It began as an experiment to create brighter materials until a flexible film started producing its own light and energy
Scientific experiments can reshape the world around us. Over the course of history, several experiments have led to…
Scientists Just Upended a 300-Year-Old Law of Physics
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US team makes phonon lasers as a step towards ‘unjammable’ navigation
Scientists at the University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology have engineered a squeezed phonon laser that…
Are multiverses real? An astrophysicist explains why it depends on how you define ‘real’
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Radiofrequency cascade readout of coupled spin qubits
Yoneda, J. et al. Quantum non-demolition readout of an electron spin in silicon. Nat. Commun. 11, 1144 (2020).…
Scientists Observe Mysterious Light Wave Vortices Moving Faster Than Light
Dark spots within lightwaves may appear to break the speed of light, according to new research from Technion-Israel…
Liquids can fracture like solids under extreme stress: Scientists
Researchers from Drexel University have discovered that liquids can, it appears, fracture like solids under specific conditions. In…
What is vibe physics? | 'AI is not doing end-to-end science yet' | Inshorts – Inshorts
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‘To do something nobody’s done’: quantum physicist Zhu Zijie leaves Europe for China
Science and Nature are among the world’s most prestigious journals, which most scientists strive to publish in but…
Oregon researchers discover ‘ideal glass’ — mathematically
Try bending a piece of glass, and it’ll likely shatter. But what if a different, stronger form of…
The physics of no return: What actually happens if you get pulled into a black hole
In 1916, only a year after Albert Einstein had published his general theory of relativity, Karl Schwarzschild used…
Death is not the end: What physics says about dying
A flame goes out, and something in the room shifts with it. Not because matter has vanished, but…