Inside the World’s Biggest Neutrino Detector
Neutrinos are strange little things. This tiny, enigmatic particle with no charge exists in virtually every corner of…
New Lightsail Material Pushes Interstellar Probe Dream Closer
Any material used as a light sail is bound by very restrictive physical requirements. It has to be…
Astronomers catch supermassive black hole in the act of ‘waking up’
Top panel: the cluster of galaxies (white/violet) and its hot gaseous atmosphere (blue); bottom right panel: NSF VLBA…
How Milky Way’s Future Collision with Andromeda Could Shape the Universe
In recent groundbreaking research published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, scientists from the University of…
A unified realization of electrical quantities from the quantum International System of Units
Mills, I. M., Mohr, P. J., Quinn, T. J., Taylor, B. N. & Williams, E. R. Redefinition of…
Astronaut catches gigantic jet on camera
Left: Gigantic Jet Event from the International Space Station, taken by NASA Astronaut Nichole Ayers. (Credit: Ayers) Right:…
Experimental device demonstrates how electron beams reconfigure plasma structure
Changes in MHD equilibrium before and after flux rope merging. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09345-9 In a scientific…
Structured light manipulates material properties and reveals atomic changes in nanocrystals
Visualization of strain and cracking in a bismuth tungstate nanoparticle under various environmental conditions. Credit: Advanced Materials (2025).…
New Quantum Radar Can Be Made As Small As A Die Thanks To Giant Atoms
When you think of radar, you probably think of large rotating military antennae and a green screen with…
Next-level pixel-particle analogy uses quantum-inspired math to clarify noisy medical images
A medical image denoising method based on principles of quantum mechanics outperform machine learning, statistical methods, and neural…