Ultra high-Q tunable microring resonators enabled by slow light
Slow light-induced linewidth narrowing The maximum achievable Q-factor (Q = ωc/κ) of resonators is primarily constrained by intrinsic loss mechanisms…
Scientists simulate what an object looks like at 99.9% light speed
Physicists in Vienna staged how a cube and a sphere would look in a camera if they raced…
Spin transition in magnesiowüstite and ultralow thermal conduction in ultralow velocity zones
Thermal conductivity of Fp25 and Fp75 at high pressure and room temperature We used ultrafast time-domain thermoreflectance (TDTR)…
These Are the 2 Biggest Hurdles for the Quantum Computing Industry Right Now
Quantum computing isn’t quite ready for prime time, and high-flying companies are very unprofitable. Quantum computing has quickly…
A Physicist Ran the Numbers on What Would Happen if a Tiny Black Hole Passed Through Your Body
Credit: ZME Science/Midjourney. A tiny black hole zipping through your body sounds like the kind of death dreamed…
Two Years of Listening to the Universe’s Most Violent Events
Gravitational waves are perhaps the most extraordinary signals in modern astronomy. When black holes or neutron stars collide…
Record-breaking quantum material could outpace every semiconductor
Scientists at the University of Warwick and the National Research Council of Canada say they have achieved the…
Scientists Revisiting the ‘Faraday Effect’ Have Uncovered a Surprising Magnetic Interaction Between Light and Matter
Light’s magnetic field influences matter, according to new findings by Israeli researchers, challenging long-held assumptions that light only…
Two stars spiraling toward catastrophe are putting Einstein’s gravity to the test
Astronomers have observed a pair of stars locked in a death spiral, and their dance of doom is…
Scientists may have finally ‘seen’ dark matter for the 1st time
Scientists may have “seen” dark matter for the first time, thanks to NASA’s Fermi gamma-ray space telescope. If…
Scientists have searched for dark matter for decades. One thinks he may have caught a glimpse.
Few things in the universe are as perplexing as dark matter — the invisible and exotic “stuff” that…
How dark stars could illuminate the early universe
Scientists working with the James Webb Space Telescope discovered three unusual astronomical objects in early 2025, which may…