Astronomers discover spacetime drag around a supermassive black hole — as predicted by Einstein
A star’s fatal brush with a supermassive black hole can light up a quiet galaxy. When gravity shreds…
Rob Williamson Unveils Monarch Quantum, Aiming For Quantum Scale
Rob Williamson has unveiled Monarch Quantum, introducing Integrated Light Engines designed to facilitate the integration, scalability, and commercialization…
Over 100 Years Later, Ramanujan’s Unexpected Formulas Are Still Unraveling The Mysteries Of The Universe
There are few things more pleasing to your average mathematician than when a result surprises you. Take e,…
Plasma Turbulence Is Doing Surprising Things Inside Fusion Reactors
The interiors of fusion reactors can get seriously chaotic. But for obvious reasons—like extreme temperatures and pressures—researchers aren’t…
Norbert Holtkamp appointed director of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Editor’s note: This press release was originally published by the University of Chicago. Norbert Holtkamp has been appointed…
Hidden dimensions could explain where mass comes from
The geometry of space itself may play a far more central role in physics than previously thought. Instead…
High-Tech ‘Bubble Wrap’ Lets You Hold Fire Without Getting Burned
Buildings can leak a lot of heat. Scientists think the remedy might come in the form of fireproof,…
Astronomers watched a sleeping neutron star roar back to life
When gas falls onto a compact object, such as a neutron star or black hole, due to its…
Brightest-ever lensed supernova reveals astronomy’s coming revolution
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Legendary Nobel Prize winning physicist explains why super smart people make dumb decisions
The man feeding the paper was Joe Eszterhas, the brash, polarizing screenwriter behind Flashdance and Jagged Edge. Eszterhas…
Qubits break long-held quantum limit by evolving in superposed time paths
For decades, physicists believed that even the strangest quantum objects had a hard limit on how strongly their…
Scientists crack the atomic code behind single-photon quantum emitters
Imagine a light switch so small it is made from just a few atoms, and so precise it…