Physicists achieve record precision in measuring proton-to-electron mass ratio with H₂⁺
Detailed view of the experimental setup. The hydrogen molecule ions are cooled by means of laser light to…
Unprecedented gamma-ray burst hints at rare black hole
The orange dot at the center of this image is a powerful explosion that repeated several times over…
Supermassive black holes shrouded by dust in the early universe
An artist’s impression of a dust-shrouded quasar in the early universe. Credit: NAOJ Astronomers have discovered “dust-shrouded supermassive…
Compact genetic light switches may offer safer, more precise disease treatments
Schematic demonstration of PhoBIT2 coupled with STIM1ct to photo-activate Ca2+ influx through endogenous ORAI channels. Credit: Nature Communications…
Physicists demonstrate controlled expansion of quantum wavepacket in a levitated nanoparticle
Picture showing a nanoparticle with a fuzzy contour—somehow an artistic impression of delocalization. The noisy trajectories on the…
How evolution explains autism rates in humans
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution finds that the relatively high rate of…
Advanced underwater technology reveals a new species of deep-sea snailfish
SUNY Geneseo researchers and their collaborators have described three new snailfishes, including the bumpy snailfish (Careproctus colliculi) discovered…
Twisted bilayer graphene reveals two distinct strongly interacting topological phases
Electron interaction plays a critical role in the Hofstadter energy spectrum of moiré quantum materials. Credit: Minhao He.…
A new way to control terahertz light for faster electronics
Credit: Leonardo Viti et al In a breakthrough for next-generation technologies, scientists have learned how to precisely control…
Physicists devise an idea for lasers that shoot beams of neutrinos
Comparison of the SR and ordinary fluorescence decay rates in 86Rb. Credit: Physical Review Letters (2025). DOI: 10.1103/l3c1-yg2l…