Astronomers May Have Found A New Way To Detect The Universe’s Hidden Dark Matter
Astronomers have proposed a radical idea: dark matter—the mysterious substance making up most of the universe’s mass, might…
Quote of the day by Albert Einstein: ‘It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just…’ Here’s some life-changing quotes by German-born physicist
Quote of the day by Albert Einstein focuses on patience and effort in thinking. Einstein said, “It’s not…
Something fundamental about black holes may be changing
An international group of astronomers has uncovered strong evidence suggesting that the material surrounding supermassive black holes has…
Simulating Driven-Dissipative Quantum Spin Dynamics On Consumer Hardware
Physics simulations using classical mechanics is something that’s fairly easily done on regular consumer hardware, with real-time approximations…
A new superconductor breaks rules physicists thought were fixed
Something unexpected is happening inside a material called platinum-bismuth-two (PtBi2). According to a new study from researchers at…
Physicists discover a universal law for everything that shatters
A single equation may predict how many fragments a brittle object makes when it shatters. In Marseille, France,…
“This Will Be a New Chapter in Quantum Physics”: Odd Quasiparticles May Explain a Pair of Quantum Experiments That Baffled Scientists
The unexpected coexistence of superconductivity and magnetism observed in two experiments this year has finally been explained by…
Supercomputer simulation reveals a mismatch in how galaxies cluster across the universe
A new super simulation called FLAMINGO maps the universe from its first moments to today, and it intensifies…
‘Zombie Stars’ Might Be a Beacon in Our Search for Dark Matter
As physicist Cumrun Vafa once told me, puzzles in science often come in pairs, each serving as the…
At 15, Belgian researcher earns a PhD in quantum physics with ambitious long-term goals
At 15 years old, Belgian researcher Laurent Simons earned a PhD in quantum physics from the University of…