Unified model may explain vibrational anomalies in solids
Structural characterizations of prepared materials. Credit: Nature Physics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-03057-7 Phonons are sound particles or quantized vibrations…
How sound and light act alike—and not—at the smallest scale
The setup of the experiment in the optical lab, with the semiconductor crystal containing the double slits in…
First high-precision measurement of potential dynamics
Variation of beam shape inside the multistage accelerator. (a) Beam trajectory at low beam current and (b) beam…
Heavy atomic nuclei are not as symmetric as previously thought, physicists find
Until now, physicists thought that all heavy nuclei deformed from spheres are elongated in one direction like rugby…
Our solar system is moving faster than expected
Bielefeld scientist Lukas Böhme, lead author of the study, in front of the Lovell Telescope at the Jodrell…
Black hole mergers could give rise to observable gravitational-wave tails
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Black holes, regions of spacetime in which gravity is so strong that nothing can…
Scientists make dark exciton states shine through nanotube engineering
Plasmonic heterostructure for dark exciton control. Credit: Jiamin Quan A research team at the City University of New…
Predator was a precursor of the crocodile—and although it lived before the early dinosaurs, it looked just like one
Infographic of Tainrakuasuchus bellator. Credit: Caio Fantini, Rodrigo Temp Müller, Mauricio Garcia A newly discovered, carnivorous lizard ostensibly…
Researchers validate measurement-protection quantum key distribution
A QKD experimental setup based on measurement protection to experimentally verify the measurement protection theory. Credit: Electronics and…
Diverse particles form identical geometric patterns when confined, model reveals
The researchers performed experiments with floating magnets, ball bearings, and soap bubbles. Credit: P. D. S. de Lima…
Earth’s largest modern crater discovered in Southern China
A panoramic aerial drone image of the Jinlin crater with the approximate location of the crater rim labeled,…
Ultrafast electron diffraction captures atomic layers twisting in response to light
Experimental scheme and representative diffraction images. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09707-3 A pulse of light sets the tempo…