The mystery of Mercury’s missing meteorites, and how we may have finally found some
Mercury seen by Nasa’s Messenger spacecraft on the left. On the right, there’s an approximation of Mercury’s true…
Problem-solving AI approach tackles inverse problems used in nuclear physics and beyond
This illustration represents a ring-all-reduce setup of a computing cluster’s graphics processing units, used to solve an inverse…
A magnetically levitated particle enables researchers to search for ultralight dark matter
Schematic of the experimental setup inside the dilution refrigerator. Shown are the plates of the cryostat, the multistage…
Astronomer models radio pulsar nulling fractions
Histogram showing the best-fit normalized distribution of the nulling fractions based on simulation of 5000 sample pulsars. Credit:…
More pathways than previously thought can lead to optical topological insulators
Light conducts around the edge of a simulated topological insulator, shown at the bottom of image. The topological…
A new atomistic route to viscosity—even near the glass transition
Credit: Alessio Zaccone, The Journal of Chemical Physics (2025). DOI: 10.1063/5.0272171 We rarely think about how liquids flow—why…
Pulsars could have tiny mountains
Composite optical/X-ray image of the Crab Nebula, showing synchrotron emission in the surrounding pulsar wind nebula, powered by…
Oscillating electric field helps explain why the sun is so good at evaporating water
Illustration of evaporation of water confined in the hydrogel in a dark environment (left) and under solar radiation…
Researchers confirm fundamental conservation laws at the quantum level
Schematic of a single photon with zero angular momentum (green) splitting into two photons (red) with either zero…
Topological insulators boost ultra-thin magnet strength by 20% for next-gen electronics
Structure and transport properties of Cr2Te3 thin films. Credit: Reports on Progress in Physics (2025). DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/add9c5 A…