Physicists model vacuum tunneling in a 2D superfluid
Credit: CC0 Public Domain In 1951, physicist Julian Schwinger theorized that by applying a uniform electrical field to…
Genetic tools identify lost human relatives from fossil records
Predicted phenotypic differences between AMHs, Neanderthals, and Denisovans. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025). DOI:…
Scientists find that ice generates electricity when bent
Flexoelectricity in ice electrification events. Credit: Nature Physics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-02995-6 A study co-led by ICN2 reveals that…
Finding ‘Earth 2.0’ may be easier using a new telescope shape
Concept design for a rectangular space telescope, modeled after the Diffractive Interfero Coronagraph Exoplanet Resolver (DICER), a notional…
For the first time, scientists observed the ‘hidden swirls’ that affect the flow of sand, rocks and snow
The glass beads used in the bulldozing experiments and mapped with X-rays. Credit: Andrés Felipe Escobar Rincón What…
MARATHON experiment offers most precise measurement of nucleon structure yet
Hall A, the area at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (JLab) where the MARATHON experiment was carried…
Thawing permafrost raised carbon dioxide levels after the last ice age, study shows
Thawing permafrost on Herchel Island, Canada. Credit: Boris Radosavljevic Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere vary naturally between…
First-ever double crystal channeling observed
Chiara Maccani, doctoral student at CERN and Padova University, installing the TWOCRYST Fibre Tracker detector in the LHC…
Dual laser excitation boosts light emission at nanoscale
Simultaneous excitation of YbTm-doped upconverting nanoparticles at 975 and 1213 or 1732 nm results in significantly stronger anti-Stokes…
Interface-controlled antiferromagnetic tunnel junctions offer new path for next-gen spintronics
by Zhao Weiwei, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences Antiferromagnetic tunnel junction with interface-driventunneling magnetoresistance.…