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Physicists Created an 'Electron Lighthouse' That Steers Current With Light
Physicists have developed an 'electron lighthouse' capable of steering electrical current using laser light.
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What Happens if You Cut a Photon in Half? The Answer Is Trippy
Physicists in Oslo are exploring the paradoxical effects of attempting to slice a photon in half, suggesting the result could be a rainbow of light.
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Scientists Finally Found the Universe’s Missing ‘Ordinary’ Matter
Recent astronomical discoveries reveal both fifty-five percent more silver in the Sun and the whereabouts of missing ordinary matter.
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Scientists used children’s ‘silly sprinklers’ to solve a physics problem Richard Feynman could not; the r
Researchers have finally solved the 'silly sprinkler' physics mystery that famously eluded Nobel laureate Richard Feynman.
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Physicists Just Turned a Black Hole Energy Theory Into Reality
Physicists have successfully transitioned a theoretical black hole energy extraction thought experiment into a tangible laboratory reality.
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A physicist explains the overlooked problem that could doom Elon Musk's dreams of life on Mars
A physicist warns that pervasive Martian dust may be the overlooked obstacle threatening Elon Musk's plans for human colonization of Mars.
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'Smaller than the tiniest scale in nature': Physicists made a black hole out of light and used it to test Stephen Hawking's elusive radiation theory
Physicists have engineered a black hole made of light to test and update Stephen Hawking's theories on radiation and black hole mechanisms.
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Universal gates from braiding and fusing anyons on quantum hardware
Researchers have achieved universal quantum gates by braiding and fusing anyons on specialized quantum hardware, marking a leap toward reliable computing.
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Frame-dragging observations validate Einstein yet again
New high-precision observations of the frame-dragging effect have provided further validation for Albert Einstein's theory of relativity.
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Hidden fifth dimension could tune dark matter resonance, new theory proposes
A new theoretical model suggests dark matter may be hiding in a hidden fifth dimension, potentially solving long-standing cosmic mysteries.
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Einstein’s relativity allows time travel into the future, and we have already measured it: atomic clocks flown around Earth on aeroplanes came home showing a different time from clocks left on the ground
Scientific coverage reveals that time travel into the future is permitted by relativity and already measured.
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Solution to Feynman’s reverse sprinkler puzzle also applies to “silly sprinklers”
Researchers at NYU have solved the decades-old 'reverse sprinkler' physics puzzle, finding a solution that also applies to so-called 'silly sprinklers.'
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Synthetic rotation brings black hole energy theory into lab, amplifying waves
Physicists have successfully replicated black hole energy extraction in a laboratory setting using synthetic rotation.
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Meet Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski, Harvard’s ‘next Albert Einstein’ who has rejected million dollar offers
Physicist Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski, compared to Albert Einstein, is generating intense global media interest.
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Physicists created a tiny universe where time emerged without a clock
Physicists built a quantum system of 24,000 rubidium atoms where time emerged independently of external clocks.
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'What we found was striking': Physicists detect new kind of gravitational wave signal from a black hole's event horizon
Physicists spot a novel gravitational‑wave pulse from a black hole’s event horizon, a signal that could reshape black‑hole science.
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Physicists Simulated a Black Hole in a Lab. Then It Started to 'Evaporate'.
Physicists have successfully simulated a black hole in a laboratory setting, observing the critical process of Hawking radiation.
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Quantum gravity tests may mistake ordinary spacetime for superposition
New research from Kyushu University suggests that quantum gravity tests may be misinterpreting ordinary spacetime as quantum superposition.
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Claude’s Solution to Decades-Long Math Mystery Is ‘Essentially Correct,’ Physicists Say
Claude AI cracks decades‑old jamming problem, earning physicists’ nod of approval
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The unsettling possibility raised by quantum gravity is that time may not be a basic ingredient of reality. It may be something that emerges only inside the universe, from entanglement, entropy, and relationships between physical systems
Recent theoretical developments in quantum gravity suggest that time may not be a fundamental component of reality.
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Black hole's 'point of no escape' studied with the loudest gravitational waves ever heard
Physicists are analyzing the loudest gravitational wave signal ever recorded to study the event horizons of black holes.
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Science news this week: Goblin shark filmed for first time, California close to a major quake, physicists split photon, and inside China's plans to 'tame nature'
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Success! Physicists Build The World's First Clocks Powered by Atomic Nuclei
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Why birds ignore Newton: New theory could sharpen models of flocks, crowds and cells
A new physics theory suggests Newton’s laws may not fully explain how flocks, crowds, and cells move—challenging decades of modeling assumptions.
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Physicists Just Built the First-Ever Nuclear Clock
Physicists have successfully developed the first working nuclear clock, utilizing the thorium-229 atomic nucleus to track time.
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Strange 'spacetime crystals' could give birth to tiny black holes
Recent theoretical research suggests that structures identified as 'spacetime crystals' may potentially lead to the formation of small black holes.