Laser-powered quantum radio works without electricity or antennas
A team of physicists at the University of Warsaw has built the world’s first all-optical radio receiver powered…
the breakthrough reshaping water science forever
To capture what was happening on the atomic level, the team employed ultrashort X-ray bursts from the European…
Ask Ethan: Is the Hubble tension the same thing as dark energy?
Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he…
Scientists Reveal the Fluid Physics Behind Why Sighs Feel So Damn Good
The human body works in complex ways—sometimes, certain motions are so small that it’s easy to miss how…
Monopole-mediated light control of half skyrmion topology in nematic liquid crystals
Creation of topological monopole-antimonopole pairs in half skyrmions Topological defects, which are a necessary result of broken continuous…
Moving Abrikosov vortex lattices generate sub-40-nm magnons
Fabrication of the microwave nano-antenna The fabrication of the experimental system began with the deposition of a 40/5 nm…
An enhanced instantaneous detonation model for underwater explosions involving condensed explosives
Underwater explosion (UNDEX) has found applications in diverse research fields, including underwater mineral mining, waterway and port excavation,…
New Low-Cost, Efficient Single-Photon Source for Powering Future Quantum Internet
Insider Brief Researchers at Tokyo University of Science have developed a fiber-coupled single-photon source that generates single photons…
Physicists rewrite 200-year-old principle to unlock atomic engines
A research team in Germany has achieved a stunning theoretical breakthrough that could reshape one of physics’ oldest…
What Happened to Those “Little Red Dots” Webb Observed?
When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) began operations, one of its earliest surveys was of galaxies that…
COMSOL Multiphysics Improves Battery and Grid Designs
A prototyping problem is emerging in today’s efforts to electrify everything. What works as a lab-bench mockup breaks…
Sean Carroll: Can we ever escape the logic of a clockwork universe?
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