New algorithm hushes unwanted noise in LIGO, may lead to more black hole discoveries
A view from above of LIGO Livingston in Louisiana. Credit: Caltech/MIT/LIGO Lab LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory,…
Particle detector proves precision as it prepares to probe properties of quark-gluon plasma
Caption:The sPHENIX detector is the newest experiment at Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and is…
New modeling indicates 100-year-old geological theory on the Himalayas may have been wrong all along
Model-data comparison. Credit: Tectonics (2025). DOI: 10.1029/2025TC009057 For the last century, Émile Argand’s theory on the formation and…
Quantum emitter discovery in diamonds enables a new type of coupling
An NV-hosting nanodiamond on an AFM tip probes a topological waveguide. Suppressing RCP emission at 710 nm reveals…
Fabrication technique opens door to new materials for quantum hardware
Superconducting resonators store electromagnetic energy for quantum computers. Credit: Iliya Shiravand and Moeid Jamalzadeh Researchers have demonstrated a…
A light-programmable, dynamic ultrasound wavefront
Fig. 1. Optically Programmable Array of Transducers (OPAT) uses light to shape ultrasonic fields. Credit: Rahul Goyal, from…
Crystalline material conducts heat even worse than glass and water—and that’s promising
Postdoc Peter Skjøtt Thorup from Aarhus University holds a small sample of the crystalline material AgGaGe3Se8, which he…
Origin of fastest white dwarfs in the galaxy linked to supernova explosions
Illustration showing the remnant of a star being ejected at tremendous speed into space from the site of…
Magnetic fields in infant universe may have been billions of times weaker than a fridge magnet
Credit: International School of Advanced Studies (SISSA) The magnetic fields that formed in the very early stages of…
TESS reveals two rocky Earth-sized exoplanets orbiting nearby K-type star
TESS target pixel file for TOI-2322 for sector 27. The target star is labeled as 1 and marked…