Wafer lens changes X-ray beam size by more than 3,400 times
Schematic of the ultrathin monolithic bimorph mirror. (a) A photograph of the mirror substrate comparison with a Japanese…
A new way to detect primordial black holes through their Hawking radiation
A map of the pockets of dark matter scattered across the universe. Credit: NASA/Caltech Scientists may have found…
Magnetic frustration in atacamite triggers dramatic cooling when exposed to strong fields
Artistic representation of the magnetic sawtooth structure of atacamite: The magnetic moments (green) of the Cu ions (white…
Scientists capture slow-motion earthquake in action
Tectonic setting around Japan. Centroid Moment Tensor solution shows the mechanism of the 2024 Hyuga-nada earthquake (b) Pre-seismic…
Charge-spin coupling in room-temperature 2D ferromagnetic material
Visualization of atomic-scale charge modulation in room-temperature 2D ferromagnet Fe5GeTe2. Credit: National Taiwan University What if electricity and…
Discovery of ‘mini halo’ points to how the early universe was formed
This stunning image reveals a distant galaxy cluster teeming with energy: galaxies shine in visible light (white), ghostly…
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…