A Cosmic ‘Dead Zone’ for Black Holes Is Real, New Evidence Suggests
A recent LIGO catalog update more than doubled the number of confirmed gravitational wave signals—ripples in spacetime caused…
Global Physics Photowalk: 2025 winners revealed
Last summer, a wedding photographer walked begrudgingly into a physics laboratory outside Rome. Feeling uninspired by the intricate…
Scientists Found a Flaw in a 300-Year-Old Law of Physics, and It Changes How Friction Works
For over three centuries, Amontons’ first law has been one of the most reliable principles in physics. Postulated…
Research Team Finds Useful Quantum Computers Could Be Built with as Few as 10,000 Qubits
Insider Brief New research from Caltech and Oratomic suggests fault-tolerant quantum computers could require only 10,000–20,000 qubits—far fewer…
A+T Quantum 530 launched
A+T Quantum 530 launched by Mark Jardine 31 Mar 23:00 PDT 1 April 2026 Quantum 530 © A+T…
Untangling the challenges of quantum computing
From scaling to error correction, numerous problems remain to be addressed before a practical quantum computer can be…
Black Hole Runs Out of Gas, Rapidly Dims its Galaxy
It’s not often that astronomers can observe huge changes in a galaxy’s brightness over the course of a…
Interlayer exciton flux amplification driven by strong exciton confinement
Wu, Z. et al. Peta-scale embedded photonics architecture for distributed deep learning applications. J. Lightwave Technol. 41, 3737–3749…
Supermassive black holes might trace back to huge, ancient stars
black hole: A region of space having a gravitational field so intense that no matter or radiation (including…
Astronomers Discover Rare ‘Triple-Double’ Radio Galaxy 7.5 Billion Light-Years Away
Astronomers have revealed a rare “triple-double” radio galaxy located 7.5 billion light-years from Earth. Known as J022248−060934, this…