Physicists challenge a 200-year-old law of thermodynamics at the atomic scale
Two physicists at the University of Stuttgart have demonstrated that the Carnot principle, a foundational rule of thermodynamics,…
Modelling wavefunction collapse as a continuous flow yields insights on the nature of measurement – Physics World
Modelling wavefunction collapse as a continuous flow yields insights on the nature of measurement – Physics World Skip…
New black hole discovery uncovers our failure to understand reality » IAI TV
Astronomers have observed the effects of a rapidly spinning black hole twisting the motion of matter around it,…
What If Outer Space Isn’t Empty? One Researcher Claims It’s Actually a Fluid
What if outer space isn’t empty, but behaves like a thick, slow-moving fluid? A new study suggests just…
Scientists may be approaching a ‘fundamental breakthrough in cosmology and particle physics’, if dark matter and ‘ghost particles’ can interact
Two of the universe’s most mysterious particles may be colliding invisibly throughout the cosmos — a discovery that…
Theoretical study of laser-enhanced nuclear fusion reactions
image: The illustration depicts an intense laser field (red wave) interacting with Deuterium and Tritium nuclei. By modifying…
Superconductivity Breakthrough Brings Practical Use Closer than Ever, as Team Unveils “Hidden Magnetic Order in the Pseudogap”
In the quest for room-temperature superconductivity, an international team of physicists has uncovered a link between magnetism and…
How 100 years of quantum weirdness powers today’s tech – Texas A&M Stories
Fortunately for Schrödinger’s cat, the famous thought experiment was hypothetical. The idea behind the experiment, however, became a…
New quantum boundary discovered: Spin size determines how the Kondo effect behaves
image: The size of the spin crucially affects how the system behaves. At spin-1/2, fully quantum spins pair…
Symmetry, microscopy and spectroscopy signatures of altermagnetism
Šmejkal, L., Sinova, J. & Jungwirth, T. Beyond conventional ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism: a phase with nonrelativistic spin and…
Physicists Have Achieved Quantum “Alchemy” by Exciting Electrons to High-Energy States
A promising—and powerful—new engineering breakthrough could soon enable researchers to alter the properties of materials by exciting electrons…
Billion-times more efficient fusion unlocked with low-frequency laser
A team of researchers has identified a mechanism that could lower the extreme temperature requirements for controlled nuclear…