Light can reshape atom-thin semiconductors for next-generation optical devices
A team of Rice University researchers and collaborators showed that a two-layer Janus TMD material—molybdenum sulfur selenide stacked…
Picture of universe getting clearer—but much remains unknown
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Even though we can explore the universe with great precision, there is still a…
Photoinduced non-reciprocal magnetism effectively violates Newton’s third law
A non-reciprocal phase transition to a many-body, time-dependent chiral phase occurs in layered ferromagnets. Credit: Institute of Science…
Astronomers may have found the first stars that formed after the Big Bang
Credit: Neale LaSalle from Pexels For years, astronomers have been on the hunt for the first generation of…
AC instead of DC unlocks nano-LEDs for VR headsets and near-eye displays
Optical and scanning electron microscope images of a nano-LED device that uses AC power instead of DC power,…
We could use neutrino detectors as giant particle colliders
The IceCube building in Antartica. Credit: Cmichel67/Wikimedia Commons There is a limit to how big we can build…
Modeling black holes is easier with a flicker of light
A sequence of snapshots simulating the rotating Hayward black hole. Credit: Science China Press/Guo, et al A few…
Physicists reveal surprising insights from taxi drivers
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Taxi drivers who slow down when searching for passengers are not only more efficient…
Physicist discusses the Higgs boson and whether it might change the fate of the universe
The CMS detector is one of the two large-scale experiments happening at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) headquartered…
Scientists recreate cosmic ‘fireballs’ to probe mystery of missing gamma rays
The Fireball experiment installed in the HiRadMat irradiation area. Credit: Gianluca Gregori An international team of scientists, led…