Gravitational wave detectors affected by daylight savings time
Aerial view of the LIGO observatory in Hanford, Washington. Credit: LIGO Observatory Interference from human activity has always…
Carbon cycle flaw could push Earth into an ice age as planet overcorrects for warming
Computer simulation of Earth’s climate evolving over 1 million years in response to a sudden release of carbon…
Supermassive black hole spews gas at record speeds, upending mass estimates
Artist’s impression of a rapidly feeding black hole that is emitting powerful gas outflows. Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/M.…
Researchers cut the time for a learning task from 20 million years to 15 minutes
The squeezer—an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) that uses a nonlinear crystal inside an optical cavity to manipulate the…
Primordial black holes may trigger Type Ia supernovae without companion stars
The density color plot for WD models of various masses. The expected final composition after self-heating nuclear reactions…
Scientists use electrons to pattern light sources and wiring directly onto crystals
Cathodoluminescence hyperspectral mapping of a pattern spelling ‘Lee’ (top left); Hae Yeon Lee and Yifeng Liu (bottom left)…
Beauty meson decay confirms tension with Standard Model predictions
The LHCb experiment in its underground cavern. Credit: CERN A new LHCb analysis confirms a previously observed tension…
Physicists set record with 6,100-qubit array
This image shows 6,100 cesium atoms trapped by highly focused laser beams called optical tweezers. The width of…
Space-time doesn’t exist, but it’s a useful framework for understanding our reality
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Whether space-time exists should be neither controversial nor even conceptually challenging, given the definitions…
Spin may resolve century-old puzzle of light’s momentum in matter
by Adam B. Cahaya When light enters a medium like water or glass, it bends, raising the long-standing…