Light-driven thermal barriers control fluid flow in three dimensions
Generation of a localized optofluidic barrier. Credit: Nature Photonics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41566-025-01731-z Scientists at the Department of Applied…
A 3000-year-old copper smelting site could be key to understanding the origins of iron
Copper smelters at the site used copper ores that lacked iron. Adding the iron oxide hematite to the…
3D particle-in-cell simulations demonstrate first true steady state in turbulent plasma
Electric currents spatial distribution in a steady-state turbulence. Credit: PRL (2025), DOI: 10.1103/3777-z37m Plasma is a state of…
How diamond fails under extreme electrical fields
Credit: Cell Reports Physical Science (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2025.102843 A research team from the University of Chinese Academy of…
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.…