Chinese tokamak achieves progress in high-density operation
Experiments at China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak have confirmed the existence of “a density-free region” of the tokamak,…
A single equation lets classical physics decode ‘quantum’ light
Light is usually described using quantum mechanics when phenomena like entanglement enter the picture. But a new paper…
Seeing Sound With A Laser
You can hear sound, of course, but what if you could see it with a laser? That’s what…
Einstein Was Wrong? Quantum Experiments Just Settled a 100-Year Debate
The experiments, conducted independently by teams at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of Science…
He Finished High School at Age 8, Earned a PhD in Quantum Physics at 15, Now Wants to Build AI-Enhanced “Superhumans”
A 15-year-old doctoral graduate is not, in itself, a scientific development. It is a human milestone, occasionally publicised,…
Two black holes caught orbiting each other for the first time in groundbreaking image
For the first time in history, astronomers have captured a direct image of black holes locked in orbit…
Chinese nuclear fusion reactor pushes plasma past crucial limit: what happens next
The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak is a nuclear-fusion research reactor in Hefei, China.Credit: Zhang Yazi/China News Service/VCG via…
The Milky Way’s Black Hole Is Quiet Now, But Its Recent Past Was Far More Active
Black holes are objects so dense that they warp space time to an extreme degree. They may be…
a new uncertainty relation for time itself – Physics World
Cracking the limits of clocks: a new uncertainty relation for time itself – Physics World Skip to main…
Physicists Engineer a Perfect Conductor from Ultracold Atoms
Researchers at TU Wien have made a breakthrough by creating a quantum system that allows energy and momentum…
What counts as “gravitationally bound” in the expanding Universe?
Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he…
Is dark matter made of mysterious ‘ghost particles:’ Galaxy clusters could hold the answer
If dark matter particles decay, then scientists could hunt for signs of this process, including X-ray or gamma-ray…