Scientists harness polaritons, making a leap in molecular charge transfer
The image above shows how various light colors can access the charge transfer state in polariton systems, unlike…
New Device for Detecting Lightweight Dark Matter
August 20, 2025• Physics 18, s104 Superconducting sensors can detect single low-energy photons. Researchers have now used this…
Ultrafast X-ray laser tracks the motion of a single electron during a chemical reaction
This graphic shows how an ultraviolet pump laser (at left) photoexcites an ammonia molecule (blue and red shapes),…
Photonic origami folds glass into microscopic 3D optical devices
Researchers used their new technique to fold a glass bar (a), create an optical resonator (b) to achieve…
Strong-interaction-driven quadrupolar-to-dipolar exciton transitions in a trilayer moiré superlattice
Wang, G. et al. Colloquium: excitons in atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides. Rev. Mod. Phys. 90, 021001 (2018).…
Latest Data Rule Out a Leading Explanation of a Neutrino Anomaly
August 21, 2025• Physics 18, s115 The MicroBooNE experiment’s five-year dataset has shown that an unpredicted neutrino-flavor oscillation…
Imperfect light sources achieve new benchmark in secure quantum communication
Quantum Cryptography with quantum dot based compact and high rate single photon nano-devices. Credit: Lars Luder A team…
Wrinkles in atomically thin materials unlock ultraefficient electronics
Representation of electron spins in a bent 2D material exhibiting the persistent spin helix structure. Credit: Sunny Gupta…
Néel spin-orbit torque in antiferromagnetic quantum spin and anomalous Hall insulators
Formalism We extend the Kane-Mele model by including a collinear AFM order which is exchange coupled to the…
Exoplanets suffering from a plague of dark matter could turn into black holes – Physics World
Exoplanets suffering from a plague of dark matter could turn into black holes – Physics World Skip to…