Lasers can melt through extraterrestrial ice efficiently
An ice sample being melted with a laser. Credit: M. Koßagk et al Lasers aren’t just useful for…
The “phantom effect” in physics is finally observed in a lab
A new study reports the first experimental observation of the transverse Thomson effect – a long-hypothesized thermal effect…
First-principles simulations reveal quantum entanglement in molecular polariton dynamics
Credit: Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (2025). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.5c00911 This is what fun looks like for a…
Researchers develop promising method to spot low-mass dark matter – news.cgtn.com
Researchers develop promising method to spot low-mass dark matter news.cgtn.comScientists just built a detector that could finally catch dark…
10 years ago, gravitational waves were detected for the first time
It’s officially been 10 years since the first detection of gravitational waves. At the time, it had been…
Ultraconfined terahertz phonon polaritons in hafnium dichalcogenides
Li, N. et al. Direct observation of highly confined phonon polaritons in suspended monolayer hexagonal boron nitride. Nat.…
Scientists Have Summoned a Massless Demon Particle
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MSnLib: efficient generation of open multi-stage fragmentation mass spectral libraries
Materials All solvents used were of LC–MS grade. Methanol, acetonitrile, water and formic acid were obtained from Thermo…
University of Michigan’s ZEUS Facility Unleashes 2-Petawatt Death Beam That Simulates Zettawatt-Scale Destruction
IN A NUTSHELL 🔬 The ZEUS laser at the University of Michigan has achieved a groundbreaking 2-petawatt power…
A Supercomputer Just Created the Largest Universe Simulation Ever
Last month, a team of researchers put the then-fastest supercomputer in the world to work on a rather…
Observations investigate the nature of a newly discovered odd radio circle
MeerKAT 1.28 GHz background map showing ORC J0356–4216 and the host galaxy. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2509.04981 Astronomers…
France sets new world record by keeping a fusion reactor running for 22 minutes – Earth.com
France sets new world record by keeping a fusion reactor running for 22 minutes Earth.com“China’s Artificial Sun Burns at…