Quadrature-dependent lattice dynamics of dissipative microcombs
McDonald, A., Pereg-Barnea, T. & Clerk, A. A. Phase-dependent chiral transport and effective non-Hermitian dynamics in a bosonic…
Physicists reveal surprising insights from taxi drivers
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Taxi drivers who slow down when searching for passengers are not only more efficient…
Scientists Develop “Effort.jl” Emulator That Can Simulate the Entire Universe—on Just a Laptop
For most of human history, mapping the universe meant staring up at the night sky. Today, it means…
Do black holes really need singularities?
This artist’s concept portrays the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, known as…
Physicists Decode Particle Dance That ‘Kills’ Electrical Conductivity
When things don’t make sense in the quantum realm, scientists don’t always get to find a good explanation…
Pixelized galaxy cluster strong lens modeling improves precision of Hubble constant measurement
A strongly lensed supernova: SN Encore in galaxy cluster MACS J0138.0-2155. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Justin Pierel,…
Greatest Spectroscope Ever Built Can Tell What 2,400 Cosmic Objects Are Made of Every 20 Mins.
ESO’s 4MOST instrument – Credit, AIPA / Saviauk The world’s largest spectroscopic telescope has just recorded the first…
Reality Is Too Complex For Any Cosmic Computer Simulation, Study Suggests
How do we know we’re not living in a computer simulation? Is it even possible to tell? For…
Observation of the nonlinear chiral thermoelectric Hall effect in tellurium
Zhang, Y. J. et al. Enhanced intrinsic photovoltaic effect in tungsten disulfide nanotubes. Nature 570, 349–353 (2019). Article …
UCSB Physics Nobel Prize Celebration!
BIG UCSB PHYSICS NOBEL CELEBRATION Every year in October our UCSB Physics faculty present an explanation of the…
Elusive polaron ‘dance’ discovery solves decades-old quantum mystery
An international team of researchers has solved a long-standing puzzle in quantum physics by discovering an elusive quasiparticle,…
Our Universe Was Twice as Hot 7 Billion Years Ago, Study Reveals : ScienceAlert
When you open your fridge, you expect it to be cooler than your kitchen. Similarly, when astronomers look…