Scientists Use Rare ‘Einstein Cross’ to Discover Unexpectedly Mature Stars in 8 Billion-Year-Old Galaxy
In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have used a rare “Einstein Cross” gravitational lens to investigate a young galaxy…
Experience the Evolution of Galaxies Like Never Before in Stunning New Simulations
a team of astronomers has unveiled a revolutionary new approach to simulating the evolution of galaxies. Published in…
This dark energy tool just created the most comprehensive 3D map of our universe ever: ‘A major paradigm shift’
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has completed its five-year mission to build the largest 3D map of…
Stephen Hawking’s black hole information paradox could be solved — if the universe has 7 dimensions
A new theoretical study suggests that black holes may never fully evaporate, which contradicts an infamous Stephen Hawking…
Pixelated quantum-dot superlattice LEDs | Nature
Rainò, G. et al. Superfluorescence from lead halide perovskite quantum dot superlattices. Nature 563, 671–675 (2018). Article ADS …
What Happens When Light Goes Boom? Part 1: The Scientist Who Stared at a Glow
I want you to imagine a scene. It’s the red carpet. It’s the night of the Oscars, or…
Photoengineering the magnon spectrum in an insulating antiferromagnet
Němec, P., Fiebig, M., Kampfrath, T. & Kimel, A. V. Antiferromagnetic opto-spintronics. Nat. Phys. 14, 229–241 (2018). Article …
How physicists found a new type of magnet hiding in plain sight
On a breezy afternoon last autumn in Cambridge, Mass., in a laboratory thrumming with the huff-whish-huff sound of…
5 Questions for Edoardo Baldini – UT Austin News
What is a recent discovery your research has uncovered, and how would you explain it to someone outside…
Michel Mayor, Nobel laureate in Physics: ‘People think humanity is eternal, but we are animals and we will become extinct’ | Science
Michel Mayor’s life could have ended in one of the worst deaths imaginable. In 1968, this Swiss mountaineering…