Most physicists learn they’ve won a Nobel prize after being phoned up by the Swedish Academy of Sciences. But, as Preetish ...

However, for now this is a small-scale experiment run in very specific lab conditions – including cryogenic temperatures. The next steps for researchers will be to test the alternative Hall effect in ...

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 ...

We may have finally spotted a dark matter particle – but figuring out exactly what kind of particle it was is a daunting task. Even as researchers race to confirm they really did detect an unknown ...

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 ...

A nuclear fusion reaction has produced the brightest X-rays ever on Earth, rivalling those emitted by some stars. This could open the door for new extreme experiments, such as mimicking how the sun ...

Uncover the latest and most impactful research in Diffraction Grating Technologies for Optical Systems. Explore pioneering discoveries, insightful ideas and new methods from leading researchers in the ...

Shrinking Young’s experiment (a) The classical double-slit experiment using light (slit spacing ~1 mm, propagation distance ~1 m). (b) Schematic of atomic-scale interference in which a pair of ...

Artificial intelligence is now radically reshaping the landscape of physics, generating experimental layouts that outperform traditional human engineering while sparking questions about the nature of ...