Twist-induced orbital chirality in a photonic laser
The combination of two achiral photonic membranes into a twisted bilayer breaks mirror symmetry and induces non-Hermitian coupling…
Universal dynamics and microwave control of programmable resonant electro-optic frequency combs
Li, J., Yi, X., Lee, H., Diddams, S. A. & Vahala, K. J. Electro-optical frequency division and stable…
Mapping The Sound Field Of An Acoustic Levitator
Sound! It’s a thing you hear, moreso than something you see with your eyes. And yet, it is…
The Most Energetic Ghost Particle Ever Seen
Imagine catching a single raindrop and realising it fell from a storm on the other side of the…
Scientists use ‘negative light’ to send secret messages hidden inside heat
Researchers have developed a technology to invisibly transmit information disguised as background thermal radiation. Using a phenomenon called…
The Early Universe was Hot, Dense, and Soupy
In its earliest moments, the Universe was hot and dense. A plasma sea of quarks and gluons out…
Quantum entanglement as a tool to image distant astronomical objects
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 11 March 2026 Particles entangled over long distances can, in theory, improve the sensitivity of long-baseline…
Quantum spin study reveals a previously unknown state of matter
At temperatures approaching absolute zero, most magnetic materials settle into tidy patterns. Their tiny magnetic moments, or spins,…
The 19th-century mathematical clue that led to quantum mechanics
Yet Hamilton’s reputation during his lifetime was built on work he completed much earlier. In the 1820s and…
Simulation of a Floquet non-Abelian topological insulator with photonic quantum walks
Qi, X.-L. & Zhang, S.-C. Topological insulators and superconductors. Rev. Mod. Phys. 83, 1057–1110 (2011). Article ADS Google…
How Quantum Simulation Is Revolutionizing Molecular Engineering
The landscape of molecular synthesis is undergoing a fundamental shift as researchers transition from discovering natural properties to…
Finding Gold In A Stellar Explosion
Our first satellites were little more than repeater stations that propagated our radio and tv signals around the…