Magnetic fields in infant universe may have been billions of times weaker than a fridge magnet
Credit: International School of Advanced Studies (SISSA) The magnetic fields that formed in the very early stages of…
Origin of fastest white dwarfs in the galaxy linked to supernova explosions
Illustration showing the remnant of a star being ejected at tremendous speed into space from the site of…
Quantum Materials Built from Scratch
September 2, 2025• Physics 18, s102 A proposed method could help scientists coax simple atomic systems into quantum…
Radioactive ion beams enable simultaneous treatment and imaging in particle therapy – Physics World
Radioactive ion beams enable simultaneous treatment and imaging in particle therapy – Physics World Skip to main content…
Genetic mechanism reveals how plants coordinate flowering with light and temperature conditions
Flowering Arabidopsis thaliana. Credit: Salk Institute Plants may be stuck in one place, but the world around them…
TESS reveals two rocky Earth-sized exoplanets orbiting nearby K-type star
TESS target pixel file for TOI-2322 for sector 27. The target star is labeled as 1 and marked…
Unifying gravity and quantum theory requires better understanding of time
Quantum mechanics is our most successful physical theory. Created to account for atomic phenomena, it has a vast…
Stressed Ice Generates Electricity, Researchers Find
Don’t mess with ice. When it’s stressed, ice can get seriously sparky. Scientists have discovered that ordinary ice—the…
Herwig Schopper obituary | Particle physics
The German physicist Herwig Schopper, who has died aged 101, was director general of Cern, the European Organisation…
Quantum ‘curvature’ warps electron flow, hinting at new electronics possibilities
Optical image of two patterned Hall bar devices oriented along orthogonal directions on the SrTiO3 surface. The green…
Dark matter could be turning giant planets into black holes
More than 5,000 planets have been discovered beyond our solar system, allowing scientists to explore planetary evolution and…
Massive stars in metal-poor environment often have close partners, scientists discover
Massive stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Of the stars studied, seventy percent (the red diamonds) appear to…