First device based on ‘optical thermodynamics’ can route light without switches
Credit: Yunxuan Wei at USC. A team of researchers at the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer…
Powerful and precise multi-color lasers now fit on a single chip
This schematic illustration shows the diffractive element in the high-power microcomb source separating comb lines spectrally. Credit: Michal…
Gravitational lenses imaged by Webb during its first run
A collage of eight Webb images of gravitational lensing, each showing various distorted galaxies in the center of…
New study rules out binary hardening as cause of Dimorphos’s orbital period drop
Gravitational scattering of ejecta cannot explain the observed period drop of Dimorphos. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL A new…
Plasma rampdown prediction model could improve reliability of fusion power plants
A shot-by-shot breakdown of every shot in the experiment. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-63917-x Tokamaks are machines…
Physicists develop new quantum sensor at the atomic lattice scale
Working principle of the quantum electrometer. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61839-2 From computer chips to quantum dots—technological…
Physicists detect water’s ultraviolet fingerprint in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
NASA’s Swift Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS during two visits in July and August 2025. The…
Internet favors the development of flexible identities among language learners
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A review reveals that the interplay between technology, identity, and languages involves and encourages…
Vultures as curators and a newly discovered interspecies warning call
Bearded Vultures typically carry food and nest-building material to the nest site. (A) An adult Bearded Vulture with…
New instrument at SOAR achieves first light with observations of remarkable binary star system
The SOAR Telescope at Cerro Pachon. Credit: CTIO/SOAR/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Paredes The SOAR Telescope, located on Cerro Pachón in Chile,…