Have we just solved dark energy? Study says the Universe’s expansion is actually slowing down
Dark energy is the name given to the mysterious force that seems to be accelerating the expansion of…
Study: The Universe is slowing, not accelerating, upending physics
Astronomers piece together the story of our expanding universe, and whether or not that expansion is accelerating, by…
Quantum light drives electrons strongly at metal needle tips
Bright squeezed vacuum The experimental set-up for the generation of single-mode BSV is described in ref. 32. The…
Twistelastics controls how mechanical waves move in metamaterials – Physics World
Twistelastics controls how mechanical waves move in metamaterials – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from…
Room-temperature spin-layer locking of exciton–polariton nonlinearities in a WS2 microcavity
Žutić, I., Fabian, J. & Sarma, S. D. Spintronics: fundamentals and applications. Rev. Mod. Phys. 76, 323 (2004).…
MIT gets first ‘direct view’ of exotic superconductivity in graphene
By developing a novel technique to get a “direct view” of its properties, MIT physicists have reported a…
Scientists Just Discovered a Quantum Physics Loophole—And It Could Finally Unlock Interstellar Travel
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World’s most accurate quantum computer breaks 98-qubit barrier
Quantinuum has introduced Helios, its most advanced quantum computer yet, setting new records in performance, fidelity, and scalability.…
Physicists Use a Single Molecule as a Tiny Particle Collider : ScienceAlert
To study the inner workings of an atom’s nucleus, scientists have traditionally relied on sophisticated particle colliders to…
Astronomers Observe a Black Hole in Another Galaxy Tearing a Star Apart
During the 1950s, the study of the cosmos was revolutionized with the introduction of radio astronomy. In the…
Physicists Take the Imaginary Numbers Out of Quantum Mechanics
A century ago, the strange behavior of atoms and elementary particles led physicists to formulate a new theory…
Ask Ethan: Can Weber bars detect gravitational waves?
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