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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
Finding Gold In A Stellar Explosion
Our first satellites were little more than repeater stations that propagated our radio and tv signals around the…
1,000x more efficient tabletop laser could power future nuclear clocks
Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have demonstrated a new type of vacuum ultraviolet laser that is…
Astronomers witness magnetar birth for first time
Astronomers have for the first time witnessed the birth of one of the universe’s most extreme objects: a…
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…