Physicists solve 90-year-old puzzle of quantum damped harmonic oscillators
University of Vermont professor Dennis Clougherty (right) and his student Nam Dinh wondered if there are systems in…
New Theory Points to the Universe’s Greatest Fireworks Show
Imagine the entire universe suddenly blazing with light in a flash that lasted just a brief moment in…
Unconventional scaling of the orbital Hall effect
Manchon, A. et al. Current-induced spin-orbit torques in ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic systems. Rev. Mod. Phys. 91, 035004 (2019).…
Meet ‘lite intermediate black holes,’ the supermassive black hole’s smaller, much more mysterious cousin
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed…
New Physics-Inspired Proof Probes the Borders of Disorder
Their techniques aren’t just promising for analyzing models of electron behavior like Anderson’s. The work also taps into…
Strange atomic vibration discovered may solve physics mystery
A cryogenic microscope that fits on a laboratory bench has now let scientists watch electrons shake graphene’s atoms…
Chemists synthesize a new allotrope of carbon
Left: Chemical structure of the cyclo[48]carbon [4]catenane. Right: Space-filling representation. Credit: Harry Anderson. In a new study led…
Ask Ethan: Did life begin when the Universe was room temperature?
Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he…
Peering Down Through Black Hole’s “Eye Of Sauron” Cosmic Jet Got Earth Hit By Record-Breaking Neutrinos
There is an absolutely incredible cosmic object called PKS 1424+240. It is a blazar, a supermassive black hole…
Researchers Simulate What a Black Hole “Shadow” Look Like
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) established a reputation worldwide in 2019 when it released the first-ever image of…