Physicists used 19th century steam engine science to solve a black hole Mnstery
Physicists used 19th century steam engine science to solve a black hole Mnstery – Futura-Sciences July 25, 2026…
World’s First Room-Temperature Quantum Material Sorts Light in an Unprecedented Way
A new Nature study establishes a blueprint for engineering future quantum materials that operate under everyday conditions. Credit:…
Kilometre-scale Jovian moon characterized for a potential JUICE flyby
Minor Planet Center. Natural Satellites Ephemeris Service (IAU Minor Planet Center, accessed 28 May 2026); https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/NatSats/NaturalSatellites.html Sheppard, S.…
New titanium tailings recycling plant to slash CO2 emissions by 40%
China has begun building a 300,000-ton demonstration plant that will use a newly validated titanium tailings recovery technology…
Mathematician Offers New Solution to a Fundamental Cosmic Paradox
A thermodynamic analysis of spacetime also points to an unexpected role for emergent dark energy and hints that…
In 1991, a single subatomic particle struck Earth carrying the kinetic energy of a fast-bowled cricket ball — tens of millions of times more than any human accelerator can give one proton — and physicists still cannot explain what launched it
Fifty joules does not sound like an astronomical amount of energy. It is roughly the kinetic energy of…
Ball lightning: the glowing orbs science can’t explain
For centuries, people have reported glowing balls of light during thunderstorms — spheres from pea-sized to several meters…
Enhanced inverse Compton scattering via spontaneous focusing induced by a coated plasma mirror
Cole, J. M. et al. Experimental evidence of radiation reaction in the collision of a high-intensity laser pulse…
What Is the Invisible String Theory? The Invisible String Theory Explained
If you’ve spent any time on TikTok recently (or had Taylor Swift’s “Invisible String” on repeat), you’ve probably…
David Gross, Nobel Prize winner in physics: Humanity has a “very small” chance of surviving another 50 years
Some lines make you pause. Others demand a second reading. David Gross’s words belong firmly in that latter…
What Happens if You Cut a Photon in Half? The Answer Is Trippy
Physicists tend to think of light in terms of photons: massless, elementary particles “carrying” the forces of nature.…
SKKU-led Team Identifies ‘Zinc Oxide Spin Qubit’ — A Semiconductor-Based Quantum Technology
Insider Brief Researchers from Sungkyunkwan University, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and the University of Washington identified a molybdenum–oxygen-vacancy…