By miniaturizing THz spectroscopy to a chip-scale platform, James McIver’s lab has uncovered a promising new method for controlling quantum materials. Under certain conditions, two-dimensional (2D) ...

As far as particles of light are concerned, the collective is more important than the individual. When they get to decide ...

Researchers suggest that dark matter might subtly color light red or blue as it passes through, revealing traces of its ...

A new method using gold flakes, salt water, and light reveals the tiny forces that bind matter and drive self-assembly, ...

Gómez Marín, a doctor in theoretical physics, described the seven-second episode in which he found himself bathed in an ...

Electron-capture supernovae (ECSNe) are stellar explosions that occur in stars with initial masses around 8–10 times that of ...

New device emits photons in telecom fiber band from the start, so it avoids a separate converter that can waste photons.

During the war, Ukrainian scientists created crystals for CERN in the basement of a Kharkiv institute. This is the first ...

MIT researchers double the accuracy of optical atomic clocks by reducing quantum noise with an innovative laser technique.

Japan–US scientists combine T2K and NOvA data to measure neutrino mass gaps with record precision, offering clues to the ...

When the balance in reflectivity shifts, “the whole circulation of the climate will shift in order to transport energy from ...

Two research teams that study neutrinos, the featherweights of the particle world, published their results in Nature this ...