Researchers overcome long-standing bottleneck in single photon detection with twisted 2D materials
Homogeneity of the devices. Credit: Science (2025). DOI: 10.1126/science.adu5329 The ability to detect single photons (the smallest energy…
Giant seas are just the ocean’s ‘bad day’
A size comparison of the “Draupner Wave” to 3 school buses stacked horizontally on top of one another.…
Direct visualization of quantum zero-point motion in complex molecule reveals eternal dance of atoms
Ultrashort, high-intensity X-ray laser pulses trigger controlled explosions of molecules—making it possible to capture high-resolution images of molecular…
Cosmic Horseshoe galaxy harbors what may be the most massive black hole ever detected
Another image of the Cosmic Horseshoe, but with the pair of images of a second background source highlighted.…
A ‘mysterious giant’ behind binary black holes? Astronomers uncover first evidence of a third compact object
Gravitational wave events released by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration. Credit: SHAO The binary black holes in the universe are…
Ultrafast light switch achieved with asymmetric silicon metasurfaces in nanophotonics
Credit: CC0 Public Domain In nanophotonics, tiny structures are used to control light at the nanoscale and render…
Scientists achieve direct measurement of quantum metric tensor in black phosphorus
Researchers have successfully measured the quantum metric tensor in solids for the first time. Credit: Keun Su Kim…
Cicadas sing in perfect sync with pre-dawn light
Power spectra of dawn choruses at location I. Colored thin lines are raw power spectral densities of the…
A monster at the dawn of time
Artist representation of CAPERS-LRD-z9, home to the earliest confirmed black hole. The supermassive black hole at its center…
Threshold effects enable self-stopping robot swarms
A bunch of microrobots scurrying around at the Institute of Theoretical Physics II of the Heinrich Heine University…