Scientists develop new technique for capturing ultra-intense laser pulses in a single shot
Artist’s illustration of the RAVEN technique, which measures a complex light pulse using micro foci and spectral dispersion,…
Supernova remnant SNR J0450.4−7050 investigated in detail
MeerKAT 1.3 GHz view of LMC SNR J0450–709. Credit: Smeaton et al., 2025. An international team of astronomers…
The mystery of Mercury’s missing meteorites, and how we may have finally found some
Mercury seen by Nasa’s Messenger spacecraft on the left. On the right, there’s an approximation of Mercury’s true…
Computational trick enables better understanding of exotic state of matter
Schematic illustration of the experimental setup. A beryllium capsule (yellow) is compressed, heated and probed by an X-ray…
Problem-solving AI approach tackles inverse problems used in nuclear physics and beyond
This illustration represents a ring-all-reduce setup of a computing cluster’s graphics processing units, used to solve an inverse…
A magnetically levitated particle enables researchers to search for ultralight dark matter
Schematic of the experimental setup inside the dilution refrigerator. Shown are the plates of the cryostat, the multistage…
More pathways than previously thought can lead to optical topological insulators
Light conducts around the edge of a simulated topological insulator, shown at the bottom of image. The topological…
A new atomistic route to viscosity—even near the glass transition
Credit: Alessio Zaccone, The Journal of Chemical Physics (2025). DOI: 10.1063/5.0272171 We rarely think about how liquids flow—why…
Pulsars could have tiny mountains
Composite optical/X-ray image of the Crab Nebula, showing synchrotron emission in the surrounding pulsar wind nebula, powered by…
Sharks freeze when you turn them upside down—and there’s no good reason why
A neonatal sicklefin lemon shark (Negaprion acutidens) being dorsoventrally inverted to induce TI in Moorea, French Polynesia. Credit:…