Quasicrystals Spill Secrets of Their Formation
“That’s just freaking awesome. It’s a really clever thing,” Glotzer said. “Until now, no one has ever successfully…
These Chunks of Ice Move All By Themselves, Thanks to a Cool Engineering Trick
The future of energy generation might be in rotating, self-propelled hunks of ice. It looks like something straight…
Spin-orbit coupling in van der Waals materials for optical vortex generation
Figure 1a schematically illustrates the creation of optical vortices via spin-orbit coupling in the hBN crystal. As shown…
the clash for cosmology’s soul – Physics World
MOND versus dark matter: the clash for cosmology’s soul – Physics World Skip to main content Courtesy: Tom…
What really happens beyond a black hole’s event horizon?
For decades, scientists have stared into the darkness of black holes, yet one question continues to haunt astronomy:…
Astronomers Search for Dark Matter Using Far Away Galaxies
In the 1960s, astronomers theorized that the Universe was filled with a mysterious mass that did not interact…
Ultracold cesium atoms challenge rules of physics, refuse to heat up
Imagine shaking a snow globe again and again. You’d expect the flakes to scatter endlessly. However, a team…
Scientists just proved a fundamental quantum rule for the first time
Researchers at Tampere University and their collaborators from Germany and India have experimentally confirmed that angular momentum is…
Scientists Discover What Appears to Be the Largest Black Hole in the Universe, So Heavy That It Completely Bends the Light Around It Into a Giant Ring
Astronomers have discovered what could be the largest black hole ever detected. With a mass of 36 billion…
90-year-old quantum guitar strings mystery finally explained
Imagine plucking a guitar string. It vibrates, the sound lingers, and then fades away as the energy drains…
Predicting the topological properties of quantum spin liquids using Rydberg atom lattices
The Kagome lattice used in the experiment. The red circle represents the blockade radius Rb = 2.4a set during the…
Does 3I/ATLAS Generate Its Own Light? | by Avi Loeb | Aug, 2025
Press enter or click to view image in full sizeThe Hubble Space Telescope of 3I/ATLAS on 21 July…