Will AI doom the last of us? As a writer, I don’t feel safe
As someone who makes my living with words and enjoys using them, I find AI’s uninvited intrusions into…
New method enables flexible generation of high-order vector vortex beams
Polarization control of the phase delay system and the polarization evolution process on the Poincaré sphere. Credit: USTC…
Strained strontium titanate membrane crosses into ferroelectric—and quantum—territory
Straining SrTiO3 membrane. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-59517-4 Strontium titanate was once used as a diamond substitute…
Scientists make first direct detection of atmospheric sputtering on Mars
Sputtering driven by the solar wind motional electric field. Credit: Curry et al., Sci. Adv. 11, eadt1538 A…
Quantum visualization technique confirms UTe₂ is an intrinsic topological superconductor
Schematic of the new Andreev scanning tunneling microscopy technique designed to detect the superconductive topological surface state of…
A new super material could lead to more powerful, energy-saving electronics
Design of ideal Kramers nodal lines in intercalated transition metal dichalcogenides and their material properties. Credit: Nature Communications…
A new method to generate muons with ultra-short high-intensity lasers
The two schemes of muon production via high energy electron beams. There are two possible pathways for generating…
2D quantum sensor uses spin defects for precise magnetic field detection
Artist’s impression of hexagonal boron nitride layers containing a spin, represented by the red arrow, which can be…
New chiral photonic device enables real-time control of light polarization and data storage
This “heterostructure” consists of a stack of multiple different thin films, including a collection of aligned carbon nanotubes…
The importance of gravitational waves
An artists impression of two black holes spiraling towards each other, creating ripples in the fabric of spacetime.…