Falling water forms beautiful fluted films
Using hollow tubes of varying diameters and high-speed imaging, KAUST researchers captured the hidden shapes of the thin…
Simple additive method leads to record-setting perovskite laser performance
Suppressing Auger recombination for high-performance perovskite VCSELs. Credit: Xingliang Dai / Zhejiang University For years, engineers have sought…
Accidental double zoom reveals millimeter waves around supermassive black hole
Artist’s rendering of the corona around a black hole. Credit: RIKEN An international team of astronomers led by…
Theoretical study reveals failure of key quark-gluon plasma probe in low-energy region
Scaling of hadronic elliptic flow as a function of center-of-mass energy in heavy-ion collisions. The top (bottom) panels show…
Transforming the tip of a mechanical pencil lead into a high-quality electron beam source
Researchers at University of Tsukuba have demonstrated that graphitizing the fractured surface of a mechanical pencil lead enables…
Fast X-ray transients shine light on how stars end their lives and the distant universe
The jets pierce through the star, emitting X-rays and gamma rays as they stream into space. Credit: NASA/Swift/Cruz…
Grimm classics may counter negative effects of internet browsing
Classic fairy tales may shield people from the negative impact of internet browsing, new study finds. Credit: JMIR…
Mathematical model reveals how collapsing matter and expanding voids shape universe’s evolution
The plot represents the new model with the x-axis and the y-axis showing the minimum sizes of collapsing…
Scientists discover new phenomenon in chiral symmetry breaking
Novel spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking with in a single crystal. Credit: Spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking in a single…
Physicists create stable, ‘breathing’ solitons in settings without energy conservation
Breathing nonreciprocal soliton. Credit: Physical Review X (2025). DOI: 10.1103/nrv2-9h8z Solitonic waves—waves that keep their shape and direction…
LHCb collaboration observes ultra-rare baryon decay
Image of an event display reconstructing how we see the Sigma-> p mu mu decay in the LHCb…
Astronomers discover dozens of new luminous quasars
Cutout images of 18 newly discovered quasars that lie within the SDSS footprint but are not included in…