The Mechanics of Alien Waves
One of the most dramatic and memorable scenes from Interstellar comes from Miller’s planet – and if you…
The Stars Feeding our Galaxy’s Monster
There is a place at the centre of our Galaxy where the rules of physics are pushed to…
Albert Einstein: “The Monotony and Solitude of a Quiet Life Stimulates the Creative Mind”
Albert Einstein believed that the creative mind requires conditions most people spend their lives trying to escape. In…
NASA Data Captured an Unexplained Glow in the Milky Way, Scientists Now Think Dark Matter Is Behind It
Dark matter is estimated to make up about 27% of the universe, yet not a single molecule of…
Switchable 2D–3D display through a metasurface lenticular lens
Dodgson, N. A. Autostereoscopic 3D displays. Computer 38, 31–36 (2005). Article Google Scholar Lee, B. Three-dimensional displays, past…
Supermassive black holes in a ‘death spiral’ could collide – what impact will it have? | News Tech
The first of a series of images which gives an artistic representation of the merger of two black…
Quantum computing myths vs reality: Understanding what technology can (and can’t) do
Quantum computing draws attention because it can potentially solve problems classical computers struggle with, such as molecular simulations…
Quantum entanglement speed is measured for the first time
In the world of quantum physics, incredible events unfold at mind-boggling speeds. Processes thought to happen instantaneously, like…
Exploding Stars, Black Holes, and the Forbidden Gap
When the first gravitational wave (GW) was detected back in 2015, scientists said they had opened a new…
Hybrid calculation of hadronic vacuum polarization in muon g − 2 to 0.48%
The muon is a short-lived elementary particle with spin 1/2 and a mass 207 times larger than that of…