Physics

For the first time, researchers have successfully exceeded the Greenwald limit, a critical barrier in plasma density, without…

The duo is recognized for the discovery of “twistronics,” a breakthrough in material science that allows scientists to…

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images There’s endless debate among cosmologists about what really makes…

An Optical Compass Inspired by Bee Vision Bees use polarized sunlight scattered by the atmosphere in order to…

When the James Webb Space Telescope sent back its first images of the cosmos, astronomers were stunned to…

Collapsing monster Simulation of a primordial monster star giving birth to a quasar – an extremely luminous active…

A strange, distant galaxy shows signs that suggest astronomers have witnessed the birth of a new supermassive black…

Researchers have observed a long-dormant black hole being “reborn” in a distant galaxy. Located at the heart of…

Gravitational lensing sheds new light on Hubble constant controversy – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more…

Chemistry textbooks explain how reactions start and end, but they rarely show what happens in between. Seeing these…

They are known as Active Galactic Nuclei (aka. quasars), the core regions of galaxies that are so bright…

Insider Brief Researchers at Columbia University report a metasurface-based optical tweezer platform that provides a realistic path to…

China’s ‘Artificial Sun’ Broke a Fusion Barrier That Held for Decades