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When physicists at the ARC Centre for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems (TMOS) needed a key component for their terahertz experiments, they ran into a frustrating probl...
Phys.org Physics · Aug 21, 2026Quasiparticles arise from the complex interaction of many particles in solids; for example, we describe lattice vibrations in crystals as phonons. Fractons are exotic qua...
Phys.org Physics · Aug 21, 2026Many people are aware that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN smashes tiny subatomic particles together at nearly the speed of light to test foundational laws of phy...
Phys.org Physics · Aug 21, 2026Have you been keeping up to date with physics news? Try our short quiz to find out The post Quiz of the week: where does new research say the universe’s ‘miss...
Physics World · Aug 21, 2026Loughborough University physicists and an international team have demonstrated that a grain-of-rice-sized microchip can be used to produce a spectrum of precisely spaced...
Phys.org Physics · Aug 21, 2026Classical computation is more accurate that quantum annealer for some Ising spin glasses The post No quantum advantage (yet) in the world of tensor networks appeared firs...
Physics World · Aug 21, 2026Scientists watched a light-triggered hidden state form inside a material in only 30 femtoseconds, revealing a step that had never been seen before. The material first ent...
ScienceDaily Physics · Aug 21, 2026Orion constellation's red supergiant has a companion star, say astronomers The post Betelgeuse is not alone appeared first on Physics World.
Physics World · Aug 21, 2026New measurements advance our understanding of chemical reactions at the atomic scale and could shape our ability to optimize them The post Colliding molecules reveal thei...
Physics World · Aug 21, 2026Discover how molecular imprinting enables selective electrochemical sensors for next-generation chemical detection The post Advances in molecularly imprinted polymers for...
Physics World · Aug 21, 2026Two very different types of quantum particles may be able to form stable droplets that hold themselves together, challenging decades of conventional thinking. The predict...
ScienceDaily Physics · Aug 21, 2026For decades, scientists have puzzled over why certain atomic nuclei unexpectedly produce large numbers of low-energy gamma rays. A new experiment traced the effect to mag...
ScienceDaily Physics · Aug 21, 2026The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) has developed a new cubic equation of state (EOS) that provides a physical justification for a mat...
Phys.org Physics · Aug 21, 2026Researchers from the MPIK in Heidelberg used an atomic gas as a time-dependent lens to shape and spectrally manipulate intense high-frequency laser pulses. This gas-based...
Phys.org Physics · Aug 20, 2026Researchers at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, headquartered at Florida State University, have designed a new quantum...
Phys.org Physics · Aug 20, 2026Is the universe as stable as we think it is? That's one of the big questions that particle physicists worldwide are preparing to answer with the Large Hadron Collider, or...
Phys.org Physics · Aug 20, 2026A research team led by Yang Lu from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), has uncovered the microscop...
Phys.org Physics · Aug 20, 2026Researchers have developed a novel model to accurately and efficiently predict the impact of "green water"—water washing onto the deck of an offshore facility during ex...
Phys.org Physics · Aug 20, 2026Can you reconstruct the quantum computing image in our interactive slide puzzle? The post Physics research in India: a slide puzzle appeared first on Physics World.
Physics World · Aug 20, 2026What happened in the first moments of the universe—before the building blocks of life and the world we know today came into existence? Physicists at the CERN research f...
Phys.org Physics · Aug 20, 2026The candela, the international unit of light in use for almost a century, forms the basis of photometry. According to a new study, measurements derived from it systematic...
Phys.org Physics · Aug 20, 2026Did cocoons of dense gas shine brightly in the early universe? The post ‘Little red dots’ could herald the birth of supermassive black holes appeared first on Physics...
Physics World · Aug 20, 2026Our podcast guest makes science videos for young people The post <em>The Quantum Kid</em>: childhood curiosity makes physics more accessible appeared first on...
Physics World · Aug 20, 2026For close to a century, physicists have pursued a way to unite gravity with quantum mechanics. Known as quantum gravity, this goal has remained frustratingly out of reach...
Phys.org Physics · Aug 20, 2026The nanostructures can be incorporated into wearable eyeglasses The post Upconverting colloidal quantum dots bring ‘colour vision’ to the infrared appeared fi...
Physics World · Aug 20, 2026Extreme experiments have revealed how diamond behaves at crushing pressures beyond those inside Neptune and Uranus, resolving a decades-old conflict between theory and ob...
ScienceDaily Physics · Aug 20, 2026The European Space Agency recruits from all over Europe (and beyond) to further its mission of peacefully exploring and using space for the benefit of everyone The post C...
Physics World · Aug 20, 2026MIT physicists found that two electronic phases inside the same quantum material emerge through surprisingly different mechanisms—one smoothly and the other in expandin...
ScienceDaily Physics · Aug 20, 2026At the bottom of the ocean, optical fibers transmit telecommunications and internet data around the world. Waveguides make that feat possible by channeling and amplifying...
Phys.org Physics · Aug 19, 2026When different materials transition from one phase to another, such as water coming to a boil or a magnet losing its ability to attract metals, something remarkable can h...
Phys.org Physics · Aug 19, 2026