiment in 1935 of the Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger became one of the most iconic…
New approach recovers hidden signals at the nanoscale
Graphical Abstract. Credit: Small Methods (2025). DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202500318 In the world of nanotechnology, seeing clearly isn’t easy. It’s…
The Vibrational Lives of Black Holes
Black holes appear stranger and more bewildering the more deeply scientists study them. They display complex characteristics that…
“Night Sky Explodes in Blinding Web”: Physicists Warn Global Lights-On Moment Could Trigger Power Grid Chaos in Seconds
IN A NUTSHELL 💡 A simultaneous global switch-on would create an unprecedented surge in electricity demand, testing power…
Supermassive Black Hole Caught in The Act of Switching on : ScienceAlert
A recent discovery by a team of astronomers centres on a galaxy cluster called CHIPS 1911+4455, located an…
Signs of recent life on Mars could be detected using new simple test
Curiosity rover on Mars. Credit: NASA A Ph.D. student and his supervisor have developed a simple way to…
‘Ghost Particle’ That Smashed Into Earth Breaks Records : ScienceAlert
The verdict is in. The detection of a cosmic neutrino that smashed into Earth with an unprecedented energy…
Finding the shadows in a fusion system faster with AI
An artist’s interpretation of the inside of a fusion vessel, where some of the inner surfaces are directly…
Universality in quantum critical flow of charge and heat in ultraclean graphene
Levitov, L. & Falkovich, G. Electron viscosity, current vortices and negative nonlocal resistance in graphene. Nat. Phys. 12,…
The Eye of Sauron And An Optical Illusion Solve A Cosmic Puzzle
All large galaxies are thought to host supermassive black holes (SMBH). When the black holes are actively accreting…