How virtual charges influence material responses
New perspectives on light-matter interaction: innovative research focused on ultra-fast electronics. Credit: Politecnico di Milano Understanding what happens…
New catalog compiles more than 100 ‘spider’ pulsars that consume stellar partners
The comparably tiny spider pulsar blasts its much bigger neighboring star with so much energy that the side…
Non-detection of persistent radio source places tightest constraints yet on non-repeating fast radio burst origins
VLA images demonstrating the non-detection of persistent radio emission at the FRB 20250316A position across different bands and…
Gravitational wave detectors affected by daylight savings time
Aerial view of the LIGO observatory in Hanford, Washington. Credit: LIGO Observatory Interference from human activity has always…
Ferrimagnet spin waves act like bosonic semiconductors, study finds
by Adam B. Cahaya Credit: Adam B. Cahaya Ferrimagnets are a special type of magnet where different atoms’…
Supermassive black hole spews gas at record speeds, upending mass estimates
Artist’s impression of a rapidly feeding black hole that is emitting powerful gas outflows. Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/M.…
Researchers cut the time for a learning task from 20 million years to 15 minutes
The squeezer—an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) that uses a nonlinear crystal inside an optical cavity to manipulate the…
Primordial black holes may trigger Type Ia supernovae without companion stars
The density color plot for WD models of various masses. The expected final composition after self-heating nuclear reactions…
Scientists use electrons to pattern light sources and wiring directly onto crystals
Cathodoluminescence hyperspectral mapping of a pattern spelling ‘Lee’ (top left); Hae Yeon Lee and Yifeng Liu (bottom left)…
Stunning Two-Sided Sequin Material Made in Substance 3D Painter
Remember when the sequin t-shirts were the most popular fashion choice among kids, and everyone was stroking the…