Ripples in Spacetime and the Universe’s Most Controversial Number
Douglas Adams told us the answer to life, the universe and everything is 42. If only cosmology were…
IBM Quantum Computer Accurately Simulates Real Magnetic Materials, Reproducing National Laboratory Data
• Team from U.S. Department of Energy-funded Quantum Science Center demonstrates quantum computers can perform material simulation that…
Contact-triggered molecular interactions enable structural refinement of perovskite layers in solar cells
Materials Urea, potassium chloride (KCl, 99.999%), thioglycolic acid, hydrochloric acid (HCl, 37%), N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF, 99.8%), dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO,…
US scientists discover material that switches quantum states on demand
Scientists in the US have uncovered a rare quantum material capable of switching between two distinct electronic states…
Physics answers a crucial kitchen question
It makes sense to squeeze every last drop of milk into our coffee and drizzle the remains of our…
Death is not the end: What physics says about dying
A flame goes out, and something in the room shifts with it. Not because matter has vanished, but…
Topological soliton frequency comb in nanophotonic lithium niobate
Fortier, T. & Baumann, E. 20 years of developments in optical frequency comb technology and applications. Commun. Phys.…
Physicists Create Levitating Form of Time Crystal
A team of scientists at New York University has created a version of the exotic phase of matter…
Single-atomic-ion detection with plasmon-enhanced whispering-gallery-mode microlasers
Toropov, N. et al. Review of biosensing with whispering-gallery mode lasers. Light Sci. Appl. 10, 42 (2021). Article …
Superluminal correlations in ensembles of optical phase singularities
Embon, L. et al. Imaging of super-fast dynamics and flow instabilities of superconducting vortices. Nat. Commun. 8, 85…