Magnetically induced convection enhances water electrolysis in microgravity
General notes All aqueous solutions were prepared with ultrapure water (18.2 MΩ cm, Veolia). Chemicals were purchased with an analytical…
Strange new shapes may rewrite the laws of physics
How can the behavior of elementary particles and the structure of the entire universe be described using the…
2025 One Hertz Challenge: Timekeeping At One Becquerel
The Becquerel (Bq) is an SI unit of radioactivity: one becquerel is equivalent to one radioactive decay per…
Quasicrystals Spill Secrets of Their Formation
“That’s just freaking awesome. It’s a really clever thing,” Glotzer said. “Until now, no one has ever successfully…
This Bright Dot May Be an Entirely New Type of Space Object
At first, the dot looked like any other star. Then the astrophysicists switched to polarized light and found…
These Chunks of Ice Move All By Themselves, Thanks to a Cool Engineering Trick
It looks like something straight out of a Ouija board horror movie, but frosty—researchers have figured out how…
the clash for cosmology’s soul – Physics World
MOND versus dark matter: the clash for cosmology’s soul – Physics World Skip to main content Courtesy: Tom…
Scientists Discover What Appears to Be the Largest Black Hole in the Universe, So Heavy That It Completely Bends the Light Around It Into a Giant Ring
Astronomers have discovered what could be the largest black hole ever detected. With a mass of 36 billion…
Spin-orbit coupling in van der Waals materials for optical vortex generation
Figure 1a schematically illustrates the creation of optical vortices via spin-orbit coupling in the hBN crystal. As shown…
Early galaxies—or something else? Webb uncovers 300 unusually bright objects
Graphic showing the mysterious objects in the universe that the University of Missouri researchers identified.in their study. Credit:…