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bd58adb8d8b903f31aadefc485d530ced5d10189d091a9b0c0af46f5121f2260 | 2026-09-20T04:05:00+00:00 | APOD: 2026 September 20 – Analemma over the Callanish Stones | APOD’s main NASA site is moving: From apod.nasa.gov to science.nasa.gov/apodTomorrow’s picture: open space | https://science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod-2026-september-20-analemma-over-the-callanish-stones/ | Space & Physics | svg |
eb5280f683ccbbe6ef5b6b85256025a48bbbb54def0c341650d1317ab32c8d70 | 2026-09-19T04:05:00+00:00 | APOD: 2026 September 19 – A Zodiacal Night | APOD’s main NASA site is moving: From apod.nasa.gov to science.nasa.gov/apodTomorrow’s picture: only sunny days | https://science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod-2026-september-19-a-zodiacal-night/ | Space & Physics | svg |
57c41774142bca9d2e1768ac48ec1f6566c6e038dba08e88d003a4dac1b05b13 | 2026-09-18T19:56:08+00:00 | NASA Invites Media to Albania Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony | Credit: NASA The Republic of Albania will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 12 p.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 21, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, becoming the 73rd country signatory. NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson will host Albania’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Ferit Hoxha and Ambassador... | https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-invites-media-to-albania-artemis-accords-signing-ceremony/ | Space & Physics | svg |
86591bbda4f8bbef4b395ba41da5d93f2bec8afe25d70d93016fabb0ba2a4047 | 2026-09-18T18:02:53+00:00 | NASA-JAXA XRISM Mission Sees Pulsar Gathering Companion’s ‘Wind’ | 5 min read NASA-JAXA XRISM Mission Sees Pulsar Gathering Companion’s ‘Wind’ Using data from the Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory, astronomers have directly observed a giant star’s outflow, called a stellar wind, being captured by its compact companion and providing the power source f... | https://science.nasa.gov/missions/xrism/xrism-sees-pulsar-gathering-companions-wind/ | Space & Physics | svg |
8a863be8b83805c6aafa3299283035c776ae48e8c42b97214664c278218a77ef | 2026-09-18T16:02:31+00:00 | NASA Awards SpaceX Three Crew Flights to Space Station | A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft launches NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station on March 14, 2025.NASA/Aubrey Gemignani Editor’s note: This feature was updated on Sept. 18, 2026, to add additional details on mission readiness dates. To continue regular c... | https://www.nasa.gov/missions/station/commercial-crew/nasa-awards-spacex-three-crew-flights-to-space-station/ | Space & Physics | svg |
ab329bef0417d4bf9c280c6962e8a430df59d62f6532d904ba958927b31b9c73 | 2026-09-18T15:45:03+00:00 | COSI Telescope Comes Together | UC Berkeley/Alan Toth UC Berkeley engineers and managers watch as the COSI (Compton Spectrometer and Imager) detector assembly is slowly raised from a table in this July 8, 2026, image. The four pieces of silver material on the top of the detector box cover the flex circuits, which carry signals from the detectors to t... | https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/cosi-telescope-comes-together/ | Space & Physics | svg |
5ca9809aa46fb908d3530aca742a3437eeacf06b743182e92815f186db8e7bda | 2026-09-18T04:05:00+00:00 | APOD: 2026 September 18 – Messier 33: The Triangulum Galaxy | APOD’s main NASA site is moving: From apod.nasa.gov to science.nasa.gov/apodTomorrow’s picture: star party weekend | https://science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod-2026-september-18-messier-33-the-triangulum-galaxy/ | Space & Physics | svg |
4893b761b0380215bf841a8499519daec3bc7722cd2c4527fa097c78f6d6d714 | 2026-09-17T20:37:09+00:00 | NASA Awards Launch Services for StarBurst Gamma-Ray Detector | Credit: NASA NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the agency’s StarBurst mission, a small satellite designed to investigate neutron star mergers and the origins of short gamma-ray bursts. StarBurst will launch aboard a Bandwagon rideshare mission on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at C... | https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-awards-launch-services-for-starburst-gamma-ray-detector/ | Space & Physics | svg |
2e502463a1f22e394e9b7042ec6c1478194a8271f26e87698119e82ffc2eff09 | 2026-09-17T18:32:30+00:00 | NASA Invites Media to SpaceX’s 35th Resupply Launch to Space Station | A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches on May 15, 2026, carrying about 6,500 pounds of science, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station during the company’s 34th commercial resupply mission for NASA.Credit: NASA Media accreditation is open for the next cargo launch that will deliver NASA science investiga... | https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-invites-media-to-spacexs-35th-resupply-launch-to-space-station/ | Space & Physics | svg |
0555797aafb1a81196aa54f7d0fb2e17d8b2c2dad0eacfc22c3b22413d05afa2 | 2026-09-19T15:20:01 | Two-color light steers electrons through graphene's transient topological state | The electronic properties of materials are typically determined by their structure under normal, undisturbed conditions, when they are in a state known as equilibrium. Intense light beams, however, can temporarily reshape a material's electronic band structure (i.e., the range of energy states available to electrons), ... | https://phys.org/news/2026-09-electrons-graphene-transient-topological-state.html | Space & Physics | |
56d13cb1010eee121456cc5c7d7fb3bb47d53fb6840341fdeedd3769162b5f37 | 2026-09-18T14:20:07 | Physicists extend the search for quantum black holes at the LHC | Physicists at UC Santa Barbara have extended the search for evidence of microscopic black holes produced at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). The formation of these tiny, fleeting objects at the LHC represents one way theorists have sought to resolve anomalies in ... | https://phys.org/news/2026-09-physicists-quantum-black-holes-lhc.html | Space & Physics | |
93bdc9d4b688f609f4ddbdaed46083588d0dddb94fa63f9f147c94d46dda8263 | 2026-09-18T13:40:01 | Laser experiments recreate solar flare physics and reveal consistent magnetic reconnection rates | Magnetic reconnection is a process that occurs when the magnetic fields of a conductive plasma quickly rearrange and release massive amounts of stored magnetic energy. It is widely thought to be the underlying mechanism behind cosmic events such as solar flares and substorms in Earth's magnetosphere. | https://phys.org/news/2026-09-laser-recreate-solar-flare-physics.html | Space & Physics | |
c7ce603a0daabd3f2eacfab5a7b7c955fdde1108500520204ec17177992c3392 | 2026-09-18T12:20:01 | An extremely stable quantum gas offers a new lens on strongly interacting systems | Molecular gases are a new form of artificial quantum matter. However, when these molecules collide, they are often lost extremely rapidly. Researchers from Radboud University and Columbia University have been able to suppress this collisional loss, paving the way for strongly interacting quantum matter. This new artifi... | https://phys.org/news/2026-09-extremely-stable-quantum-gas-lens.html | Space & Physics | |
66f0a46b1a59901abdd87c0d46149751f8ca479080fbb64b6739ab3bff484aed | 2026-09-18T09:20:02 | Stacked 2D materials reveal room-temperature multiferroicity and voltage-controlled magnetism | Multiferroics are materials that simultaneously exhibit two or more ferroic orders—stable arrangements of physical properties that can be switched using an external stimulus. These materials could be highly advantageous for the development of various technologies, including non-volatile, low-power memory devices, spint... | https://phys.org/news/2026-09-stacked-2d-materials-reveal-room.html | Space & Physics | |
f4f8f5ce8552c3405ea412e40d5da94ee5522cb33f13daa2b831ca13a5f00303 | 2026-09-17T19:00:01 | Chemists overturn 40-year assumption about a key class of superconductors | Scientists at Warwick have shown that a material treated for 40 years as a uniform, textbook superconductor is in fact a patchwork of different crystal structures throughout its bulk, using an advanced 3D imaging technique to see deep inside the crystal for the first time. | https://phys.org/news/2026-09-chemists-overturn-year-assumption-key.html | Space & Physics | |
886d195a8e06763b79060b2383e44b4bb68ea6a2a3ce5e8684bcc4ff9e0e091a | 2026-09-17T17:00:01 | Close-up images show defects locking electrons into stable Wigner solids | A team of researchers led by the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) developed an approach that enabled them to directly observe how electrons interact with defects in advanced semiconductor devices in unprecedented detail. The team's methodology included an innovative simul... | https://phys.org/news/2026-09-images-defects-electrons-stable-wigner.html | Space & Physics | |
bb0bd7f0a0e43e2f9e337a6743a851726b744c5fe0bf9589d9594244ec3bfed5 | 2026-09-17T16:40:01 | Disorder is key to tuning a high-temperature superconductor | Cornell physicists have discovered that minimizing disorder, not varying electron count, is the key factor for controlling superconductivity in the unique material iron selenide (FeSe), a new insight for understanding high-temperature superconductors. | https://phys.org/news/2026-09-disorder-key-tuning-high-temperature.html | Space & Physics | |
8fea2ab300bab95eb75d4b6741d8de63bfbeb689244a42fd755941518763816a | 2026-09-17T16:30:01 | A new bridge for quantum networks: Physicists convert microwaves to light using 2D magnets | Physicists at The City College of New York have demonstrated a new way to transfer microwave signals onto light using magnetic waves inside a layered semiconductor. The work establishes a materials platform for building interfaces that could one day link quantum computers through optical networks. The research, titled ... | https://phys.org/news/2026-09-bridge-quantum-networks-physicists-microwaves.html | Space & Physics | |
69753f9dc0b045337cdf1b275c270e562fafc3ea1aa0558015498f818cccb885 | 2026-09-17T15:00:11 | What kills Schrödinger's cat? Underground experiment rules out gravity model for quantum decoherence | Somewhere between the microscopic realm of elementary particles and the macroscopic world of human beings, something strange happens: The rules of quantum physics, which work so exquisitely for tiny atoms, seem to lose their grip as objects grow larger. Pondering where and how this shift from small-scale quantum fuzzin... | https://phys.org/news/2026-09-schrdinger-cat-underground-gravity-quantum.html | Space & Physics | |
b092dc22bf6c658672dc2eb7d336edd16896b68e5884f555e43841b580c20528 | 2026-09-17T14:00:42 | Real-time quantum jump in sound observed for first time | A Stanford team has documented the first direct observation of quantum jumps of sound in a mechanical resonator, completing an arc of scientific exploration that started more than 100 years ago. | https://phys.org/news/2026-09-real-quantum.html | Space & Physics | |
9b3b07e742442d8ac83964972bd6e2481cc9535159555d05cfc84eceb305949b | 2026-09-17T13:10:02 | New benchmark puts quantum computers to the test and reveals their limitations | Quantum computers are no longer theoretical concepts. Today, they are being developed to tackle a range of complex problems, including exploring financial risk, modeling complex molecules and optimizing massive logistics networks. However, until now, there has been no way to benchmark the computational power of differe... | https://phys.org/news/2026-09-benchmark-quantum-reveals-limitations.html | Space & Physics | |
ac954842fe48d65fb002f904bf3a90bbc7f85de9a5adfd8b8ae015ee79361846 | 2026-09-17T11:40:08 | Diamond quantum sensors can detect heart magnetism at room temperature without skin contact | Physicists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have developed a technology that uses quantum sensors to measure biomagnetic signals, such as heart activity. Researchers from the DIAQNOS (DIAmond-based Quantum Sensing for NeurOSurgery) flagship project, coordinated by Dr. Arne Wickenbrock in Mainz, have demonst... | https://phys.org/news/2026-09-diamond-quantum-sensors-heart-magnetism.html | Space & Physics | |
47ad1c896e9355ff7fa3bd3ec2f34e952be24a778cfc0cf81117bacf03cae7c6 | 2026-09-17T10:40:27 | Robotic lab sets up and runs optics experiments on demand | Every new generation of phone display, television screen and solar panel is the result of precision optics experiments, which use lasers and other light sources to measure the optical properties of candidate materials. These experiments can take months to run, requiring scientists to meticulously angle and adjust delic... | https://phys.org/news/2026-09-robotic-lab-optics-demand.html | Space & Physics | |
00597374b63b575add6a3e969e9cf5bc42022609c7eb502beaa2005a003b7838 | 2026-09-17T10:10:01 | Is dark matter 'natural?' Physicist puts the question to the test | Dark matter is one of the oldest open problems in physics. It makes up most of the matter in the universe and shapes how galaxies form and move, yet no one has ever directly detected it. Physicists have proposed dozens of candidates to explain it: exotic new particles, black holes formed moments after the Big Bang and ... | https://phys.org/news/2026-09-dark-natural-physicist.html | Space & Physics | |
26b0a09570f06334d1bbca6dd055168f920370851f9008c30bec97a17eed3408 | 2026-09-17T10:00:24 | Handheld scanner delivers lab-quality chemical composition maps using infrared light | Researchers have developed a compact, handheld mid-infrared imaging spectrometer that can produce high-resolution chemical maps of a sample without using stains or labels. With further development, the handheld device might provide a portable and easy-to-use way to map the molecular makeup of tissues and other samples. | https://phys.org/news/2026-09-handheld-scanner-lab-quality-chemical.html | Space & Physics | |
c1e429211ba1d3c00fdb0eced5204bfc7aab58210e01160b26b60a3145491c0f | 2026-09-16T19:40:01 | Hot electrons reveal electronic collisions may raise resistance in twisted graphene | When a material heats up, its electrical resistance often rises. The harder question is what, exactly, is getting in the way. The electrons carrying the current may be scattered by vibrations of the material's atomic lattice, known as phonons. They may also collide with one another. Frustratingly, a conventional temper... | https://phys.org/news/2026-09-hot-electrons-reveal-electronic-collisions.html | Space & Physics | |
2ec22c5a44fa3d0cdf192437ec35208b932e503f28e37397b05b533f82c9e23d | 2026-09-16T18:30:06 | Mobile trap transports 92 antiprotons by road and stores them for over a month in world first | In March 2026, scientists succeeded in transporting antiprotons by road for the first time in a purpose-built trap loaded on a truck. The BASE collaboration, which realized this experiment at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva under the lead of Professor Dr Stefan Ulmer and Dr Christian Smo... | https://phys.org/news/2026-09-mobile-antiprotons-road-month-world.html | Space & Physics | |
b9696a7f07fe00aadbe5a969103eded447c6ddcfecf2188f7690941aa1583491 | 2026-09-16T17:00:06 | Roll waves emerge as uniform water flow destabilizes on steep slopes, equations show | When it rains, traveling waves appear on steep asphalt pavement, slowly making their way down the slope. Because these so-called "roll waves" propagate without deforming and are typically characterized by abrupt discontinuities, they play an important role in hydraulic engineering. Understanding unsteady flows like rol... | https://phys.org/news/2026-09-emerge-uniform-destabilizes-steep-slopes.html | Space & Physics | |
3e310fe3222b70f5ff319029d670d5b6b59973b513284cd7900c6096aeefcf1a | 2026-09-16T15:20:08 | Circular Rydberg atoms set three records, staying stable for 11 milliseconds | Rydberg atoms are considered promising building blocks for quantum computers and their precursors, quantum simulators. Researchers at the 5th Institute of Physics of the University of Stuttgart have achieved record values for the lifetime, size, and storage time of circular Rydberg atoms, a special form of Rydberg atom... | https://phys.org/news/2026-09-circular-rydberg-atoms-staying-stable.html | Space & Physics | |
f5f6fde57f8bed89c088fe6ecc0584c36c2cf883fb32707ec6a2347bb93a2ebf | 2026-09-16T14:40:04 | Sliding droplets point to charging mechanism beyond mobile ions | Whether on a windowpane at home or during the industrial cleaning of computer chips: droplets sliding over solid surfaces become electrically charged. Yet the physical mechanism behind this charging remains a subject of debate. This charging is usually attributed to the exchange of charged particles (ions) at the inter... | https://phys.org/news/2026-09-droplets-mechanism-mobile-ions.html | Space & Physics | |
c4b8264402106de0f3ce7543c775ab114b159a9164a6f5cda97aa2d67f9a0e17 | 2026-09-16T11:10:01 | How some cyclists paradoxically start 'from rest' with a non-zero velocity | Some track cyclists appear to break the rules of physics, but a new study, published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, has created a model explaining the illusion. The results suggest that a quick succession of well-timed moves can help cyclists get a head start without actually breaking the rules of the race ... | https://phys.org/news/2026-09-cyclists-paradoxically-rest-velocity.html | Space & Physics | |
33d0fb9bf807692eb75dd56aebb1ef8fa593de9fe4efd690def3f6e7d93b3468 | 2026-09-16T10:40:01 | Dual findings reveal how to control coherence in plasmonic nanolasers | Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have uncovered two complementary mechanisms that govern coherence in miniaturized lasers composed of metallic nanoparticle arrays incorporated into an optical gain material, also known as plasmonic lattice lasers. | https://phys.org/news/2026-09-dual-reveal-coherence-plasmonic-nanolasers.html | Space & Physics | |
16f14d86f4008c42262b957dbd80f9583fbda055712001501966a59ddd0c0845 | 2026-09-16T09:20:03 | Heating mica to 200°C reveals friction independent of sliding speed | Through joint research with the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Tokyo, NIMS for the first time experimentally demonstrated friction completely independent of sliding velocity—an ideal that had never been realized—by heating mica, a layered oxide also used as a lubricant material, to 200°C (392°F). NIMS als... | https://phys.org/news/2026-09-mica-200c-reveals-friction-independent.html | Space & Physics | |
e51e48b32f1c1e9cea7938635cbd675c6dee14f2411c69b5a245a0f7079c18c1 | 2026-09-16T05:00:11 | New simulations link unusual particle diffusion to yielding in soft jammed matter | Soft materials such as colloidal suspensions, emulsions, foams and gels often display complex and unusual behaviors compared with ordinary solids or liquids. From a mechanical point of view, for instance, they can resist deformation like solids, but they can also start to flow like liquids when a sufficiently strong ex... | https://phys.org/news/2026-09-simulations-link-unusual-particle-diffusion.html | Space & Physics | |
1516acde1502544268329f6224aecc916490f1e654bdba8e7ebd025144d966fc | 2026-09-15T21:40:01 | Study explores new photonics advance: Topology imprinting in nonlinear metasurfaces | Light is traditionally described by properties such as wavelength, amplitude, phase and polarization. Advances in optics have shown that light can also be shaped into complex spatial patterns known as structured light, enabling new ways to carry information and interact with matter for applications in imaging, optical ... | https://phys.org/news/2026-09-explores-photonics-advance-topology-imprinting.html | Space & Physics | |
9a1f88c0195078521b4f511d1cfeb87ad59d70fa0b21142eb61b3f895c5a959e | 2026-09-15T17:00:08 | Disordered atoms steer shared light pulses by matching motion and timing | A research team at the Institute of Applied Physics at TU Darmstadt has shown for the first time that atoms that are completely disordered and in constant motion can nevertheless emit jointly directed light preferentially in one direction—even though neither the atoms nor their environment exhibit a direction—and that ... | https://phys.org/news/2026-09-disordered-atoms-pulses-motion.html | Space & Physics | |
64b6b499e791ec4c9f72b93adfb18e90696d34104438e974b53004f1bb600574 | 2026-09-15T16:00:01 | Magnets could help quantum computers talk to each other, says researcher | Xufeng Zhang is using magnets to make computers more power efficient at the quantum level. The Northeastern professor of electrical and computer engineering recently published two papers highlighting small-scale magnetic systems he and his team developed that could help make computers much more power efficient in the f... | https://phys.org/news/2026-09-magnets-quantum.html | Space & Physics | |
de85d1bbbb533bbd1eb7021139d10c28cf0a686577eeb33c98961629ef660ad8 | 2026-09-15T09:40:06 | Novel particle beam could challenge Einstein's theory of gravity | Does gravity act equally on all particles in the universe, or are there differences between ordinary and exotic matter? Physics professor Anna Soter and her team at ETH Zurich and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Villigen are investigating this question. "We have taken an important step toward carrying out an excit... | https://phys.org/news/2026-09-particle-einstein-theory-gravity.html | Space & Physics | |
223002394df8575ff157ada79a9c97ffba69785387c533019a7e496419343777 | 2026-09-14T18:00:06 | From atomic vibrations to laboratory mechanics: Bridging 20 orders of magnitude in time | How can we predict the way a real material, such as a polymer, responds mechanically over timescales ranging from the ultrafast motion of atoms to the slow deformations measured in a laboratory? This is a deceptively difficult problem. | https://phys.org/news/2026-09-atomic-vibrations-laboratory-mechanics-bridging.html | Space & Physics | |
6168c98a5147f020348500630623b6c8c64a5bcbb2b3ef7c11dfb9942d0ecf23 | 2026-09-18T07:50:13 | Caltech’s tiny new chip can steer light in 74 quadrillionths of a second | A new Caltech device can redirect a beam of light in just 74 femtoseconds using another beam and a nanoscale silicon metasurface. The breakthrough could pave the way for dramatically faster photonic communications, computing, and sensing technologies. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260918024823.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
da56f3afe522571729ad9e048f2cd44d794da2b4b056f27e5005b34f9d9f693c | 2026-09-19T07:49:45 | This deep-sea enzyme survives heat that destroys most proteins | A deep-sea microbe uses an exceptionally heat-resistant enzyme to turn atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia at temperatures that would destroy most proteins. Its unusual structure and a newly observed reaction state may reveal an ancient, shared mechanism behind nitrogen fixation and could eventually inspire cleaner biote... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260918024810.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
2169007078266c3d477df669cc9cbb71235962494195efca3af7e1465ae56e1f | 2026-09-18T07:07:25 | Scientists are about to test Einstein’s gravity with exotic matter | Scientists have found a new way to create a controlled beam of muonium, an exotic atom containing a heavier cousin of the electron. The advance could allow researchers to test for the first time whether gravity acts on second-generation particles exactly as Einstein’s theory predicts. Any unexpected difference would be... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260918024808.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
089c4c8613e9e8e8eaa1a505d4b7dc1e15bdaf668c613baf1b941839638ab9da | 2026-09-17T09:54:19 | A $100 detector can see invisible particles raining down from space | A pocket-sized, roughly $100 detector can reveal the invisible stream of cosmic particles constantly passing through Earth and even through our bodies. What began as a student physics project is now being used in major experiments, balloon missions, and potentially future spacecraft. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260917003725.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
2970787314bd49e6b32cf6258ca30a075d7352ace5c7e7c5c50fa1dba710c40b | 2026-09-16T10:44:50 | Scientists turn seawater into fresh water without harmful brine | Scientists have developed a solar-powered desalination system that turns seawater into fresh water while removing nearly all of the leftover salt as a solid instead of producing harmful brine. The self-cleaning technology could also recover valuable minerals such as lithium, potentially turning desalination waste into ... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260915100137.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
7cf5378f3d0494ae3ed570926caecb9388ac7eb8efaf3f0cab18d23e4dad6146 | 2026-09-15T09:14:55 | The shape behind the Einstein problem just revealed strange new physics | A mathematical shape famous for covering a surface without ever repeating has revealed an unexpected ability to twist light into unusual chiral patterns. The discovery could lead to new ways of controlling light, polarization, and advanced optical devices. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260914102432.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
825fdb405e6f2901e8131efe0ea3fb2eeeaaf376ecb5e425149284c4723b1632 | 2026-09-14T10:13:47 | Chemistry textbooks have been getting this wrong for nearly 100 years | A foundational chemistry concept found in textbooks for almost 100 years may have been taught incorrectly. Researchers say the inductive effect in neutral molecules appears to extend only across one chemical bond, rather than gradually weakening over three or four bonds as traditionally taught. The team argues that upd... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260913082157.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
8dab91c9cc44e147951d81e19ecaf71f122d6b73da2a6da2d1b98b7415dc5b23 | 2026-09-13T09:15:56 | Physicists can’t agree on how the Universe works | A massive worldwide survey of physicists has revealed surprisingly little agreement about some of the universe’s biggest mysteries. No majority backed the standard cosmological model, a leading explanation for dark matter, or any single theory of quantum gravity. One area of stronger agreement stood out: 68% said the B... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260912220041.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
acf9818f30533614746aa628f7fc1c2450a21b7812a28c3286428977a2380951 | 2026-09-13T08:03:59 | Scientists are building a microscope powered by a quantum computer | Scientists are combining an electron microscope with a quantum computer to squeeze far more information from each electron. The approach could reveal faint details with fewer electrons, helping protect fragile samples that conventional microscopy can damage. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260912220038.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
b631d0ef4b7056429b6ff303588cf48f2d9d27212446f6b862060052921bef5b | 2026-09-13T07:22:01 | Physicists discover a hidden “curveball” in quantum light | Researchers have experimentally demonstrated the optical Magnus effect for the first time, revealing that a tightly focused laser interacts most strongly with an atom slightly away from the beam’s center. The unexpected shift is similar to the physics that makes a spinning table tennis ball curve through the air. Becau... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260912220025.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
57c1157911b86a3a780d9a959c7646cda66f58aa2542f7e8c1ef5865e7449859 | 2026-09-12T11:04:06 | CERN finds gluons behaving strangely deep inside atomic nuclei | Physicists at CERN have found a new way to peer deep inside atomic nuclei and distinguish between two competing explanations for how gluons behave. Using the ALICE experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, researchers measured particle production at unprecedented spatial resolution, revealing structures as small as abou... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260911214303.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
e07dd999e11f1b38595283dc7a85d8be124d365a1947ff04948707fa90fe2cd4 | 2026-09-12T10:08:20 | Tiny sound waves could help solve a major quantum computing problem | Researchers at Harvard have demonstrated a way to protect quantum information using microscopic sound waves. By continuously surrounding a diamond-based qubit with mechanical vibrations, they extended its coherence time by roughly threefold. The same phonons could eventually both transmit and protect quantum informatio... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260911214245.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
76cf8d95d5ff610a8eaa416c1ab9616d3a2802b230434788900b1e396342e5a9 | 2026-09-11T01:18:44 | Physicists just found a tiny glitch in time itself | Unconventional quantum theories may imply that time itself has a tiny fundamental uncertainty, placing an ultimate limit on how precisely any clock could measure it. The effect is far beyond current detection, but it could reveal a hidden connection between quantum mechanics, gravity, and spacetime. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260910225251.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
bf99346378c9c9aa2c35fedfc7768cbd9f9be8ffa589682ee3456b01287fba87 | 2026-09-10T08:22:11 | Scientists create brilliant white material without a drop of white pigment | Researchers have created a foam-based material that produces intense whiteness and water repellency without titanium dioxide pigments or PFAS chemicals. Inspired by natural structures in snow, clouds, flowers, and lotus leaves, the material uses tiny pores to scatter light while its rough surface repels water. The tech... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260909231712.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
5f1683fab117dbbc93ff0e5b50778b9c767b12dd91f1031e7f9d40e096b345ff | 2026-09-09T01:33:42 | Chinese scientists find a hidden atomic structure that unlocks methane | Scientists found that a tiny atomic structure that forms on nickel oxide during methane conversion is more effective than the metallic nickel long believed to drive the reaction. The discovery allowed a low-nickel catalyst to rival one containing 10 times more metal, potentially opening the door to cheaper and more eff... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260909005148.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
6436aa48a4b39582c51166b23da4f9e4d3cba5adecb4dbf83f0866e5658adea4 | 2026-09-08T08:09:21 | Scientists observe Einstein’s gravity in the quantum world for the first time | Physicists have directly observed a long-predicted quantum effect of gravity, putting one of Einstein’s foundational ideas to a striking new test. Using ultracold atoms, researchers split an atom’s quantum wave so that one part was held in place while the other fell freely under gravity, then reunited the two to measur... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260907201552.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
4c456ea1d6a6668ae701b05a8029d4a7dcf62e92aa6be4668e051862168d7e82 | 2026-09-06T21:14:19 | Scientists find a way to slash computer memory energy use by orders of magnitude | Scientists have devised a new way to switch magnetic computer memory while using far less energy than today's leading technologies. By mathematically optimizing the pulses used to flip digital bits, the method could reduce energy consumption by several orders of magnitude. Simulations suggest it may bring future memory... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260906170132.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
9d4a965b2f4bfee8f63ad0da3feb4ee23792a93bb9ebe4336cb958b9e8b479d2 | 2026-09-05T20:58:46 | A mysterious signal around Earth could be dark matter | Scientists used Earth’s magnetic field and atmosphere as a planet-sized detector to search for some of the lightest proposed forms of dark matter. The approach dramatically improved limits on ultralight axions and uncovered several intriguing dark photon signals that still need to be explained. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260904000328.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
2b88fff7706871bb42f7b10a5c1a9f3264630bc4e4dd5fe0241d832888239144 | 2026-09-04T02:46:01 | Dark matter detector finds a strange signal scientists can’t yet explain | The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment has detected a rare particle interaction that looks unusually difficult to explain as ordinary background noise and appeared where dark matter might be expected. Scientists are not claiming a discovery yet, but additional data could show whether this single mysterious event is the first hint o... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260904000313.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
a8d610b4f01fc8ccac1052b61fe62fb3d07da28bfaf97e583599baaa48f52510 | 2026-09-06T03:28:43 | AI can now control fusion plasma faster than humans can react | Princeton researchers have tested an AI system that can monitor and control fusion plasma in milliseconds, reacting far faster than a human operator. In one experiment, it predicted a damaging instability about 200 milliseconds before it appeared and adjusted the plasma to stop it from forming. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260903064215.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
e718be20d0a14a1275bac1c92da13d3053e9609e693c52049642fc01a5d1356c | 2026-09-05T00:18:12 | Quantum oscillations defy expectations in this exotic material | Scientists have uncovered an unusual form of electron behavior in zirconium pentatelluride, a quantum material that can act as both an insulator and a conductor. Under temperatures near absolute zero and magnetic fields reaching 60 tesla, electrons produced quantum oscillations that continued even after conventional ph... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260901010715.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
cccfa834cc4a2cac3b1daa0363cccd0d7665768b707f0ee10ac395f22cab3510 | 2026-09-02T10:51:21 | Interstellar solar sails hit a strange problem at 75% of light speed | Solar sails pushed by powerful lasers could reach incredible speeds, but relativity may eventually make the light itself work against them. At around 75% of the speed of light, scattered photons can begin creating drag, adding a surprising obstacle to interstellar travel. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260831015157.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
8e8bfc2493f24b42a6a939d05bb55a43b8c65f727fba9dabc61e68860ff271f3 | 2026-09-02T01:28:30 | A search for one exotic particle uncovered two strange new structures | A search for one mysterious particle unexpectedly revealed evidence for two different structures that may belong to the bizarre family of exotic subatomic particles known as XYZ states. The findings could help physicists uncover new ways that quarks and gluons combine to create matter. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260831015147.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
efabc810daacb4274a4ce92321af1a90fc0e36b7bdd3243abfd8faf5634c2228 | 2026-08-30T11:05:09 | This strange “spacetime crystal” can suddenly become a black hole | Physicists have mathematically captured a bizarre “spacetime crystal” that can either dissolve or collapse into a microscopic black hole after only a tiny change in energy. Their breakthrough came from an unusual trick involving infinitely many dimensions, potentially giving researchers a new tool for studying primordi... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260829035225.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
b54228bf074da13e0361c1b5027ff8c10d9b2ff3fdc83f1675d6056b745df56d | 2026-08-29T07:41:30 | The universe is still speeding up, but nobody knows why | A major new analysis challenges recent claims that the universe's expansion is slowing, finding that the evidence for cosmic acceleration remains strong. The findings preserve the leading role of dark energy, while leaving scientists with the enduring mystery of what this strange cosmic force actually is. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260828082325.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
9cbcfce1d7430c11a4f4cbf9ad8f0d5c826a2187589458b34d564619f265740d | 2026-08-29T22:58:40 | Some signs of quantum gravity may be an illusion | Quantum mechanics and Einstein’s theory of gravity explain almost everything we see in nature, yet physicists still do not know how to unite them. A new theoretical framework suggests that some experiments that appear to show gravity behaving quantum mechanically may have a much more ordinary explanation. Researchers f... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260828005226.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
5ec9edaea67a6c97b2615bdafbec9a7197e76c4ee89fa66dbb8bcca268756e3e | 2026-08-30T07:45:32 | A new recipe unlocks “impossible” nanocrystals for LEDs, implants, and superconductors | Scientists have cracked a long-standing chemistry problem, creating nanocrystals from tough metal nitrides that were previously extremely difficult to produce at this scale. The breakthrough could turn familiar materials used in LEDs, implants, and superconductors into building blocks for flexible electronics, printabl... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260827010510.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
416995ff1fca0a6128d72e83471dd380b3d54b2d7a3150c351631d068e890736 | 2026-08-27T09:08:01 | AI searched 100 million possibilities and found a cheaper way to 3D-print a NASA rocket alloy | Researchers used AI to search through more than 100 million possible settings for 3D-printing a high-performance NASA alloy. After only 40 experiments, the system identified six successful configurations, including one that worked at a record-low 500 watts. That could allow GRCop-42, currently difficult and expensive t... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260827010504.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
01fc18c45ec0d5de806adda6f799630493b4cdfb25be6d1642846877f55cb647 | 2026-08-27T06:26:04 | A mysterious cosmic hum may come from 13-billion-year-old dark stars | Today’s mysterious gravitational-wave background may preserve clues about how the Universe’s first supermassive black holes formed. Descendants of hypothetical Dark Stars could be responsible for a major portion of the signal, offering a surprising new way to investigate cosmic dawn and dark matter. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260827010457.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
fa1be8d72695914f8d2dfa08fd445ad67883e4beab126d8795b24866c4d04aab | 2026-08-27T05:23:20 | Scientists switch on a strange new form of magnetism in an ultrathin material | Scientists have found a surprising way to potentially switch on an unusual form of magnetism in ruthenium dioxide, a material that normally appears nonmagnetic. When the material was made into an ultrathin film only a few atomic layers thick and placed under strain, its electrons developed patterns consistent with alte... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260826055454.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
72e346d58c07759265894ea537a2273b949f0772509aff0d6d96912866325596 | 2026-08-26T23:52:13 | Scientists may have finally caught “empty” space changing light | A magnetar with an astonishingly powerful magnetic field may have revealed a quantum effect predicted by Werner Heisenberg nearly 90 years ago. Its light shows signs that supposedly empty space is altering how the light travels, potentially providing the first evidence of vacuum birefringence. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260826055445.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
53b79efc3ed62230059412bb8fb2ec73456b6a18cb9e3e856bd32878701df056 | 2026-08-25T06:09:15 | Atomic catalyst unlocks the hidden value of plant waste | Scientists have created a highly efficient catalyst that breaks down stubborn lignin from plant waste into useful chemicals under relatively mild conditions. By revealing exactly how the catalyst works at the atomic level, the discovery could help turn forestry and agricultural waste into renewable building blocks for ... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260824065601.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
91921e0eecf7d1c85629ce4344fe8821cfe66d2150b404f14666adeb6e5276cb | 2026-08-24T21:49:06 | Newton’s 300-year-old law just passed its biggest test yet | A massive test of gravity across the cosmos found that it behaves almost exactly as Newton and Einstein predicted, even across galaxy clusters hundreds of millions of light-years apart. The result weakens some modified-gravity explanations and strengthens the case that dark matter is behind the universe’s mysterious mi... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260823015019.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
76503203075e0472ecf9847b7a39b687da7a12c870df1bfd7823e5a63931c219 | 2026-08-23T01:49:40 | Scientists turn tiny “defects” into a 5.5x heat transfer boost | Scientists have developed an ultrathin coating that could dramatically improve how efficiently heat is transferred during condensation. By turning tiny polymer structures once considered “defects” into places where water droplets can form, then helping those droplets detach quickly, the new surface keeps exposing fresh... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260823014940.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
1f928cae2cff89573a67a86f546c899d269601fa92d51355aff13ce3c7734e0c | 2026-08-24T05:55:19 | Scientists just imaged the hidden quantum shape of a molecule | Researchers have found a way to create a complete 3D image of a molecule’s wavefunction, one of quantum mechanics’ most fundamental yet elusive features. By combining advanced photoelectron measurements with newly designed algorithms, the University of Göttingen team reconstructed the molecular orbital of a nanometer-s... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260822015213.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
97808485a4253230fa19ba86edcd49b84770f0dd8cd11f7dfe5a094f4294a53e | 2026-08-23T09:08:55 | Physicists create a tiny “Big Bang” with surprisingly small atomic nuclei | Researchers at CERN have created microscopic versions of the early Universe by colliding surprisingly small atomic nuclei at nearly the speed of light. The collisions produced quark-gluon plasma, the ultra-hot matter believed to have filled the cosmos shortly after the Big Bang. Even more intriguingly, the particles le... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260822015143.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
281a199b45fb6a75919d06eac3ae8ac49fd92346e397623a3fb25d77e302ceec | 2026-08-21T08:01:30 | Scientists catch a hidden electronic state forming in just 30 femtoseconds | Scientists 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 entered a fleeting electronic state in which its bonds reorganized in a repeating pattern, followed by tiny atomic shifts. This ultrafast pathway could o... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260820202856.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
9501d58f9e27e9748f6d5be83dff6708e9608d6f8e4f50b13b807b1383047ed0 | 2026-08-21T00:21:34 | Hidden magnetism inside atoms may explain mysterious gamma rays | For 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 magnetic changes inside the nucleus, where protons and neutrons effectively flip their tiny internal magnets. The discovery could sharpen models of every... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260820202849.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
e23dcfdbcb34227a1ca7fa014556c717cafd6411f84cff3d4b470d44e6dda31c | 2026-08-21T00:54:49 | A strange new quantum droplet can hold itself together | Two very different types of quantum particles may be able to form stable droplets that hold themselves together, challenging decades of conventional thinking. The prediction could soon be tested experimentally and may reveal an unexpectedly rich world of new quantum phases. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260820202846.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
e6562fcfeb20f36371a1c312ffacb2a3bf14133c39a2802dcc38a3d9fb89decc | 2026-08-20T04:55:15 | Scientists crushed diamond beyond Neptune-like pressures—and solved a 20-year mystery | Extreme experiments have revealed how diamond behaves at crushing pressures beyond those inside Neptune and Uranus, resolving a decades-old conflict between theory and observation. The results could help scientists boost fusion energy output while revealing more about the exotic diamond rain hidden inside ice giant pla... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260820002424.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
8ee2ff6fa638ae5d7456d399ae1140d65f76fcc5d260dae67e9a81e0083bfbeb | 2026-08-19T21:32:04 | MIT physicists discover electrons rebuilding like ice inside a quantum material | MIT physicists found that two electronic phases inside the same quantum material emerge through surprisingly different mechanisms—one smoothly and the other in expanding pockets resembling growing ice crystals. The discovery could help explain how exotic properties such as superconductivity and magnetism develop and co... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260819041231.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
a78608f4cae376a6bd8a5dc52c23b70a716b4c4aae595e3f3f12ac05a376c773 | 2026-08-19T07:49:52 | Tiny quantum engines reveal useful energy hiding in “waste heat” | A tiny machine made from just an atom and particles of light may sound impossibly simple, but it raises a surprisingly difficult question: what counts as heat, and what energy can still do useful work? University of Basel researchers have developed a theoretical framework that brings quantum physics and thermodynamics ... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260819041222.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
98dd6410c1d7a556b89edc3289a8c54cf751f71c4634aa6bb43df0f84d7d5991 | 2026-08-18T01:58:07 | Einstein’s biggest “mistake” came back — and changed cosmology forever | Einstein’s abandoned cosmological constant made a spectacular comeback when astronomers discovered that the universe’s expansion is accelerating. It now sits at the heart of our best cosmological model—a model that works extraordinarily well, yet may still be wrong. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260816044835.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
49ec2bbdadaab29af0843f04d2fec82ab51daabe41a74f0ee1367a9fbacf147e | 2026-08-18T02:08:04 | Scientists may have finally proved that “empty” space isn’t really empty | A magnetar’s colossal magnetic field may have revealed a quantum effect predicted by Werner Heisenberg nearly 90 years ago, in which seemingly empty space alters the behavior of light. If confirmed, the discovery could offer the first direct evidence of vacuum birefringence and open a new window into the strange physic... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260815065007.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
2d74080d5722957fa7d36a4dc5e92ec433f0ff72eba5108caf45f70951dc0a12 | 2026-08-15T06:48:05 | Physicists discover a hidden gluon structure inside protons that could rewrite textbooks | Physicists may have uncovered a hidden feature inside protons that helps preserve one of matter’s most fundamental properties. RHIC collision data suggest baryon number is carried not simply by three quarks, but by a Y-shaped junction of the gluons connecting them. The finding challenges a decades-old textbook picture ... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260815064805.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
2448e574f7658b4373a8ef8cc7ef57d80a048ef9f37e58b6f7359d2d04fa31b2 | 2026-08-16T22:28:23 | Tiny graphene wrinkles create surprisingly powerful electrical effects | Scientists have discovered that tiny, sharply curved wrinkles in graphene can dramatically alter its electrical behavior, creating surprisingly strong charge separation. The finding suggests future electronics could be tuned by reshaping materials at the atomic scale instead of changing what they’re made of. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260815064801.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
9398addc4f8f70db72959b7050d4b08132b4da987da8229fa3d7c2416ce1b090 | 2026-08-17T08:30:41 | Caltech breakthrough brings fiber-optic performance to silicon chips | Caltech scientists have created ultra-low-loss optical pathways on silicon chips that approach the efficiency of fiber optics and dramatically outperform existing technology at visible wavelengths. The breakthrough could unlock more powerful lasers, miniature atomic sensors and clocks, quantum systems, and more energy-... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260814235905.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
952b1ee1e28fb307a59ba10da81bbc867ff299b1531c1baa214f19488b89bc03 | 2026-08-14T08:56:01 | World’s first superconducting quantum heat engine could help unlock massive quantum computers | A tiny superconducting engine has successfully converted heat near absolute zero into useful work, demonstrating the first cyclic quantum heat engine of its kind. Future versions could operate autonomously inside quantum computers, potentially eliminating huge numbers of costly, noise-producing microwave cables. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260814011041.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
2530ac11aeab8613dbd4b2a10119f9730907c5eabcc86801441a5f1ba04a6d42 | 2026-08-14T09:16:36 | Scientists detect a nuclear reactor’s ghostly afterglow for the first time | Nuclear reactors may go dark, but their fuel continues producing a faint antineutrino “glow” long after shutdown. Researchers have now detected that residual signal for the first time, finding it closely matched predictions of radioactive decay inside the reactor and nearby spent-fuel pools. The breakthrough suggests a... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260814011036.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
5b25dbef57666966bcbea35e46525a0130844a39c6b4b9791eb568fccc66d5fb | 2026-08-12T00:07:22 | Ordinary WiFi can now identify you with near-perfect accuracy | Ordinary WiFi networks could quietly become powerful surveillance tools, allowing people to be identified without cameras, special sensors, or even carrying a connected device. Researchers showed that unencrypted signals routinely exchanged between WiFi devices and routers can be used to create radio-based images of pe... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260811052857.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
a8c9102b755845723db9e8e14e2b5c7656dcd9c276d40d431de4631431cbd920 | 2026-08-10T08:27:30 | Scientists discover a hidden switch inside silver nanocatalysts | Silver nanocatalysts have been found to switch where they perform their most important reactions depending on whether a solid oxide cell is making electricity or hydrogen. The discovery could enable smarter catalyst designs that boost clean power generation while making green hydrogen more energy-efficient. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260810015714.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
266d3b52d469f526742754d3c9b06457dda55a1a141f13f0e4d8ec3f63377a99 | 2026-08-09T07:02:03 | Chemists set electrons free and break a decades-old chemistry barrier | Chemists have developed a catalyst that breaks a long-standing rule governing which molecules receive electrons during chemical reactions. By releasing electrons directly into solution, the technique could unlock reactions—and potentially useful new molecules—that were previously out of reach. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260807035147.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
7232b1da75f63369732e3a4c227872eb91a62c5b34f82bcea084374d6049f563 | 2026-08-08T10:09:02 | New fuel cell breakthrough could help power energy-hungry data centers | A new nanostructured carbon design lets fuel-cell catalysts use tiny amounts of platinum while remaining remarkably stable and efficient. The breakthrough could help hydrogen fuel cells become a more practical way to power data centers, vehicles, and other energy-intensive technologies. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260807035140.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
96307e6f3cc77e84db49dd0c0e1a5213765c7ea197cec0dd1d5301ea31f66618 | 2026-08-07T23:49:26 | Sunlight creates quantum entanglement once thought to require lasers | Scientists have generated quantum entanglement directly from sunlight, potentially offering a lower-energy alternative to the lasers normally used in quantum technology. Their outdoor experiment produced entangled photons with about 94% similarity to an ideal state. The result could pave the way for simpler quantum sat... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260807035133.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
92a124b51cd911abe349aaeb94efe723f7057a1ef2784bf50e1eaf015f30979e | 2026-08-08T09:17:32 | This tiny gold crystal could bring quantum technology out of the deep freeze | Scientists have created the first quantum material that can sort and transport different quantum states of light at room temperature, potentially removing the need for bulky, ultra-cold refrigeration systems. Built from a gold film carved with hundreds of microscopic structures, the ultrathin “metacrystal” acts like a ... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260806050706.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
8664436337d8d6d2e515a46c32eaed3da5de57f15c388b7d00acf0fa110c4898 | 2026-08-07T08:22:48 | UCLA scientists discover how to guide heat like light at room temperature | Scientists have demonstrated that heat can move through a crystal in focused, wave-like rays at room temperature instead of spreading randomly. The breakthrough could make it possible to route heat around sensitive parts of next-generation chips and quantum devices. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260805082506.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
b18986ed2db1ffc8e1570e4beb32ce49ec568383066a3ef518e3eb2f212cf006 | 2026-08-06T08:03:02 | Cell-inspired nanoreactor turns sunlight into hydrogen peroxide | A new hollow nanoreactor mimics living cells to make hydrogen peroxide more efficiently using visible light. Its light-trapping cavity and proton-shuttling shell could open new possibilities for cleaner chemical manufacturing and artificial photosynthesis. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260804034642.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
ee09554dd596a6467291cec6c2c8ab7e75260e5e3e5b952d29f9acb9ec9273c1 | 2026-08-03T07:58:59 | Scientists reveal the hidden force driving the universe’s hottest fluid | When atomic nuclei smash together at nearly the speed of light, they create the hottest fluid in the universe, but scientists may have overlooked one of its most important forces. New simulations reveal that extreme acceleration builds up along the edges of quark-gluon plasma, helping drive its explosive expansion. Thi... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260802223422.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
a6111a49c491418762495fa232c1de1906ee905ee1facb2321ad0f35d0d98c1d | 2026-08-04T03:08:28 | Scientists just 3D printed one of the hardest metals on Earth | A new 3D printing technique can produce exceptionally hard tungsten carbide cobalt while using less of its expensive raw materials. By softening rather than fully melting the material, researchers created defect-free samples with industrial-grade hardness and opened the door to more efficient manufacturing. | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260801094053.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
b29b74d462a40d3c9e14ea9c3a8c39206665eea02f5d488490231460d4d91479 | 2026-08-03T00:36:48 | Scientists twist crystal layers and reshape matter from within | Researchers have found a way to build much larger “twisted” oxide materials while precisely controlling how their atomic layers line up. Because these materials can be made over large areas and transferred onto different surfaces, the technique could help turn twistronics from a laboratory curiosity into a practical pl... | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260801042819.htm | Space & Physics | svg |
b16ce3ec031ab140c1546ca7f099ff4ae1a38a5711e290c928ac936fdf187e3b | 2026-09-18T15:00:50+00:00 | Quiz of the week: how long could a lunar city survive? | Fancy some more? Check out our puzzles page. The post Quiz of the week: how long could a lunar city survive? appeared first on Physics World. | https://physicsworld.com/a/quiz-of-the-week-how-long-could-a-lunar-city-survive/ | Space & Physics | svg |
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