New chiral photonic device enables real-time control of light polarization and data storage
This “heterostructure” consists of a stack of multiple different thin films, including a collection of aligned carbon nanotubes…
The importance of gravitational waves
An artists impression of two black holes spiraling towards each other, creating ripples in the fabric of spacetime.…
Genetic deep dive dispels fear of hybrid worm threat
A detailed genetic analysis shows schistosome parasites that infect humans contain genes from the parasites that infect cattle…
Solitonic superfluorescence paves way for high-temperature quantum materials
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A study in Nature describes both the mechanism and the material conditions necessary for…
Dozens of new high-redshift quasars discovered by astronomers
Near-infrared follow-up spectra of a sub-sample of quasars reported in this paper (sorted by increasing redshift). Credit: arXiv…
New high-resolution laser device reads millimeter-scale text from a mile away
Super-resolution imaging based on the intensity interferometer. Credit: Phys. Rev. Lett. (2025). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.180201 You are the protagonist…
Study reinvestigates the properties of globular cluster NGC 1754
Credit: NGC 1754. Credit: HST. Using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), astronomers have observed a globular cluster known…
Webb telescope captures deep view of ancient galaxies
The new image uses a massive galaxy cluster as a magnifying glass to spy on ancient galaxies in…
Webb telescope helps refines Hubble constant, suggesting resolution to long-standing expansion rate debate
Scientists have made a new calculation of the speed at which the universe is expanding, using the data…
New technique turns ‘noisy’ lasers into quantum light
High-intensity sources of light with quantum levels of noise. Credit: Nature Photonics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41566-025-01677-2 Scientists have discovered…