Solar gamma rays could unlock mystery of sun’s hidden magnetic fields
Credit: NASA New research conducted by an international team of physicians has found that high-energy gamma rays might…
Genetic secrets of one of world’s rarest penguins revealed
Researchers have revealed the endangered hoiho is actually made up of three distinct subspecies which diverged up to…
Bridging light, microwaves and electrons for precision calibration
The photonic chip mounted on a custom holder. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-62808-5 EPFL researchers have developed…
Chiral molecules adhere to magnets
Fig. 1. Chiral molecules acquire spin through thermal vibration and adhere to magnets. Credit: Shinji Miwa / ISSP,…
Spin environment of a superconducting qubit in high magnetic fields
In Fig. 1 we present the field resilient gralmonium qubit, fabricated from a single layer of grAl (cf. Fig. 1a),…
Should we worry: Top physicists warn over mysterious object 3I/ATLAS reaching closest to Sun on October 29
A mysterious interstellar object discovered earlier this year, 3I/ATLAS, is set to reach its closest point to the…
Electromagnetic interference shielding using metal and MXene thin films
Joo, K. et al. High performance package-level EMI shielding of Ag epoxy composites with spray method for high…
Hybrid Frenkel–Wannier excitons facilitate ultrafast energy transfer at a 2D–organic interface
Sample preparation To fabricate the WSe2/PTCDA heterostructure (Extended Data Fig. 1a), hBN was first exfoliated onto a 0.1%…
Physicist Brian Cox Thanks YouTube for Taking Down ‘AI Shite’ Accounts Featuring Deepfakes of Him Saying ‘Nonsense’ About Comet ATLAS 3i Being a Spaceship
Physicist Brian Cox has thanked YouTube for taking down accounts that used AI to create deepfakes of him…
Carlo Rovelli’s Radical Perspective on Reality
Sitting outside a Catholic church on the French Riviera, Carlo Rovelli jutted his head forward and backward, imitating…
Photoswitchable exceptional points derived from bound states in the continuum
The temporal coupled mode theory (TCMT) is a valuable tool for describing the underlying physics of such open…
If we look too hard for reality, we’ll fall into a black hole
Try to measure an object’s location too precisely, and you’ll collapse into a black hole. Physicist Daniel Carney…