Why can’t we figure out how strong gravity is?
Of the four fundamental forces of nature, gravity is the one we experience most directly — it’s what…
Quantum coherent beating in polar disubphthalocyanine-fullerene cocrystals for ultrafast photothermal conversion
Sun, L. et al. Creating organic functional materials beyond chemical bond synthesis by organic cocrystal engineering. J. Am.…
Superconductivity from dual-surface carriers in rhombohedral graphene
Xiao, R. et al. Density functional investigation of rhombohedral stacks of graphene: topological surface states, nonlinear dielectric response,…
The Cosmic Web Like You’ve Never Seen it Before
The “cosmic web,” what we call the large-scale structure of the Universe, is a vast network of interwoven…
What Happens to a Star That Captures A Primordial Black Hole?
We don’t know if the theorized primordial black holes (PBH) are real. If they are, they formed in…
Hidden supermassive black hole pairs may finally have a visible signal
Astronomers from the University of Oxford and the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) have…
Gravitational waves confirm predicted black-hole mass gap and probe stellar nuclear physics
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Magnetic fields may be the secret behind binary star formation
Many stars are born inside vast clouds of gas and dust in space. As parts of these clouds…
Room-Temperature Quantum Computing? A Superlattice Breakthrough Could Be Poised to Help Supercharge Information Science
A novel phase of matter has been achieved by a team of American researchers, finally realizing a theoretical…
Scientists Say Supermassive Black Holes Could Be Surrounded by Millions of Planets
Artist’s rendition of a supermassive black hole. Credit: WikiMedia Commons At the center of most large galaxies sits…
Hidden supermassive black hole pairs may finally have a visible signal
Astronomers from the University of Oxford and the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) have…
Scientists Identify the Origin of Noise in Spin Qubit Quantum Processors
Insider Brief Researchers from Tokyo University of Science and National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology identified…