Old-school material could power quantum computing and cut data center energy use
a) Phase-field simulated values of the in-plane polarization, Px, as a function of temperature, reflecting the degree of…
Quantum radio antenna uses Rydberg states for sensitive, all-optical signal detection
Experimental setup for controlling the quantum radio antenna. Credit: Michal Parniak, University of Warsaw A team from the…
Mysterious glow in Milky Way could be evidence of dark matter
Normalized density projections of the bulges. The columns show dark matter, stellar, and quadratic dark matter densities, respectively.…
Quantum mechanics trumps the second law of thermodynamics at the atomic scale
Two-oscillator quantum engine. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adw8462 Two physicists at the University of Stuttgart have proven…
Our team of physicists inadvertently generated the shortest X-ray pulses ever observed
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain X-ray beams aren’t used just by doctors to see inside your body and tell…
Framework models light-matter interactions in nonlinear optical microscopy to determine atomic structure
From left to right, Albert Suceava, a doctoral student in materials science and engineering; Venkatraman Gopalan, a professor…
Record-breaking gamma ray burst seems to be caused by a black hole engulfed by a bloated star
The combined, background-subtracted gamma-ray lightcurve of GRB 250702B. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2509.22792 On July 2, 2025, NASA’s Fermi…
Generation of harmful slow electrons in water is a race between intermolecular energy decay and proton transfer
Schematic representation of intermolecular coulombic decay and proton transfer in liquid water. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61912-w…
A new attempt to explain the accelerated expansion of the universe
by Birgit Kinkeldey, Zentrum für angewandte Raumfahrttechnologie und Mikrogravitation (ZARM) Expansion of the universe. Credit: Christian Pfeifer (AI-assisted)…
3D-printed metamaterials harness complex geometry to dampen mechanical vibrations
This 3-D printed kagome tube can passively isolate vibrations using its complex, but deliberate, structure. Credit: James McInerney,…