Ultrafast imaging method characterizes thousands of molecules using single-photon camera
Single molecule FLIM setup and acquisition scheme. Credit: Light: Science & Applications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41377-025-01901-2 EPFL researchers have…
Scientists create gold hydride by combining gold and hydrogen under extreme conditions
Illustration of intense pulses from an X-ray free-electron laser (left) heating compressed samples of hydrocarbons to extreme conditions,…
Discarded particles dubbed ‘neglectons’ may unlock universal quantum computing
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Quantum computers have the potential to solve problems far beyond the reach of today’s…
Discovery of Planckian time limit opens doors to novel quantum technologies
Image of heavy electrons with quantum entanglement on CeRhSn. Credit: Takuto Nakamura and Shin-ichi Kimura A joint research…
Baby star sets off explosion, gets caught in blast
Artist’s impression of a protoplanetary disk distorted by a shock front created by an expanding bubble. Credit: ALMA…
Ultrathin metallic films show tunable, directional charge flow using light at room temperature
Epitaxial strain control of electronic anisotropy in the RuO2/TiO2 (110) heterostructure. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adw7125 In…
Meet ‘lite intermediate black holes,’ the supermassive black hole’s smaller, much more mysterious cousin
Merging black holes generate gravitational waves, which astronomers can track. Credit: SXS, CC BY-ND Black holes are massive,…
Physicists discover particles that accelerate when crowded
Hundreds of 1mm metal beads are placed between two glass plates of 15 x 15 cm. Credit: Leiden…
Scientists capture real-time melting of 2D skyrmion lattices using magnetic fields
Snapshots of the skyrmion lattice during the melting: an ordered skyrmion lattice on the left while the lattice…
Theories on dark matter’s origins point to ‘mirror world’ and universe’s edge
An artistic illustration of the mechanism proposed by Professor Stefano Profumo where quantum effects near the rapidly expanding…