Laser advance sets the stage for new X-ray science possibilities
Poincaré beams before and after linear polarizer. Credit: Nature Photonics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41566-025-01737-7 A team led by scientists…
Chemists synthesize a new allotrope of carbon
Left: Chemical structure of the cyclo[48]carbon [4]catenane. Right: Space-filling representation. Credit: Harry Anderson. In a new study led…
What happens when you cross the point of no return?
Black holes form when massive stars exhaust their nuclear fuel and collapse under their own gravity. This collapse…
Energy-efficient ultracompact laser reduces light loss in all directions
The chip with the hexagon-shaped laser cavities. Credit: NTU Singapore An international team of scientists led by Nanyang…
Researchers observe evidence of hyperbolic exciton polaritons
Hyperbolic region in chromium sulfur bromide (CrSBr): a) The metallized tapping tip of a scattering-type scanning near-field optical…
A quantum gas that refuses to heat—physicists observe many-body dynamical localization
Despite being continually kicked and strongly interacting, the atoms no longer absorb energy. The system localizes in momentum…
Peering Down Through Black Hole’s “Eye Of Sauron” Cosmic Jet Got Earth Hit By Record-Breaking Neutrinos
There is an absolutely incredible cosmic object called PKS 1424+240. It is a blazar, a supermassive black hole…
Luis Walter Alvarez’s eclectic career
Luis Walter Alvarez’s career was marked by two explosions. The first was one the physicist enabled: a plutonium…
Astronomers Capture the 'Eye of Sauron' Billions of Light Years Away and It Might Be the Most Powerful Particle Accelerator Ever Found – ZME Science
Astronomers Capture the ‘Eye of Sauron’ Billions of Light Years Away and It Might Be the Most Powerful…
The cosmic giant that shouldn’t exist — 66-billion-sun monster breaks the rules
To a lot of enthusiasts, the figure 66 billion might seem out of reach, but for seasoned astronomers,…