New optical method bypasses light’s limit by 100,000× to image atoms
For over a century, light has both helped and limited our view of the tiny world. Microscopes use…
“Red Geyser” Galaxies Have Plenty of Star-Forming Gas But Don’t Form Stars
We see stars as the main constituent of galaxies. They’re the visible part, and they’re what announce a…
NASA Researchers Probe Tangled Magnetospheres of Merging Neutron Stars
New simulations performed on a NASA supercomputer are providing scientists with the most comprehensive look yet into the…
James Webb captures the sharpest map of dark matter ever created
The Dark Matter distribution in the COSMOS field observed by the James Webb Space Telescope. (Credit: Gavin Leroy/Professor…
The infant universe’s “primordial soup” was actually soupy » MIT Physics
MIT physicists observed the first clear evidence that quarks create a wake as they speed through quark-gluon plasma,…
The power of a poster – Physics World
The power of a poster – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright…
Google’s verified quantum win earns a ‘God mode’ label and exceeds the maximum known to date
A single calculation now separates quantum hype from quantum proof, not by speed alone but by whether the…
100 years of quantum mechanics: a new approach is needed
100 years on from the birth of quantum mechanics, philosopher of physics Emily Adlam argues that the quantum…
The Future Circular Collider is unduly risky – CERN needs a ‘Plan B’ – Physics World
The Future Circular Collider is unduly risky – CERN needs a ‘Plan B’ – Physics World Skip to…
A New Theory for What Really Powers a Flare
Solar flares are one of the most closely watched processes in solar physics. Partly that’s because they can…
Low-Power Optical Amplification via Second-Harmonic
In a groundbreaking advancement for the field of photonics, researchers have unveiled an integrated optical parametric amplifier (OPA)…
Ask Ethan: How much damage could a cosmic ray do to a human?
Here in our isolated corner of the Universe, we don’t normally think about all the objects, particles, and…