Researchers integrate waveguide physics into metasurfaces for advanced light control
Researchers have now achieved high-Q photonic flatbands that span the entire k-space of nonlocal metasurfaces and can be…
The world’s snow leopards are very similar genetically—findings suggest that doesn’t bode well for their future
A snow leopard from Ladakh, India. Credit: Koustubh Sharma There are relatively few snow leopards in the world,…
General relativity could make life possible on planets orbiting white dwarfs
Parameter space showing the effect of GR on eccentricity oscillations due to an exterior planetary companion for a…
Powerful and precise multi-color lasers now fit on a single chip
This schematic illustration shows the diffractive element in the high-power microcomb source separating comb lines spectrally. Credit: Michal…
Gravitational lenses imaged by Webb during its first run
A collage of eight Webb images of gravitational lensing, each showing various distorted galaxies in the center of…
New study rules out binary hardening as cause of Dimorphos’s orbital period drop
Gravitational scattering of ejecta cannot explain the observed period drop of Dimorphos. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL A new…
Plasma rampdown prediction model could improve reliability of fusion power plants
A shot-by-shot breakdown of every shot in the experiment. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-63917-x Tokamaks are machines…
Physicists develop new quantum sensor at the atomic lattice scale
Working principle of the quantum electrometer. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61839-2 From computer chips to quantum dots—technological…
First device based on ‘optical thermodynamics’ can route light without switches
Credit: Yunxuan Wei at USC. A team of researchers at the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer…
Rare intersex spider among new species discovered in Thailand
Credit: Zootaxa (2025). DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.3.6 A new species of spider was recently discovered near a forested area in…
Physicists detect water’s ultraviolet fingerprint in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
NASA’s Swift Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS during two visits in July and August 2025. The…
Easter Island’s statues actually ‘walked,’ and physics backs it up
A research team including Binghamton University archaeologist Carl Lipo has confirmed via 3D modeling and field experiments that…