New Lightning Discovery Reveals How Electric Fields and X-rays Start a Chain Reaction
Lightning has captivated scientists for centuries, but despite extensive research, the precise atmospheric conditions that trigger a lightning…
Why “vibe physics” is the ultimate example of AI slop
Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he…
Pressure tuning of Kitaev spin liquid candidate Na3Co2SbO6
Kitaev, A. Anyons in an exactly solved model and beyond. Ann. Phys. 321, 2–111 (2006). MathSciNet Google Scholar …
“Rarest Baryon Decay Ever Observed” Found In Large Hadron Collider Experiment That Wasn’t Even Looking For It
Baryons are subatomic particles made up of an odd number of quarks. Protons and neutrons found at the…
When light waves collide something incredible happens, study finds
The magnetic moment of the muon—a tiny property of a tiny particle—has long puzzled physicists. Experiments and theory…
It’s darker than darkness — Black hole bomb created for the first time in histoy
The concept of a “black hole bomb” seems out of reach even as a thought to most cosmological…
Bright triplet and bright charge-separated singlet excitons in organic diradicals enable optical read-out and writing of spin states
Photoexcitation in the spin triplet manifold is constrained to similar non-bonding to π/π* ‘bandgap’ excitations as for the…
Albert Einstein Designed A Revolutionary Appliance. Why Isn’t It In Our Kitchens?
Bettmann/Getty Images These days, Albert Einstein’s name is…
Predicting topological entanglement entropy in a Rydberg analogue simulator
Hilbert space Considering a system of N spins 1/2 whose Hilbert space is spanned by {|↑〉, |↓〉}⊗N, we map…
Single-photon source created using defective tungsten diselenide
Magnetic field enhanced single-photon emission from defects in two-dimensional semiconductors. Credit: Kyoto U / Matsuda lab As the…
Ghost particles may secretly decide the fate of collapsing stars
Neutrinos are cosmic tricksters, paradoxically hardly there but lethal to stars significantly more massive than the sun. These…
New Excitonic Quantum State Of Matter Could Lead To Radiation-Proof Self-Charging Computers
Scientists report a new quantum state of matter that might lead to a computer that can self-charge but…