An exploding black hole could reveal the foundations of the universe
This artist’s concept takes a fanciful approach to imagining small primordial black holes. In reality, such tiny black…
The Loudest-Ever Gravitational Wave Collision Proves Stephen Hawking Was Correct
The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration has decided to mark the 10th anniversary of the discovery of gravitational waves with a…
Extreme Negative Polarization of 3I/ATLAS | by Avi Loeb | Sep, 2025
Press enter or click to view image in full sizePolarization versus phase angle of 3I/ATLAS compared to other…
Dark Matter “Wind” May Finally Be Detectable With New Superconducting Tech
Using the improved superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD), researchers are searching for very light dark matter. Credit: UZH…
What is a quantum computer’s speed limit? Entanglement can provide an answer
Example of an edge case in the three-partite system ˜AAB. As two eigenvalues avoid a level crossing, they…
Scientists Create Magnetic Nanohelices To Control Electron Spin at Room Temperature
The twisting direction of metal nanoparticles is controlled to be right- or left-handed by adding chiral molecules, which…
Physics – Diamond Defects Drive Dynamics
September 9, 2025• Physics 18, s109 A minuscule diamond containing billions of impurities can be induced to produce…
‘Breathing’ crystal reversibly releases oxygen – Physics World
‘Breathing’ crystal reversibly releases oxygen – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright…
Something From Nothing – Physicists Mimic the “Impossible” Schwinger Effect
Physicists have long wondered whether matter can spontaneously emerge from nothing, a process known as the Schwinger effect.…
Wilczek’s Multiverse | Why it is time for the world to think about the 3 faces of time
In the eighth instalment of his exclusive monthly series for the South China Morning Post, American theoretical physicist…
Using pulsar accelerations to detect a dark matter sub-halo in the Milky Way for the first time
Posterior distribution showing derived properties of a dark matter sub-halo. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2507.16932 Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti,…
Scientists Discover a “Giant” New Twist on a 140-Year-Old Effect
For the first time, researchers have uncovered a giant anomalous Hall effect in a nonmagnetic material, rewriting established…