Stretching Diamonds Unlocks Powerful New Quantum Sensing Abilities
Computational modeling reveals how stretching and squeezing a diamond’s crystal lattice precisely tunes the dynamic quantum states of…
New shield material thinner than a strand of hair, but blocks both cosmic electromagnetic waves and radiation
A 3D-printed, ultra-thin, lightweight, high-performance shielding material comprised of two nanotubes has proven effective as a shield against…
Supermassive black holes launch the most powerful cosmic jets
Across the recesses of space, collimated jets frequently emerge. While distant host galaxies for quasars and active galactic…
Scientists Unlock Elusive Quantum Effect Long Considered Theoretical in Breakthrough Experiment
A once-theoretical quantum interaction has been achieved in a breakthrough laboratory experiment by University of Oxford researchers, opening…
In 2021, scientists detected an untraceable signal over Utah that led to one of the strongest cosmic ray mysteries ever recorded |
A single particle over Utah pointed to a cosmic ray with no clear origin. Image credit – Gemini…
Solar bursts offer fresh evidence of magnetic turbulence near the Sun
Solar radio bursts are closely tied to how their sources move through the sun’s outer atmosphere and the…
Physicists just found a tiny flaw in time itself
Quantum mechanics is famous for its strange and often counterintuitive ideas. At very small scales, particles do not…
A binary star breaks the 100 TeV barrier, rewrites cosmic particle limits
For years, scientists have searched for the sources of the most energetic particles in our galaxy, cosmic rays…
Oxford Team Achieves First-ever ‘Quadsqueezing’ Quantum Interaction
Insider Brief Researchers at the University of Oxford demonstrated a new method to engineer higher-order quantum interactions in…
Hidden rules found in Einstein’s spacetime that shape cosmic evolution
Spacetime isn’t supposed to be predictable, but scientists may have just found the rules it cannot break. In…
Decades-long physics mystery may have been an illusion all along
A long-suspected crack in particle physics was a calculation problem, not a broken law of nature, according to…
A Nearly Invisible Energy From Dark Matter Could Explain How the First Black Holes Formed So Fast
A new study suggests that decaying dark matter may have helped create the universe’s first supermassive black holes…