A new superconductor breaks rules physicists thought were fixed
Something unexpected is happening inside a material called platinum-bismuth-two (PtBi2). According to a new study from researchers at…
This galaxy simulation can fit so many stars and gas particles in it
Title: The First Star-by-star N-body/Hydrodynamics Simulation of Our Galaxy Coupling with a Surrogate Model Authors: Keiya Hirashima, Michiko…
Astronomers Uncover Mysterious Double Nucleus At The Heart Of Galaxy NGC 4486B
In a recent study, astronomers reported the discovery of a rare double nucleus in the nearby galaxy NGC…
Russian Researchers Test 72-Qubit Atom-Based Quantum Computer
Insider Brief Researchers at Lomonosov Moscow State University have developed and tested a 72-qubit atom-based quantum computing prototype…
Are We Trapped Inside a Cosmic Black Hole? Physicists Reignite a Bold Cosmic Theory
For decades, black holes have stood as the most enigmatic objects in the universe, defying our understanding of…
What To Do When Your Foucault Pendulum Stops Swinging
At the Houston Museum of Natural Science they recently made a disturbing discovery: their Foucault pendulum had stopped…
Trigger-based single photons generated on demand for quantum tech
Light already carries our phone calls, videos, and emails across the world through optical fibers, but the same…
Astronomers May Have Found A New Way To Detect The Universe’s Hidden Dark Matter
Astronomers have proposed a radical idea: dark matter—the mysterious substance making up most of the universe’s mass, might…
Seeing Sound For Under $200
There are five general senses: touch for feels, taste for food, smell for avoiding trash, hearing for sounds,…
Simulating Driven-Dissipative Quantum Spin Dynamics On Consumer Hardware
Physics simulations using classical mechanics is something that’s fairly easily done on regular consumer hardware, with real-time approximations…
Something fundamental about black holes may be changing
An international group of astronomers has uncovered strong evidence suggesting that the material surrounding supermassive black holes has…
“This Will Be a New Chapter in Quantum Physics”: Odd Quasiparticles May Explain a Pair of Quantum Experiments That Baffled Scientists
The unexpected coexistence of superconductivity and magnetism observed in two experiments this year has finally been explained by…