Short-range excitonic correlations and enhanced excitonic susceptibility in 1T-TiSe2
Qi, R. et al. Perfect Coulomb drag and exciton transport in an excitonic insulator. Science 388, 278–283 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adl1839…
US lab’s 500-times brighter X-rays can track defect formation in real time
Researchers in the United States are shaping the nanoscience frontier, using atomic‑scale control to accelerate advances in electronics,…
Astronomers confirm Einstein’s gravity by viewing light from behind a supermassive black hole
Astronomers detected delayed X-ray flashes consistent with light reflected from the far side of an accretion disk and…
X-ray-driven Hanbury Brown and Twiss spectroscopy
Crookes, W. Contributions to molecular physics in high vacua—magnetic deflection of molecular trajectory—laws of magnetic rotation in high…
Enhanced inverse Compton scattering via spontaneous focusing induced by a coated plasma mirror
Cole, J. M. et al. Experimental evidence of radiation reaction in the collision of a high-intensity laser pulse…
A supernova remnant may have been discovered in the Milky Way
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An image showing the supernova SN 1993J. Thanks to the Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers…
Scientists Discover Hidden Behavior in Water That Helps Explain Why Ice Floats
Around 70% of Earth’s surface is covered in water, a uniquely anomalous substance that often behaves differently compared…
Lasing of a cavity-based X-ray source
Shortly after the free-electron laser (FEL) concept was proposed in the 1970s11, the first FEL oscillator was developed12…
XMM-Newton Offers Incredible X-ray View of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Astronomers using ESA’s XMM-Newton observatory have captured an X-ray image of 3I/ATLAS, the third confirmed interstellar object to…
Self-compressed waveform-stable light transients enabling water-window attosecond spectroscopy
We first demonstrate the creation and field-resolved characterization of light transients, focusing on generating sub-cycle pulses. For this…
What happens when you cross the point of no return?
Black holes form when massive stars exhaust their nuclear fuel and collapse under their own gravity. This collapse…
Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Caught Eating Star in NGC 6099
The newly-discovered intermediate-mass black hole, named NGC 6099 HLX-1, resides in a compact star cluster on the outskirts…