‘An entirely new tool for cosmology’: The gravitational wave background could mend our broken understanding of the universe
Physicists may have a brand-new way to measure the expansion rate of the universe — one of the…
Exotic magnetic vortices observed in atom-thin crystal for first time
Physicists at The University of Texas at Austin have experimentally confirmed a decades-old theory describing how magnetism behaves…
Universal work extraction in quantum thermodynamics
Preliminaries We consider a quantum system in contact with a thermal bath of inverse temperature β associated with…
UK physics leaders express ‘deep concern’ over funding cuts in letter to science minister Patrick Vallance – Physics World
UK physics leaders express ‘deep concern’ over funding cuts in letter to science minister Patrick Vallance – Physics…
Astronomers Reveal the Milky Way Is Floating Inside an Enormous Dark Matter Structure Spanning Millions of Light Years
On clear nights, the band of the Milky Way stretches across the sky like a pale river of…
Scientists just turned light into a remote control for crystals
Scientists at NYU have developed a way to use light to guide how microscopic particles arrange themselves into…
Physics World March 2026 – Physics World
Physics World March 2026 – Physics World Skip to main content Physics World March 2026 This issue of…
A tiny twist creates giant magnetic skyrmions in 2D crystals
In the fast moving field of two dimensional materials, even a slight rotational shift between layers can dramatically…
How fast is the universe actually expanding? Ripples in spacetime could finally solve ‘Hubble tension’
A team of scientists says it’s possible to use tiny ripples in space and time, or gravitational waves,…
Purcell-enhanced two-photon emission from a quantum dot via dark-state biexciton loading
Slusher, R. E., Hollberg, L. W., Yurke, B., Mertz, J. C. & Valley, J. F. Observation of squeezed…
Quote of the day by Albert Einstein: ‘Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe’ – A hard truth about human behavior from the genius scientist
A Quote of the Day usually does one simple thing. It pauses us. It makes us look at…
Quantum internet materializes in Germany due to a 30-kilometer breakthrough
Something once thought too delicate for real cities just survived them. A quiet test in Germany hints that…