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…
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…
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…
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,…
Surprising optics breakthrough could transform our view of the Universe
Gravitational-wave detectors may soon get a major performance boost, thanks to a new instrumentation advance led by physicist…
Quasi-bound flat bands in the continuum
The theoretical framework for the quasi-bound flat bands in the continuum We start with a one-dimensional (1D) silicon…
Ultrathin Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Surface Wave Absorbers for Terahertz Dielectric Waveguides
Lioubtchenko, D., Tretyakov, S. & Dudorov, S. Millimeter-wave waveguides Vol. 114 (Springer Science & Business Media, 2003). Carpintero,…
New quantum device operates at room temperature for stable qubits
Stanford University researchers say they have developed a nanoscale optical device that could shift the direction of quantum…
Did we just see dark matter? Scientists express skepticism
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope captured this gamma-ray view of our Milky Way galaxy between 2009 and 2013.…
Cosmic monster M82 X-2 is so bright it breaks the rules of physics
Astronomers using NASA’s NuSTAR X-ray telescope have confirmed that a compact star named M82 X-2 shines about 10…