YouTuber Films Laser Light At 2 Billion Frames Per Second
Material scientist Brian Haidet has filmed laser light moving at 2 billion frames per second, showing the results…
New theory may explain the Universe’s accelerating expansion rate
Astronomers know the universe is expanding, and that its rate of expansion is continually accelerating. Most explanations rely…
Proposed beamline closures spark outrage among scientists and Nobel laureates
The Australian Synchrotron at Clayton.Credit: ANSTO / Supplied About 10 per cent of the synchrotron’s 150 staff face…
Pulsars or dark matter? The Milky Way’s central glow just got more puzzling
For over a decade, a dim but persistent glow near the center of the Milky Way has confused…
Continuous terahertz band coverage through precise electron-beam tailoring in free-electron lasers
Kubacka, T. et al. Large-amplitude spin dynamics driven by a THz pulse in resonance with an electromagnon. Science…
Long-range moiré tuning effect via inter-layer drag interaction
Here, we construct an electronic double-layer structure consisting of a pristine bilayer graphene (BLG) at the bottom and…
Signatures of Kramers-Weyl fermions in the charge density wave material (TaSe4)2I
Fu, L., Kane, C. L. & Mele, E. J. Topological insulators in three dimensions. Phys. Rev. Lett. 98,…
“What Is the Origin of the Waves?” Scientists Hunt the Source of Mysterious Ultra-Low Frequency Gravitational Signals
Ultra-low frequency nanohertz gravitational waves emanating from pulsars may offer clues to unveiling the fabric of the universe,…
Quantum computing ‘lie detector’ finally proves these machines tap into Einstein’s spooky action at a distance rather than just faking it
Researchers have developed an experimental method for determining whether the functions performed by a quantum computer are the…
6 Times Einstein Missed the Mark, but Still Changed Physics
Albert Einstein is undeniably one of the greatest names in physics. But Einstein, for all his contributions to…
Scientists think the mysterious glow in our galaxy could be from dark matter. What that means
At the center of our galaxy, there’s a mysterious, diffuse glow given off by gamma rays — powerful…
Why we still don’t understand the Universe — even after a century of dispute
Discordance: The Troubled History of the Hubble Constant Jim Baggott Oxford Univ. Press (2025) Ever since the publication…