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Japan claims to have achieved the first-ever “direct observation” of dark matter —Its so rare we don’t even know if it exists
An incredibly rare discovery was made by Japan scientists led by Tomonori Totani in Tokyo, at the university…
Acoustic Levitation Breakthrough Uses Sound to “Float” Multiple Objects in Midair
Austrian scientists working to perfect acoustic levitation have broken through a critical barrier by using electrical charges, allowing…
“Exceptional” 5.5-Million-Light-Year-Long Cosmic Structure May Be Largest Rotating Structure Ever Identified
A team of researchers believe they have identified a large, rotating structure 140 million light-years away from Earth.…
Transforming sensitivity to new physics with single-top-quark events
The top quark, the heaviest known elementary particle, has captivated physicists since its discovery in the 1990s and…
Astronomers capture the ‘invisible’ corona of a black hole
Astronomers have found a way to measure the hot corona around a distant supermassive black hole. The black…
Quantum-scale thermodynamics offers a tighter definition of entropy – Physics World
Quantum-scale thermodynamics offers a tighter definition of entropy – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from…
Chinese physicists prove Einstein wrong and put century-old debate to an end
For the first time, scientists in China have faithfully recreated a thought experiment proposed by Albert Einstein nearly…
Most normal matter in the universe isn’t found in planets, stars or galaxies – an astronomer explains where it’s distributed
If you look across space with a telescope, you’ll see countless galaxies, most of which host large central…
Twist-induced non-Hermitian topology of exciton–polaritons
Hasan, M. Z. & Kane, C. L. Colloquium: topological insulators. Rev. Mod. Phys. 82, 3045–3067 (2010). Article ADS …
Ultrafast time-resolved observation of non-thermal current-induced switching in an antiferromagnetic Weyl semimetal
Satoh, T. et al. Spin oscillations in antiferromagnetic NiO triggered by circularly polarized light. Phys. Rev. Lett. 105,…
Astronomers spot one of the largest spinning structures ever found in the Universe
image: A figure illustrating the rotation of neutral hydrogen (right) in galaxies residing in an extended filament (middle),…