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42b86e15d9cf13619b0dd40be2bf96ad164496da55af17d22ccf14b17e11fdb9 | 2025-12-26T15:00:01 | Detecting the hidden magnetism of altermagnets | Altermagnets are a newly recognized class of antiferromagnets whose magnetic structure behaves very differently from what is found in conventional systems. In conventional antiferromagnets, the sublattices are linked by simple inversion or translation, resulting in spin-degenerate electronic bands. In altermagnets, how... | https://phys.org/news/2025-12-hidden-magnetism-altermagnets.html | Space & Physics | |
eb497d7437aeae8693bda02e870de80f98f8d1b9751ef302572357e2fa7c119b | 2025-12-25T14:40:01 | Ultracold atoms observed climbing a quantum staircase | For the first time, scientists have observed the iconic Shapiro steps, a staircase-like quantum effect, in ultracold atoms. | https://phys.org/news/2025-12-ultracold-atoms-climbing-quantum-staircase.html | Space & Physics | |
686f5acafabd79846556c16330367d3467efc3b9d37342d7d326fbea5b4da941 | 2025-12-25T09:50:02 | Research uncovers the telltale tail of black hole collisions | When black holes collide, the impact radiates into space like the sound of a bell in the form of gravitational waves. But after the waves, there comes a second reverberation—a murmur that physicists have theorized but never observed. | https://phys.org/news/2025-12-uncovers-telltale-tail-black-hole.html | Space & Physics | |
a0dfde754076b374c8edf46df0d85474cc9f83c847779db69a7a2bba6490a302 | 2025-12-24T13:26:34 | New image sensor breaks optical limits | Imaging technology has transformed how we observe the universe—from mapping distant galaxies with radio telescope arrays to unlocking microscopic details inside living cells. Yet despite decades of innovation, a fundamental barrier has persisted: capturing high-resolution, wide-field images at optical wavelengths witho... | https://phys.org/news/2025-12-image-sensor-optical-limits.html | Space & Physics | |
8598895677b13d88beb6e742c585e9947791d813492871ed0ebc25aec0345f6f | 2025-12-23T14:40:01 | Ultrafast fluorescence pulse technique enables imaging of individual trapped atoms | Researchers at the ArQuS Laboratory of the University of Trieste (Italy) and the National Institute of Optics of the Italian National Research Council (CNR-INO) have achieved the first imaging of individual trapped cold atoms in Italy, introducing techniques that push single-atom detection into new performance regimes. | https://phys.org/news/2025-12-ultrafast-fluorescence-pulse-technique-enables.html | Space & Physics | |
af14fd1b394beedc12fef54d53079ca42ff2f0ac1c19f75b8b2ef7402fe93151 | 2025-12-23T14:30:31 | Journey to the center of a quantized vortex: How microscopic mutual friction governs superfluid dissipation | Step inside the strange world of a superfluid, a liquid that can flow endlessly without friction, defying the common-sense rules we experience every day, where water pours, syrup sticks and coffee swirls and slows under the effect of viscosity. In these extraordinary fluids, motion often organizes itself into quantized... | https://phys.org/news/2025-12-journey-center-quantized-vortex-microscopic.html | Space & Physics | |
c8a1006990d6fe762e1dcf7e461118567926e82080bfc3b6623bca680edfbc7e | 2025-12-23T13:03:15 | New reactor produces clean energy and carbon nanotubes from natural gas | Scientists from the University of Cambridge have developed a new reactor that converts natural gas (a common energy source primarily composed of methane) into two highly valuable resources: clean hydrogen fuel and carbon nanotubes, which are ultralight and much stronger than steel. | https://phys.org/news/2025-12-reactor-energy-carbon-nanotubes-natural.html | Space & Physics | |
86fa7c8c1a399cf8deebce0063db9d330147c5c29160f4af07af4228616362b4 | 2025-12-23T11:00:07 | Raindrops form 'sandballs' as they roll downhill, contributing more to erosion than previously thought | What happens as a raindrop impacts bare soil has been fairly well-studied, but what happens to raindrops afterward is poorly understood. We know that the initial splash of raindrops on soil contributes to erosion, but a new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, finds that the journey ... | https://phys.org/news/2025-12-raindrops-sandballs-downhill-contributing-erosion.html | Space & Physics | |
2f93030f1fc8657b52828800ad271ee983808bb84502725fc1b53d25baf7dcd5 | 2025-12-23T08:55:28 | Promising new superconducting material discovered with the help of AI | Tohoku University and Fujitsu Limited have successfully used AI to derive new insights into the superconductivity mechanism of a new superconducting material. | https://phys.org/news/2025-12-superconducting-material-ai.html | Space & Physics | |
6928c658eb24f2b45e62fd620a05b99161ed74104f6913174f91252435f40b81 | 2025-12-23T08:48:38 | Rare Hall effect reveals design pathways for advanced spintronic materials | Scientists at Ames National Laboratory, in collaboration with Indranil Das's group at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (India), have found a surprising electronic feature in transitional metal-based compounds that could pave the way for a new class of spintronic materials for computing and memory technologies. | https://phys.org/news/2025-12-rare-hall-effect-reveals-pathways.html | Space & Physics | |
826f35f77b506e55b8f9a3d64bdffc54e4620dd35cfd77743a4bac895c45da6f | 2025-12-23T08:31:43 | Why a chiral magnet is a direction-dependent street for electrons | RIKEN physicists have discovered for the first time why the magnitude of the electron flow depends on direction in a special kind of magnet. This finding could help to realize future low-energy devices. | https://phys.org/news/2025-12-chiral-magnet-street-electrons.html | Space & Physics | |
34e4a27a2357f0137e6d21942310d9040230c0ae3efb0eb3d40da240535d310a | 2025-12-22T15:29:31 | How does Santa do it all? Quantum physics, that's how, says scientist | Every year, Santa Claus races around the globe in a matter of hours to bring presents to children all over the world. | https://phys.org/news/2025-12-santa-quantum-physics-scientist.html | Space & Physics | |
74896818cbde1e4fc6e3fa5cd204f83e43242d97bc75f0330718b0f30c2c5b37 | 2025-12-22T13:26:27 | Anything-goes 'anyons' may be at the root of surprising quantum experiments | In the past year, two separate experiments in two different materials captured the same confounding scenario: the coexistence of superconductivity and magnetism. Scientists had assumed that these two quantum states are mutually exclusive; the presence of one should inherently destroy the other. | https://phys.org/news/2025-12-anyons-root-quantum.html | Space & Physics | |
332aa84647d743c509d20507fc03edbacdfaa649dc5df6dbe028f5f1e1ef2b6f | 2025-12-22T11:40:02 | Kolmogorov-Arnold networks bridge AI and scientific discovery by increasing interpretability | AI has successfully been applied in many areas of science, advancing technologies like weather prediction and protein folding. However, there have been limitations for the world of scientific discovery involving more curiosity-driven research. But that may soon change, thanks to Kolmogorov-Arnold networks (KANs). | https://phys.org/news/2025-12-kolmogorov-arnold-networks-bridge-ai.html | Space & Physics | |
c1dd777311c97a4c14fcab2df97910f791713f72184b5e0218ea7c28a89acb07 | 2025-12-22T10:34:14 | Who was Amelia Frank? The life of a forgotten physicist | In 1977, an American physicist named John H. Van Vleck won the Nobel Prize for his work on magnetism. In his Nobel lecture, amid a discussion of rare earth elements, one sentence leaps out: | https://phys.org/news/2025-12-amelia-frank-life-forgotten-physicist.html | Space & Physics | |
d888c1ba44be01533f798f981e5caf9c7445c4b992fbb11ff16e96103b099a6f | 2025-12-22T10:14:37 | AI uncovers double-strangeness: A new double-Lambda hypernucleus | Researchers from the High Energy Nuclear Physics Laboratory at the RIKEN Pioneering Research Institute (PRI) in Japan and their international collaborators have made a discovery that bridges artificial intelligence and nuclear physics. By applying deep learning techniques to a vast amount of unexamined nuclear emulsion... | https://phys.org/news/2025-12-ai-uncovers-strangeness-lambda-hypernucleus.html | Space & Physics | |
ea73660745ba79869628e1375c549129272d847742b54e4d4753f9d7ab1c2581 | 2025-12-21T14:10:02 | Controlling exciton flow in moiré superlattices: New method leverages correlated electrons | Excitons are pairs of bound negatively charged electrons and positively charged holes that form in semiconductors, enabling the transport of energy in electronic devices. These pairs of charge carriers also emerge in transition metal dichalcogenides, thin semiconducting materials comprised of a transition metal and two... | https://phys.org/news/2025-12-exciton-moir-superlattices-method-leverages.html | Space & Physics | |
ff7fb0b83cc621a9e780b45f09c6951a9e4f3d95288e04351ce99da4cac81ea0 | 2025-12-28T06:46:35 | Fusion reactors may create dark matter particles | Researchers say fusion reactors might do more than generate clean energy—they could also create particles linked to dark matter. A new theoretical study shows how neutrons inside future fusion reactors could spark rare reactions that produce axions, particles long suspected to exist but never observed. The work revisit... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251228020014.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
31c80408e817307fe940d77b57b18ac405245560c35830c4211bc3cf20b7dd75 | 2025-12-27T11:48:18 | Large Hadron Collider finally explains how fragile matter forms | In collisions at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, hotter than the Sun’s core by a staggering margin, scientists have finally solved a long-standing mystery: how delicate particles like deuterons and their antimatter twins can exist at all. Instead of forming in the initial chaos, these fragile nuclei are born later, when ... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251227082727.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
1839a82f7eeff54bc7bdf91f24bcb616387d1c028d4b5aa1ce5f4debe6a93728 | 2025-12-30T12:12:55 | Physicists close in on the elusive sterile neutrino | Neutrinos may be nearly invisible, but they play a starring role in the Universe. Long-standing anomalies had hinted at a mysterious fourth “sterile” neutrino, potentially rewriting the laws of physics. Using exquisitely precise measurements of tritium decay, the KATRIN experiment found no evidence for such a particle,... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251227082713.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
dc960483dfa32f638bb7f693a752cf11750546000fe1b84be5e3027df62e404a | 2025-12-26T10:55:12 | A new superconductor breaks rules physicists thought were fixed | A shiny gray crystal called platinum-bismuth-two hides an electronic world unlike anything scientists have seen before. Researchers discovered that only the crystal’s outer surfaces become superconducting—allowing electrons to flow with zero resistance—while the interior remains ordinary metal. Even stranger, the elect... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251226045350.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
e8d2c3ac1c793e9d2d9b66148dbb4a39bda773f82165a5ae6829118814bcdf75 | 2025-12-29T12:52:34 | MIT just made aluminum 5x stronger with 3D printing | MIT researchers have designed a printable aluminum alloy that’s five times stronger than cast aluminum and holds up at extreme temperatures. Machine learning helped them zero in on the ideal recipe in a fraction of the time traditional methods would take. When 3D printed, the alloy forms a tightly packed internal struc... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251226045316.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
9b6f637509c7d83e823cef5694d40c6f5b79d90e6cdee1f590dd25a2a0240602 | 2025-12-23T11:00:40 | Physicists found a way to make thermodynamics work in the quantum world | More than 200 years ago, Count Rumford showed that heat isn’t a mysterious substance but something you can generate endlessly through motion. That insight laid the foundation for thermodynamics, the rules that govern energy, work, and disorder. Now, researchers at the University of Basel are pushing those rules into th... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251223084615.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
2f82240a6948410bff7855b3edc86544794676c57cf4f590b5ce0cca30c38846 | 2025-12-23T09:51:14 | “Purifying” photons: Scientists found a way to clean light itself | A new discovery shows that messy, stray light can be used to clean up quantum systems instead of disrupting them. University of Iowa researchers found that unwanted photons produced by lasers can be canceled out by carefully tuning the light itself. The result is a much purer stream of single photons, a key requirement... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251223084534.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
87ef6590c5129684ef0cc8b20c2bd553d85d496beb135d88091c3c506c42d22b | 2025-12-22T05:26:39 | This simulation reveals what really happens near black holes | Black holes are among the most extreme objects in the universe, and now scientists can model them more accurately than ever before. By combining Einstein’s gravity with realistic behavior of light and matter, researchers have built simulations that closely match real astronomical observations. These models reveal how m... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251222044106.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
9ab65838c3b952f508f4ad0099343a638293215e4c6158e2ac6e15bd7205def6 | 2025-12-23T01:52:01 | Physicists made atoms behave like a quantum circuit | Using ultracold atoms and laser light, researchers recreated the behavior of a Josephson junction—an essential component of quantum computers and voltage standards. The appearance of Shapiro steps in this atomic system reveals a deep universality in quantum physics and makes elusive microscopic effects visible for the ... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251222043243.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
167aba5c148478c71feb0c043267147a654ea66cf7f7a48e7e3794a579bdb70f | 2025-12-19T00:56:58 | Gravitational waves may reveal hidden dark matter around black holes | Gravitational waves from black holes may soon reveal where dark matter is hiding. A new model shows how dark matter surrounding massive black holes leaves detectable fingerprints in the waves recorded by future space observatories. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251218060559.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
d166254162bbb4535ad0d4b5127b2647739432cc3fc8fe2208956f7b1b93087f | 2025-12-18T05:43:55 | Scientists spent 10 years chasing a particle that wasn’t there | After a decade of painstaking measurements, scientists have delivered a major plot twist in particle physics: a long-hypothesized “mystery particle” likely doesn’t exist. Using the MicroBooNE experiment at Fermilab, researchers analyzed neutrinos from two powerful beams and found no evidence for a sterile neutrino, rul... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251217082503.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
f01ae1e798b3712dc56a962cf58c2e0d878ca0326266bb45df5e0e9b388fc6cb | 2025-12-15T10:13:41 | Hidden dimensions could explain where mass comes from | A new theory proposes that the universe’s fundamental forces and particle properties may arise from the geometry of hidden extra dimensions. These dimensions could twist and evolve over time, forming stable structures that generate mass and symmetry breaking on their own. The approach may even explain cosmic expansion ... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251215084222.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
8eb2cabc971e60ca2a0ab8a8144a548a844be414c544d60ee4a6699eee527394 | 2025-12-16T07:29:15 | Physicists found a way to see heat in empty space | Physicists have found a clever way to detect the elusive Unruh effect without extreme accelerations. By using atoms that emit light cooperatively between mirrors, acceleration subtly shifts when a powerful light burst appears. That early flash acts like a timestamped signature of the effect. The method could make once-... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251215084213.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
60421f76073c97bf7abdf080ceb6f0c3dea69691dbb387de38e5e15c792f23e8 | 2025-12-15T03:47:05 | Light-printed electrodes turn skin and clothing into sensors | Researchers in Sweden have unveiled a way to create high-performance electronic electrodes using nothing more than visible light and specially designed water-soluble monomers. This gentle, chemical-free approach lets conductive plastics form directly on surfaces ranging from glass to textiles to living skin, enabling s... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251215025317.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
1975160cbefe79b45439f919eb536eeffe5f192fa800b237ba6917ec963ab297 | 2025-12-13T23:09:18 | New quantum antenna reveals a hidden terahertz world | Researchers at the University of Warsaw have unveiled a breakthrough method for detecting and precisely calibrating terahertz frequency combs using a quantum antenna made from Rydberg atoms. By combining atomic electrometry with a powerful terahertz-to-light conversion technique, they achieved the first measurement of ... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251213032617.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
cfe9f28c28d3d0e1f37ceabe87cae612c22891a147bbf826ea1ec1dac271457d | 2025-12-14T08:24:00 | Astronomers watched a sleeping neutron star roar back to life | Astronomers tracked a decade of dramatic changes in P13, a neutron star undergoing supercritical accretion. Its X-ray luminosity rose and fell by factors of hundreds while its rotation rate accelerated. These synchronized shifts suggest the accretion structure itself evolved over time. The findings offer fresh clues to... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251213032610.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
2462182ca90f97f918934deb023cbc743036a2143c4b35ab6206485ae8be57cf | 2025-12-12T06:53:37 | Ghost particles slip through Earth and spark a hidden atomic reaction | Scientists have managed to observe solar neutrinos carrying out a rare atomic transformation deep underground, converting carbon-13 into nitrogen-13 inside the SNO+ detector. By tracking two faint flashes of light separated by several minutes, researchers confirmed one of the lowest-energy neutrino interactions ever de... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251212022252.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
20949f3c8e0e3b5dccf2c19c6ed5bdffbd18ad9014b5be0d9cafec05e15deda9 | 2025-12-11T04:29:47 | Paper mill waste could unlock cheaper clean energy | Scientists developed a high-performance hydrogen-production catalyst using lignin, a common waste product from paper and biorefinery processes. The nickel–iron oxide nanoparticles embedded in carbon fibers deliver fast kinetics, long-term durability, and low overpotential. Microscopy and modeling show that a tailored n... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251210092026.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
293d904d637923be7c1f52ac9372cdc6cf1bf85674b8f8a7e8d8463646135847 | 2025-12-11T03:15:21 | Researchers catch atoms standing still inside molten metal | Scientists have uncovered that some atoms in liquids don't move at all—even at extreme temperatures—and these anchored atoms dramatically alter the way materials freeze. Using advanced electron microscopy, researchers watched molten metal droplets solidify and found that stationary atoms can trap liquids in tiny “atomi... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251210092017.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
c148269ca7ba0b208b1fcc0c9b46a76887d3064afe6a8b500518e5ffe67fceed | 2025-12-08T11:52:02 | A cosmic collision reveals how black holes really behave | A remarkably clean gravitational-wave detection has confirmed long-standing predictions about black holes, including Hawking’s area theorem and Einstein’s ringdown behavior. The findings also provide the strongest support yet that real black holes follow the Kerr model. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251208052535.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
8307d4fa3fd576f3b8af025efcba3fe63fea19d7dd6fae847bee245022a7195f | 2025-12-05T21:14:53 | The “impossible” LED breakthrough that changes everything | Scientists have discovered how to electrically power insulating nanoparticles using organic molecules that act like tiny antennas. These hybrids generate extremely pure near-infrared light, ideal for medical diagnostics and advanced communications. The approach works at low voltages and surpasses competing technologies... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251205054734.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
95bb120ba656d5a3382d6fad0da9c4f5acaba165393552f45d9c66417dbc5918 | 2025-12-05T02:14:09 | A 1950s material just set a modern record for lightning-fast chips | Researchers engineered a strained germanium layer on silicon that allows charge to move faster than in any silicon-compatible material to date. This record mobility could lead to chips that run cooler, faster, and with dramatically lower energy consumption. The discovery also enhances the prospects for silicon-based qu... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251204024240.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
101fe8f6fa126e9083dd7ddffb63568ec44d45933d52cfdd47949b674b364212 | 2025-12-04T10:22:27 | A simple oxygen hack creates 7 new ceramic materials | Penn State researchers created seven new high-entropy oxides by removing oxygen during synthesis, enabling metals that normally destabilize to form rock-salt ceramics. Machine learning helped identify promising compositions, and advanced imaging confirmed their stability. The method offers a flexible framework for crea... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251204024238.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
a691d07aff1174c56806d514338df5b1b0f5648cddfbace81f2e8d7bed914c5f | 2025-12-04T02:16:47 | Engineered imperfections supercharge graphene’s power | Researchers have discovered a new way to grow graphene that deliberately adds structural defects to enhance its usefulness in electronics, sensors, catalysts, and more. Using a specially shaped molecule called azupyrene, scientists can produce graphene films rich in beneficial 5–7 ring defects—imperfections that make t... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251203004738.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
3d7eff7ffaed1690fa90ea733fbb4fcc00e4ab0cc626b36acd0c067e1a11ceaf | 2025-12-01T10:50:57 | New graphene breakthrough supercharges energy storage | Engineers have unlocked a new class of supercapacitor material that could rival traditional batteries in energy while charging dramatically faster. By redesigning carbon structures into highly curved, accessible graphene networks, the team achieved record energy and power densities—enough to reshape electric transport,... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251130205509.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
1b58cb6b9104ee8051fef0ca52f69a2b5304b52082680829a323ad0234721367 | 2025-11-29T09:21:07 | Scientists may have found dark matter after 100 years of searching | Nearly a century after astronomers first proposed dark matter to explain the strange motions of galaxies, scientists may finally be catching a glimpse of it. A University of Tokyo researcher analyzing new data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has detected a halo of high-energy gamma rays that closely matches... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251129053349.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
674e68f60ab8aff33ee7f3aea51e218aa7ff393585d24216b079e6917f5c7a2e | 2025-11-29T10:29:45 | Scientists just teleported information using light | Quantum communication is edging closer to reality thanks to a breakthrough in teleporting information between photons from different quantum dots—one of the biggest challenges in building a quantum internet. By creating nearly identical semiconductor-based photon sources and using frequency converters to sync them, res... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251129044516.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
6f501ac99bdd4b009f20950dab6c923ad742ab3f72c7a6fe068d29d9969e0bd3 | 2025-11-29T09:49:27 | JWST spots a strange red dot so extreme scientists can’t explain it | The discovery of strange, ultra-red objects—especially the extreme case known as The Cliff—has pushed astronomers to propose an entirely new type of cosmic structure: black hole stars. These exotic hybrids could explain rapid black hole growth in the early universe, but their existence remains unproven. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251127102115.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
53da1602437808861ef6922c20a86749fe7cc52cd478956c6d73c3d001c47f8a | 2025-11-28T03:44:47 | X-ray movies reveal how intense lasers tear a buckyball apart | Using intense X-rays, researchers captured a buckyball as it expanded, split and shed electrons under strong laser fields. Detailed scattering measurements showed how the molecule behaves at low, medium and high laser intensities. Some predicted oscillations never appeared, pointing to missing physics in current models... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251124231908.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
b3582e58599d8e69247a1f05478f51ed3f9ca0e6f10aab3400cc8eed58574eb3 | 2025-11-24T23:57:11 | This glowing particle in a laser trap may reveal how lightning begins | Using a precisely aligned pair of laser beams, scientists can now hold a single aerosol particle in place and monitor how it charges up. The particle’s glow signals each step in its changing electrical state, revealing how electrons are kicked away and how the particle sometimes releases sudden bursts of charge. These ... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251124231904.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
21887472afd45aab5dff795d84672e1a1802dee95f0e5f86b08bd4651d9b19f3 | 2025-11-27T09:09:51 | A surprising new method finally makes teflon recyclable | Researchers have discovered a low-energy way to recycle Teflon® by using mechanical motion and sodium metal. The process turns the notoriously durable plastic into sodium fluoride that can be reused directly in chemical manufacturing. This creates a potential circular economy for fluorine and reduces environmental harm... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251124094336.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
bf79df31a98a200af132524ce9e44134deefce4679743c76d4bae15093bc3be6 | 2025-11-22T09:29:25 | Our Solar System is racing through space 3x faster than we thought | New measurements of radio galaxies reveal that the solar system is racing through the universe at over three times the speed predicted by standard cosmology. Using highly sensitive data from multiple radio telescope arrays, researchers uncovered a surprisingly strong dipole pattern—one that challenges longstanding assu... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251121090738.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
cdfb2faef3d3dafdef693a7a565466cd857fa0524da2f593b23077542862b7c0 | 2025-11-20T00:28:36 | A compact fusion machine just hit gigapascal pressures | Operating a new device named the Fusion Z-pinch Experiment 3, or FuZE-3, Zap Energy has now achieved plasmas with electron pressures as high as 830 megapascals (MPa), or 1.6 gigapascals (GPa) total, comparable to the pressures found deep below Earth’s crust. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251120002836.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
3145b0698cef1a488d0af014e0292d5f2b0f6a31de769ca998875ae02c5ed8b3 | 2025-11-20T02:33:18 | MIT ultrasonic tech pulls drinking water from air in minutes | MIT engineers have created an ultrasonic device that rapidly frees water from materials designed to absorb moisture from the air. Instead of waiting hours for heat to evaporate the trapped water, the system uses high-frequency vibrations to release droplets in just minutes. It can be powered by a small solar cell and p... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251120002834.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
5946e5954352c11c68ffe8e5e535e6eed255bc19c007a2a4d0f2a4204b14aca9 | 2025-11-21T03:39:39 | Century-old catalysis puzzle cracked by measuring a fraction of an electron | Scientists have directly measured the minuscule electron sharing that makes precious-metal catalysts so effective. Their new technique, IET, reveals how molecules bind and react on metal surfaces with unprecedented clarity. The insights promise faster discovery of advanced catalysts for energy, chemicals, and manufactu... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251120002617.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
03969ea0429e494ac3be9317c29e0ca60c754b2c836b14c4a019f4dc99b9d93f | 2025-11-19T12:32:19 | Quantum computers just simulated physics too complex for supercomputers | Researchers created scalable quantum circuits capable of simulating fundamental nuclear physics on more than 100 qubits. These circuits efficiently prepare complex initial states that classical computers cannot handle. The achievement demonstrates a new path toward simulating particle collisions and extreme forms of ma... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251118220104.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
14e887434ec73f540213244956f0b144d4dfabb8e7a4595e9a311bc4ec5e54b4 | 2025-11-19T11:58:57 | Nanoscale trick makes “dark excitons” glow 300,000 times stronger | Researchers have found a way to make “dark excitons”—normally invisible quantum states of light—shine dramatically brighter by trapping them inside a tiny gold-nanotube optical cavity. This breakthrough boosts their emission 300,000-fold and allows scientists to switch and tune them with unprecedented precision. The wo... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251118220058.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
cc059925faef43275f13cb3e84f2297174ed505027e442fd36a265d0fda81e11 | 2025-11-17T21:49:45 | This tiny quantum clock packs a billion-fold energy mystery | Scientists built a tiny clock from single-electron jumps to probe the true energy cost of quantum timekeeping. They discovered that reading the clock’s output requires vastly more energy than the clock uses to function. This measurement process also drives the irreversibility that defines time’s forward direction. The ... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251117091138.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
bd2c48c9d07a3f89233a17c3df199d2413ca5a6d65fa9b9c3a089b27147c212b | 2025-11-16T10:56:25 | Physicists reveal a new quantum state where electrons run wild | Electrons can freeze into strange geometric crystals and then melt back into liquid-like motion under the right quantum conditions. Researchers identified how to tune these transitions and even discovered a bizarre “pinball” state where some electrons stay locked in place while others dart around freely. Their simulati... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251116105625.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
cbe70a65d0f2f7792b5cc59d16ab1dfbd2448d7c9defb387fff7e18b30261840 | 2025-11-16T03:57:55 | Dark matter acts surprisingly normal in a new cosmic test | Dark matter may be invisible, but scientists are getting closer to understanding whether it follows the same rules as everything we can see. By comparing how galaxies move through cosmic gravity wells to the depth of those wells, researchers found that dark matter appears to behave much like ordinary matter, obeying fa... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251115095924.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
7d1ab184ba3466836e3f2599736db25a17b8f7e1a5e955e500de86c7dac37217 | 2025-11-14T08:51:57 | Breakthrough shows light can move atoms in 2D semiconductors | Laser light can physically distort Janus TMD materials, revealing how their asymmetrical structure amplifies light-driven forces. These effects could power breakthroughs in photonic chips, sensors, and tunable light technologies. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251114041155.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
22728641a38db903504546781143718072e32f2f1fcadde381d7e15bd8fa21a5 | 2025-11-14T07:24:04 | Scientists uncover hidden atomic process that supercharges propylene production | Scientists have decoded the atomic-level secrets behind catalysts that turn propane into propylene. Their algorithms reveal unexpected oxide behavior that stabilizes the catalytic reaction by clustering around defective metal sites. The findings could help streamline industrial chemistry and inspire better catalysts fo... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251114041152.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
8c17ca30021983484ed683e00a7e928d447e8e6b7f084bb445b61c6f0770445c | 2025-11-13T06:46:51 | A radical upgrade pushes quantum links 200x farther | Scientists have developed a new way to build rare-earth crystals that boosts quantum coherence to tens of milliseconds. This leap could extend quantum communication distances from city blocks to entire continents. The method uses atom-by-atom construction for unprecedented material purity. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251112111019.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
30b0462256a3b65f315721720570b73e86107629c4398a2db5a284d363c6a132 | 2025-11-12T04:33:53 | NASA's Webb finds life’s building blocks frozen in a galaxy next door | Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered a trove of complex organic molecules frozen in ice around a young star in a neighboring galaxy — including the first-ever detection of acetic acid beyond the Milky Way. Found in the Large Magellanic Cloud, these molecules formed under harsh, metal-poor con... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251112011838.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
1be9040c8d947d129b4278e2075483799bc88c7317554ec373792718a08dc83e | 2025-11-12T10:26:23 | Scientists just found a material that beats diamond at its own game | Boron arsenide has dethroned diamond as the best heat conductor, thanks to refined crystal purity and improved synthesis methods. This discovery could transform next-generation electronics by combining record-breaking thermal conductivity with strong semiconductor properties. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251112011825.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
b78c07653c47e8d2049a944df3148b555bc969e644ef38d4702a5656ecf54e5f | 2025-11-11T11:46:12 | Entangled spins give diamonds a quantum advantage | UC Santa Barbara physicists have engineered entangled spin systems in diamond that surpass classical sensing limits through quantum squeezing. Their breakthrough enables next-generation quantum sensors that are powerful, compact, and ready for real-world use. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251111010002.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
2d9b97c5ff1ed9cbd1eeb7538ae6cb4f0ffefc6a5df13d3b1cac701a67ddc851 | 2025-11-10T03:16:44 | Physicists prove the Universe isn’t a simulation after all | New research from UBC Okanagan mathematically demonstrates that the universe cannot be simulated. Using Gödel’s incompleteness theorem, scientists found that reality requires “non-algorithmic understanding,” something no computation can replicate. This discovery challenges the simulation hypothesis and reveals that the... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251110021052.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
8e1d4fbe3ab3deb2acaf8d56c851337983450b8d00c21fbe355636c18770c998 | 2025-11-09T10:14:51 | Dark energy might be changing and so is the Universe | New supercomputer simulations hint that dark energy might be dynamic, not constant, subtly reshaping the Universe’s structure. The findings align with recent DESI observations, offering the strongest evidence yet for an evolving cosmic force. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251109013236.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
4ff89bb46f588708b7fb6bf8df9f72787a78451c9641d0b61f251e15da3ff046 | 2025-11-09T01:25:50 | Stanford discovers an extraordinary crystal that could transform quantum tech | Stanford scientists found that strontium titanate improves its performance when frozen to near absolute zero, showing extraordinary optical and mechanical behavior. Its nonlinear and piezoelectric properties make it ideal for cryogenic quantum technologies. Once overlooked, this cheap, accessible material now promises ... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251108083912.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
41851b124127113612df9c10f75cce0563df3df3b6a54dcc82e29f0d192eb3a8 | 2025-11-09T00:36:10 | “Really bizarre” quantum discovery defies the rules of physics | Researchers have discovered quantum oscillations inside an insulating material, overturning long-held assumptions. Their work at the National Magnetic Field Laboratory suggests that the effect originates in the material’s bulk rather than its surface. The finding points toward a “new duality” in materials science—where... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251108083908.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
b0de8b3080afde9a434a5596709472e94315d5c1817e8a9390c2a8d96e25dcc1 | 2025-11-09T00:17:12 | Tiny laser could transform medicine and quantum science | A team at the University of Stuttgart has engineered a compact short-pulse laser that achieves up to 80% efficiency—far surpassing current models. Their new multipass design reuses light within a small crystal, combining power and precision in a palm-sized system. It opens the door to portable, cost-effective lasers fo... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251108083854.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
fbdf142859780e5ffc9bcb016bcc7a8bf4b8968558130250a5090ac66d8f5460 | 2025-11-08T03:06:12 | Einstein might have been wrong about black holes | Researchers are using black hole shadows to challenge Einstein’s theory of relativity. With new simulations and future ultra-sharp telescope images, they may uncover signs that his famous equations don’t tell the whole story. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251108014022.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
30730d8800c77bfb814628fe19109ec69a67c9a56386262d2eb43405fc3b70d4 | 2025-11-08T04:03:32 | MIT quantum breakthrough edges toward room-temp superconductors | MIT scientists uncovered direct evidence of unconventional superconductivity in magic-angle graphene by observing a distinctive V-shaped energy gap. The discovery hints that electron pairing in this material may arise from strong electronic interactions instead of lattice vibrations. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251108014019.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
d61edb2a86a9dd5cc5b3b357fba75a82a5a89ea806377bcca2e495d4b5eee4b5 | 2025-11-07T08:43:57 | CERN creates cosmic “fireballs” that could reveal the Universe’s hidden magnetism | Using CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron, researchers generated plasma fireballs to simulate blazar jets. The beams stayed stable, suggesting plasma instabilities aren’t responsible for missing gamma rays. Instead, the data strengthens the idea of ancient intergalactic magnetic fields, possibly from the Universe’s earlies... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251107010252.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
9dc05e24c8e3b288393a288f1d659072a46fb16e9a2a62b26736f04107528635 | 2025-11-06T11:07:26 | New 2D material transforms air into fuel and fertilizer | Researchers are exploring MXenes, 2D materials that could transform air into ammonia for cleaner fertilizers and fuels. Their atomic structures can be tuned to optimize performance, making them promising alternatives to expensive catalysts. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251106003937.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
ef8b399b0a1cd116a66ab14ea3566f7485dab7c1544a2e13a0862b40ede24b81 | 2025-11-06T09:53:54 | A new equation may explain the Universe without dark matter | A new theory claims dark matter and dark energy don’t exist — they’re just side effects of the universe’s changing forces. By rethinking gravity and cosmic timelines, it could rewrite our understanding of space and time itself. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251106003906.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
018460f043692a53a70a5ff73b436253daf14f7f17a39d5322a9ed0498614b28 | 2025-11-05T04:31:37 | Breakthrough links magnetism and electricity for faster tech | Engineers at the University of Delaware have uncovered a way to bridge magnetism and electricity through magnons—tiny waves that carry information without electrical current. These magnetic waves can generate measurable electric signals within antiferromagnetic materials, offering a possible foundation for computer chi... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251104094141.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
9332d442b45c65511f7d956bdb4e06745e5bea60b64e02a3aa8e3fd3b1ee86a4 | 2025-11-04T08:36:39 | Physicists uncover hidden “doorways” that let electrons escape | Scientists at TU Wien found that electrons need specific “doorway states” to escape solids, not just energy. The insight explains long-standing anomalies in experiments and unlocks new ways to engineer layered materials. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251104013012.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
a473fee744d8a0ebf75f56d9e8a1987da4d25d78b7ee20a28f7b8a7bd8cdb61c | 2025-11-04T01:30:10 | New evidence suggests Einstein’s cosmic constant may be wrong | Astronomers are rethinking one of cosmology’s biggest mysteries: dark energy. New findings show that evolving dark energy models, tied to ultra-light axion particles, may better fit the universe’s expansion history than Einstein’s constant model. The results suggest dark energy’s density could be slowly declining, alte... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251104013010.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
ecb7c89cf1ad9543bd768c15b7a1c5f1c2f811a8870dd7b99c20b4505eb23955 | 2025-11-03T21:20:27 | Entangled atoms found to supercharge light emission | Physicists have uncovered how direct atom-atom interactions can amplify superradiance, the collective burst of light from atoms working in sync. By incorporating quantum entanglement into their models, they reveal that these interactions can enhance energy transfer efficiency, offering new design principles for quantum... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251103093009.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
19f81a0fa4a678ccd12dc045e5f2b41b6a9d2ffdeabdbfbe030e0c90a3760e1d | 2025-12-30T15:00:15+00:00 | Winning the popularity contest: the 10 most-read physics stories of 2025 | Popularity isn’t everything. But it is something, so for the second year running, we’re finishing our trip around the Sun by looking back at the physics stories that got the most attention over the past 12 months. Here, in ascending order of popularity, are the 10 most-read stories published on the Physics World websit... | https://physicsworld.com/a/winning-the-popularity-contest-the-10-most-read-physics-stories-of-2025/ | Space & Physics | svg |
754f95eae960e7d6f0c4668599fc5fa895784b70f683031513b615a8fb5a58d4 | 2025-12-30T11:00:45+00:00 | Exploring the icy moons of the solar system | Our blue planet is a Goldilocks world. We’re at just the right distance from the Sun that Earth – like Baby Bear’s porridge – is not too hot or too cold, allowing our planet to be bathed in oceans of liquid water. But further out in our solar system are icy moons that eschew the Goldilocks principle, maintaining oceans... | https://physicsworld.com/a/exploring-the-icy-moons-of-the-solar-system/ | Space & Physics | svg |
571fad36f1c38d04e6af9bb3ee5bc916f1e51492fc118bc21f815833d0c907c7 | 2025-12-29T11:19:22+00:00 | Particle and nuclear physics: quirky favourites from 2025 | Particle and nuclear physics evokes evokes images of huge accelerators probing the extremes of matter. But in this round-up of my favourite research of 2025 I have chosen five stories in which particle and nuclear physics forms the basis for a range of quirky and fascinating research from astrophysics to archaeology. M... | https://physicsworld.com/a/particle-and-nuclear-physics-quirky-favourites-from-2025/ | Space & Physics | svg |
b28bc64a9effb04373220423c8ed37eec4ba9cb5dbb6d5e00d46e28a8d1272f7 | 2025-12-28T14:00:13+00:00 | Quantum science and technology: highlights of 2025 | There’s only a few days left in the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, but we’re still finding plenty to celebrate here at Physics World HQ thanks to a long list of groundbreaking work by quantum physicists in 2025. Here are a few of our favourite stories from the past 12 months. By this point in 202... | https://physicsworld.com/a/quantum-science-and-technology-highlights-of-2025/ | Space & Physics | svg |
465de2a4e0fa525aeb036719ea46d77e091aca9bb650f3b96a04ab28abdf4f8b | 2025-12-27T10:00:29+00:00 | Medical physics and biotechnology: highlights of 2025 | This year saw Physics World report on a raft of innovative and exciting developments in the worlds of medical physics and biotech. These included novel cancer therapies using low-temperature plasma or laser ablation, intriguing new devices such as biodegradable bone screws and a pacemaker smaller than a grain of rice, ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/medical-physics-and-biotechnology-highlights-of-2025/ | Space & Physics | svg |
b769aca98089e67f2b89ed382cc4d126b72fbe38c55fc66e134c974563d21de2 | 2025-12-24T10:00:26+00:00 | Check your physics knowledge with our bumper end-of-year quiz | How well have you been following events in physics? There are 20 questions in total: blue is your current question and white means unanswered, with green and red being right and wrong. 16–20 Top quark – congratulations, you’ve hit Einstein level 11–15 Strong force – good but not quite Nobel standard 6–10 Weak force – b... | https://physicsworld.com/a/check-your-physics-knowledge-with-our-bumper-end-of-year-quiz/ | Space & Physics | svg |
c2dbf01039f9d93f99c1da8bcd7b737051560048dde6993621dc7fbb6753530e | 2025-12-24T09:11:06+00:00 | ZAP-X radiosurgery and ZAP-Axon SRS planning: technology overview, workflow and complex case insights from a leading SRS centre | ZAP-X is a next-generation, cobalt-free, vault-free stereotactic radiosurgery system purpose-built for the brain. Delivering highly precise, non-invasive treatments with exceptionally low whole-brain and whole-body dose, ZAP-X’s gyroscopic beam delivery, refined beam geometry and fully integrated workflow enable state-... | https://physicsworld.com/a/zap-x-radiosurgery-and-zap-axon-srs-planning-technology-overview-workflow-and-complex-case-insights-from-a-leading-srs-centre/ | Space & Physics | svg |
d67a6a59b9ffd4c063a31a216514551ba521e8ecfd87a5fd359ee2100dea28ea | 2025-12-23T14:03:03+00:00 | Oscar-winning computer scientist on the physics of computer animation | This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features Pat Hanrahan, who studied nuclear engineering and biophysics before becoming a founding employee of Pixar Animation Studios. As well as winning three Academy Awards for his work on computer animation, Hanrahan won the Association for Computing Machinery’s ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/oscar-winning-computer-scientist-on-the-physics-of-computer-animation/ | Space & Physics | svg |
54d009a49c77f812795273c626a93d9dbf0b34540e0fc2a07e6175142e21e1a7 | 2025-12-23T07:18:44+00:00 | Physics-based battery model parameterization from impedance data | Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) provides valuable insights into the physical processes within batteries – but how can these measurements directly inform physics-based models? In this webinar, we present recent work showing how impedance data can be used to extract grouped parameters for physics-based model... | https://physicsworld.com/a/physics-based-battery-model-parameterization-from-impedance-data/ | Space & Physics | svg |
89fb86d54ec5d40ccd6f696562c13340b1eee6c183ff223c1420b77ac594b661 | 2025-12-22T15:51:44+00:00 | Higgs decay to muon–antimuon pairs sheds light on the origin of mass | A new measurement by CERN’s ATLAS Collaboration has strengthened evidence that the masses of fundamental particles originate through their interaction with the Higgs field. Building on earlier results from CERN’s CMS Collaboration, the observations suggest that muon–antimuon pairs (dimuons) can be created by the decay ... | https://physicsworld.com/a/higgs-decay-to-muon-antimuon-pairs-sheds-light-on-the-origin-of-mass/ | Space & Physics | svg |
ca39b167aabfafab04be1814d30eab7283073bfcaefc8822da59609a532a02d2 | 2025-12-22T10:00:01+00:00 | Russia plans to revive abandoned Soviet-era particle accelerator | Russia wants to revive a Soviet-era particle accelerator that has been abandoned since the 1990s. The Kurchatov Institute for High Energy Physics has allocated 176 million rubles ($25m) to assess the current condition of the unfinished 600 GeV Proton Accelerator and Storage Complex (UNK) in Protvino near Moscow. The mo... | https://physicsworld.com/a/russia-plans-to-revive-abandoned-soviet-era-particle-accelerator/ | Space & Physics | svg |
2be90ddcefe1946cc1ef932ae7eb8327310b2ed6ef4044ce934c7f5630c7c2ea | 2025-12-19T12:00:34+00:00 | Real-world quantum entanglement is far from an unlimited resource | Achieving a profound understanding of any subject is hard. When that subject is quantum mechanics, it’s even harder. And when one departs from ideal theoretical scenarios and enters the real world of experimental limitations, it becomes more challenging still – yet that is what physicists at the Freie Universität Berli... | https://physicsworld.com/a/real-world-quantum-entanglement-is-far-from-an-unlimited-resource/ | Space & Physics | svg |
b10aa9e6726ce413c1e8ad7d8fe5365abcee67e3c629de4dbe485e42cc7a8fe7 | 2025-12-19T09:30:42+00:00 | Hybrid deep-learning model eases brachytherapy planning | Brachytherapy – a cancer treatment that destroys tumours using small radioactive sources implanted inside the body – plays a critical role in treating cervical cancer, offering an important option for patients with inoperable locally advanced disease. Brachytherapy can deliver high radiation doses directly to the tumou... | https://physicsworld.com/a/hybrid-deep-learning-model-eases-brachytherapy-planning/ | Space & Physics | svg |
76a4a90d96faf7dd199d77275677bd6873e09a5d87013c65049d456955c51d6b | 2025-12-18T14:15:42+00:00 | Pioneers of 2D metals win the Physics World 2025 Breakthrough of the Year | The Physics World 2025 Breakthrough of the Year is awarded to Guangyu Zhang, Luojun Du and colleagues at the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for producing the first 2D sheets of metal. The team produced five atomically thin 2D metals – bismuth, tin, lead, indium and gallium – with the thinnest b... | https://physicsworld.com/a/pioneers-of-2d-metals-win-the-physics-world-2025-breakthrough-of-the-year/ | Space & Physics | svg |
accf2ced8eb355a79eb097ee5115637729c45cc651cf583ae33f7d1687436d4e | 2025-12-18T14:13:52+00:00 | How to make 2D metals: Guangyu Zhang on his team’s award-winning research | This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features Guangyu Zhang. Along with his colleagues at the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhang has bagged the 2025 Physics World Breakthrough of the Year award for creating the first 2D metals. In a wide-ranging conversation, we chat about the mo... | https://physicsworld.com/a/how-to-make-2d-metals-guangyu-zhang-on-his-teams-award-winning-research/ | Space & Physics | svg |
9ac80803b2cb7d7d6484b37fda6ab073c1313dd9f37ac83daae6a259a82f8fb6 | 2025-12-18T12:52:22+00:00 | Quantum cluster targets business growth | Ever since the National Quantum Computing Centre was launched five years ago, its core mission has been to accelerate the pathway towards practical adoption of the technology. That has required technical innovation to scale up hardware platforms and create the software tools and algorithms needed to tackle real-world a... | https://physicsworld.com/a/quantum-cluster-targets-business-growth/ | Space & Physics | svg |
86650e4225cb09138ad6c772331eb6a9b074185e84f17e418158e26371afbe8a | 2025-12-18T12:07:46+00:00 | Transparent and insulating aerogel could boost energy efficiency of windows | An aerogel material that is more than 99% transparent to light and is an excellent thermal insulator has been developed by Ivan Smalyukh and colleagues at the University of Colorado Boulder in the US. Called MOCHI, the material can be manufactured in large slabs and could herald a major advance in energy-efficient wind... | https://physicsworld.com/a/transparent-and-insulating-aerogel-could-boost-energy-efficiency-of-windows/ | Space & Physics | svg |
ef516a0c65c2c26cadc9f5e3d9557329c36328279ad8befa55cb645df893ed0d | 2025-12-18T09:00:25+00:00 | Qubit ‘recycling’ gives neutral-atom quantum computing a boost | Errors are the bugbear of quantum computing, and they’re hard to avoid. While quantum computers derive their computational clout from the fact that their qubits can simultaneously court multiple values, the fragility of qubit states ramps up their error rates. Many research groups are therefore seeking to reduce or man... | https://physicsworld.com/a/qubit-recycling-gives-neutral-atom-quantum-computing-a-boost/ | Space & Physics | svg |
7f291a47d8252098a70691e32978d70acadbf26d70fd36f12316caaa748112dd | 2025-12-17T18:00:50+00:00 | Forging a more inclusive new generation of physicists | The latest episode of Physics World Stories takes you inside CUWiP+, the Conference for Undergraduate Women and Non-Binary Physicists, and the role the annual event plays in shaping early experiences of studying physics. The episode features June McCombie from the University of Nottingham, who discusses what happens at... | https://physicsworld.com/a/forging-a-more-inclusive-new-generation-of-physicists/ | Space & Physics | svg |
5ec9b66da1472b24bc283c4bf3d8ef2a8a0e61939a690c93bf1bbea354fbe508 | 2025-12-17T16:00:24+00:00 | Learning through laughter at Quantum Carousel | Quantum physics, kung-fu, LEGO and singing are probably not things you would normally put together. But that’s exactly what happened at this year’s Quantum Carousel. The event is a free variety show where incredible performers from across academia and industry converge for an evening of science communication. Held in B... | https://physicsworld.com/a/learning-through-laughter-at-quantum-carousel/ | Space & Physics | svg |
38a5a2a3d8f118a5da1c6860c16f47d27413602492edbee2b04123549b024768 | 2025-12-17T15:03:17+00:00 | Korea’s long-term strategy for 2D materials: fundamental science is the secret of success | Our multidisciplinary team aims to create heteroepitaxial van der Waals quantum solids at system scales, where the crystal lattices and symmetries of these novel 2D materials are artificially moulded to atomic precision via epitaxial growth. Over time, we also hope to translate these new solids into quantum device plat... | https://physicsworld.com/a/koreas-long-term-strategy-for-2d-materials-fundamental-science-is-the-secret-of-success/ | Space & Physics | svg |
bb0a43b828b82f02dded9899a758ddd5d18c94437008a73d47f95181c83982f5 | 2025-12-17T11:15:48+00:00 | Atomic system acts like a quantum Newton’s cradle | Atoms in a one-dimensional quantum gas behave like a Newton’s cradle toy, transferring energy from atom to atom without dissipation. Developed by researchers at the TU Wien, Austria, this quantum fluid of ultracold, confined rubidium atoms can be used to simulate more complex solid-state systems. By measuring transport... | https://physicsworld.com/a/atomic-system-acts-like-a-quantum-newtons-cradle/ | Space & Physics | svg |
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