Scientists confirm the universe is still expanding faster and faster
The accelerating universe is one of those facts you half-remember from science class. Galaxies are flying apart, with…
Scientists Propose That Entire Universes Can Form Inside Collapsing Stars
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Excitonic spin torque in a magnetic semiconductor
Chernikov, A. et al. Exciton binding energy and nonhydrogenic Rydberg series in monolayer WS2. Phys. Rev. Lett. 113,…
Evidence of time-reversal symmetry breaking above the charge density wave order in a kagome metal
Ye, L. et al. Hopping frustration-induced flat band and strange metallicity in a kagome metal. Nat. Phys. 20,…
Orbital Hall conductivity and relaxation in thin films with variable disorder
Žutić, I., Fabian, J. & Das Sarma, S. Spintronics: fundamentals and applications. Rev. Mod. Phys. 76, 323–410 (2004).…
US’ new FIDDLE can capture split-second atomic changes under pressure
A specialized instrument called the flexible imaging diffraction diagnostic for laser experiments (FIDDLE) has been designed to capture…
The Amaterasu Particle May Not Be a Proton at All, New Research Suggests
In 2021, scientists detected a cosmic ray entering Earth’s atmosphere with as much kinetic energy as a fast-moving…
Ask me anything: Mary Bishai – ‘For a self-professed nerd like me, doing big science is heaven’ – Physics World
Ask me anything: Mary Bishai – ‘For a self-professed nerd like me, doing big science is heaven’ –…
How Many Elementary Particles Are There, Really?
Every time I write about particle physics, I encounter a moment of uncertainty about a quantity that, at…
The Galaxy’s Spin Is Hiding in the Hum of Gravitational Waves
Picture the Milky Way not as a silent pinwheel of stars but as something that quietly sings. Scattered…
Sunlight can produce correlated pairs of photons – Physics World
Sunlight can produce correlated pairs of photons – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics…
Strange ‘little red dots’ may be growing supermassive black holes
Little red dots have puzzled astronomers ever since NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope discovered them in 2022. These…