最新麻豆视频 - Physics / /build/images/ns-logo-scaled.ed2dc11a.png daily 1 /article/2471899-gravity-may-arise-from-quantumness-of-space/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Mon, 17 Mar 2025 11:00:21 +0000 Scientists have long sought the particle that carries the force of gravity, but a new theoretical model tosses out that idea entirely 鈥� and shows how it could be tested in experiments 2471899-gravity-may-arise-from-quantumness-of-space|2471899 /article/2472042-lhc-finds-intriguing-new-clues-about-our-universes-antimatter-mystery/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Mon, 17 Mar 2025 16:00:43 +0000 Analysing the aftermath of particle collisions has revealed two new instances of 鈥淐P violation鈥�, a process that explains why our universe contains more matter than antimatter 2472042-lhc-finds-intriguing-new-clues-about-our-universes-antimatter-mystery|2472042 /video/2472193-can-art-help-scientists-better-understand-the-quantum-universe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Sun, 16 Mar 2025 10:00:18 +0000 Cosmic Titans: Art, science and the quantum universe, is an immersive exhibition that offer new understandings that directly contribute to quantum research 2472193-can-art-help-scientists-better-understand-the-quantum-universe|2472193 /article/mg26535340-700-the-physicist-on-a-mission-to-spark-a-quantum-industrial-revolution/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Mon, 10 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000 Quantum fridges, batteries and clocks are brilliant inventions but still limited in power. Now physicist Nicole Yunger Halpern is charting a path to take them to the next level mg26535340-700-the-physicist-on-a-mission-to-spark-a-quantum-industrial-revolution|2471254 /article/mg26535342-400-hypnotic-art-has-its-roots-in-the-terrifying-reality-of-nuclear-bombs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 12 Mar 2025 18:00:00 +0000 In his Atomic series, artist James Stanford showcases "the spectacle and the horror" of growing up near a nuclear bomb testing site mg26535342-400-hypnotic-art-has-its-roots-in-the-terrifying-reality-of-nuclear-bombs|2471413 /article/mg26535340-200-exhibition-uses-art-to-explore-the-mysteries-of-the-quantum-world/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 12 Mar 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Cosmic Titans, a new exhibition at the University of Nottingham, UK, is a powerful collaboration of artists and quantum physicists that sets out to make the intangible tangible mg26535340-200-exhibition-uses-art-to-explore-the-mysteries-of-the-quantum-world|2471238 /article/2469972-quantum-disorder-is-dependent-on-who-is-looking-for-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 05 Mar 2025 20:45:29 +0000 A new understanding of how an observer can change the disorder, or entropy, of a quantum object could help us probe how gravity interacts with the quantum realm 2469972-quantum-disorder-is-dependent-on-who-is-looking-for-it|2469972 /article/2470908-light-has-been-transformed-into-a-supersolid-for-the-first-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 05 Mar 2025 16:00:25 +0000 Supersolids are strange materials that behave like both a solid and a fluid due to quantum effects 鈥� and now researchers have created an intriguing new type of supersolid from laser light 2470908-light-has-been-transformed-into-a-supersolid-for-the-first-time|2470908 /article/2470696-why-exactly-is-the-quantum-world-so-weird/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:00:58 +0000 We can describe the quantum realm using straightforward mathematics 鈥� but once we try to translate these ideas into the real world, things get weird. Our quantum columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan explains why 2470696-why-exactly-is-the-quantum-world-so-weird|2470696 /article/2470059-galloping-bubbles-could-act-as-tiny-robotic-vacuum-cleaners/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:00:49 +0000 While experimenting with waves, researchers discovered that vibrating a container of liquid would cause bubble to "gallop" across its surface 2470059-galloping-bubbles-could-act-as-tiny-robotic-vacuum-cleaners|2470059 /article/2470028-physicists-capture-a-strange-fractal-butterfly-for-the-first-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 26 Feb 2025 16:00:57 +0000 The electrons in a twisted piece of graphene show a strange repeating pattern first predicted in 1976, but never directly measured until now 2470028-physicists-capture-a-strange-fractal-butterfly-for-the-first-time|2470028 /article/2468420-time-can-move-both-forwards-and-backwards-at-the-quantum-scale/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:00:25 +0000 Physicists use mathematical assumptions in many situations that forbid time from moving backwards 鈥� but that isn鈥檛 necessarily a reflection of quantum reality 2468420-time-can-move-both-forwards-and-backwards-at-the-quantum-scale|2468420 /article/mg26535310-100-how-does-astronomy-fit-into-astrophysics-and-does-it-matter/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 19 Feb 2025 18:00:00 +0000 We need to think more carefully about how we categorise the universe, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein mg26535310-100-how-does-astronomy-fit-into-astrophysics-and-does-it-matter|2468477 /article/2468207-how-big-is-a-neutrino-were-finally-starting-to-get-an-answer/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:00:31 +0000 Our estimates of the size of a neutrino span from smaller than an atomic nucleus to as large as a few metres, but now we are starting to narrow down its true value 2468207-how-big-is-a-neutrino-were-finally-starting-to-get-an-answer|2468207 /article/mg26535301-600-how-cosmic-stasis-may-drastically-rewrite-the-history-of-the-universe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Mon, 10 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000 Unexpected epochs of stillness that punctuate the cosmic timeline could offer a natural explanation for dark matter and many other unsolved astronomical mysteries mg26535301-600-how-cosmic-stasis-may-drastically-rewrite-the-history-of-the-universe|2467535 /article/2468121-record-breaking-neutrino-spotted-tearing-through-the-mediterranean-sea/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:00:35 +0000 A neutrino with more energy than we've ever seen before was picked up by a detector on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea, and it seems to have a distant cosmic origin 2468121-record-breaking-neutrino-spotted-tearing-through-the-mediterranean-sea|2468121 /article/mg26234881-800-a-new-kind-of-experiment-at-the-lhc-could-unravel-quantum-reality/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 24 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0100 The Large Hadron Collider is testing entanglement in a whole new energy range, probing the meaning of quantum theory 鈥� and the possibility that an even stranger reality lies beneath mg26234881-800-a-new-kind-of-experiment-at-the-lhc-could-unravel-quantum-reality|2427885 /article/2466930-the-superconductivity-of-layered-graphene-is-surprisingly-strange/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:00:08 +0000 The odd superconductivity found in layered graphene may bring us closer to understanding room-temperature superconductors 2466930-the-superconductivity-of-layered-graphene-is-surprisingly-strange|2466930 /article/2467032-the-perfect-boiled-egg-takes-more-than-half-an-hour-to-cook/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Thu, 06 Feb 2025 16:00:28 +0000 If you have the patience to repeatedly switch an egg between a hot and a colder pan, you'll be rewarded with an amazing taste and texture, say physicists 2467032-the-perfect-boiled-egg-takes-more-than-half-an-hour-to-cook|2467032 /article/2466657-the-100-year-old-symmetry-theorem-that-is-still-changing-physics-today/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:00:20 +0000 Emmy Noether was hailed as a mathematical genius in her own time. And her theorem on symmetry is still driving new discoveries in particle physics and quantum computing today 2466657-the-100-year-old-symmetry-theorem-that-is-still-changing-physics-today|2466657 /article/2466110-experiment-with-37-dimensions-shows-how-strange-quantum-physics-can-be/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 29 Jan 2025 19:00:59 +0000 A search for particles鈥� most paradoxical quantum states led researchers to construct a 37-dimensional experiment 2466110-experiment-with-37-dimensions-shows-how-strange-quantum-physics-can-be|2466110 /article/mg26535284-500-a-new-kind-of-hidden-black-hole-may-explain-the-mystery-of-dark-energy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Tue, 28 Jan 2025 16:34:00 +0000 Space-time may hide a bizarre new kind of black hole that causes Einstein鈥檚 theory of gravity to fail 鈥� and could solve the mystery of dark energy mg26535284-500-a-new-kind-of-hidden-black-hole-may-explain-the-mystery-of-dark-energy|2465804 /article/2465541-twisted-light-may-illuminate-how-quantum-spookiness-works/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Tue, 28 Jan 2025 15:00:52 +0000 Physicists have verified a connection between two counterintuitive quantum properties, which may help us understand how quantum objects stay inextricably connected through entanglement 2465541-twisted-light-may-illuminate-how-quantum-spookiness-works|2465541 /article/2464605-extremely-cold-atoms-can-selectively-defy-entropy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:00:18 +0000 When their quantum properties are precisely controlled, some ultracold atoms can resist the laws of physics that suggest everything tends towards disorder 2464605-extremely-cold-atoms-can-selectively-defy-entropy|2464605 /article/2465240-twisted-crystals-show-hints-of-a-new-kind-of-superconductivity/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 22 Jan 2025 16:00:52 +0000 A double layer of tungsten diselenide behaves as a superconductor at very low temperatures, which could suggest a new route to developing materials that do so at room temperature 2465240-twisted-crystals-show-hints-of-a-new-kind-of-superconductivity|2465240 /article/2464643-a-cosmic-shape-could-explain-the-fundamental-nature-of-the-universe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:00:13 +0000 Physicists have created a 3D shape called the cosmohedron, which can be used to reconstruct the quantum wavefunction of the universe 鈥� and potentially do away with the idea of space-time as the underlying fabric of the universe 2464643-a-cosmic-shape-could-explain-the-fundamental-nature-of-the-universe|2464643 /article/2464264-ultra-thin-material-creates-a-magnetic-mystery/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Mon, 20 Jan 2025 12:00:26 +0000 The soft metal bismuth may be a wonder material for electronics 鈥� particularly because of one surprising behaviour it displays when exposed to magnetic fields 2464264-ultra-thin-material-creates-a-magnetic-mystery|2464264 /article/2464444-elusive-phase-change-finally-spotted-in-a-quantum-simulator/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:00:05 +0000 Researchers saw a chain of atoms in a quantum simulator go from being magnetic to not magnetic at all, the first time such a change has ever been seen in one spatial dimension 2464444-elusive-phase-change-finally-spotted-in-a-quantum-simulator|2464444 /article/2463469-ai-could-assemble-a-record-breaking-quantum-computer-out-of-cold-atoms/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:13:22 +0000 A huge number of ultracold atoms have been corralled into a grid that could form the basis of the next largest quantum computer 2463469-ai-could-assemble-a-record-breaking-quantum-computer-out-of-cold-atoms|2463469 /article/2463645-laser-technique-measures-vast-distances-with-nanometre-precision/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Mon, 13 Jan 2025 12:00:58 +0000 A new technique involving lasers can measure long distances more precisely than ever, which could be useful for space telescopes 2463645-laser-technique-measures-vast-distances-with-nanometre-precision|2463645 /article/mg26435252-200-how-a-quantum-innovation-may-quash-the-idea-of-the-multiverse/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Mon, 06 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000 The many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics invokes alternative realities to keep everything in balance. Has solving a century-old paradox now undermined their existence? mg26435252-200-how-a-quantum-innovation-may-quash-the-idea-of-the-multiverse|2462680 /article/2462506-ultracold-indium-atoms-could-make-unexpected-new-types-of-matter/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Fri, 10 Jan 2025 13:00:50 +0000 For the first time, atoms of the metal indium have been chilled to temperatures a few millionths of a degree above absolute zero, a state where strange quantum phenomena begin to appear 2462506-ultracold-indium-atoms-could-make-unexpected-new-types-of-matter|2462506 /article/2463462-physicists-discover-the-secret-to-perfect-cacio-e-pepe-pasta/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Fri, 10 Jan 2025 09:00:38 +0000 The classic Italian cacio e pepe pasta is notoriously tricky to get right, but physicists have come up with a trick to achieve a perfectly smooth cheese sauce 2463462-physicists-discover-the-secret-to-perfect-cacio-e-pepe-pasta|2463462 /article/2463214-physicists-discover-that-impossible-particles-could-actually-be-real/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 08 Jan 2025 16:00:35 +0000 Every fundamental particle in the universe fits into one of two groups called fermions and bosons, but now it seems there could be other particles out there that break this simple classification and were once thought to be impossible 2463214-physicists-discover-that-impossible-particles-could-actually-be-real|2463214 /article/mg26435241-000-can-we-use-quantum-computers-to-test-a-radical-consciousness-theory/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Mon, 30 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0000 Hartmut Neven, who leads Google's Quantum AI lab, wants to entangle our brains with quantum processors to test the idea that consciousness involves quantum phenomena mg26435241-000-can-we-use-quantum-computers-to-test-a-radical-consciousness-theory|2461843 /article/2461681-physicists-bend-atoms-in-impossible-experiment/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Tue, 31 Dec 2024 12:00:40 +0000 Entire atoms have been put through a classic quantum experiment for the first time and the breakthrough could lead to better detectors for picking up the gravitational waves that ripple across the universe 2461681-physicists-bend-atoms-in-impossible-experiment|2461681 /article/mg26435232-900-we-could-discover-a-new-element-on-the-periodic-table-in-2025/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Work is under way to produce the first atom of element 120 ever seen on Earth, and the results could be in surprisingly soon mg26435232-900-we-could-discover-a-new-element-on-the-periodic-table-in-2025|2460811 /article/2461485-quantum-entanglement-can-be-endlessly-embezzled-from-quantum-fields/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:00:25 +0000 Some quantum fields that extend throughout all of space-time could be a rich resource of quantum entanglement that can be extracted forever 2461485-quantum-entanglement-can-be-endlessly-embezzled-from-quantum-fields|2461485 /article/2457513-physicists-in-2024-searched-the-quantum-realm-for-the-truth-about-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Tue, 24 Dec 2024 10:00:14 +0000 Two separate theoretical studies published this year argued that time itself is bound up in the odd quantum property of entanglement, but deep mysteries remain 2457513-physicists-in-2024-searched-the-quantum-realm-for-the-truth-about-time|2457513 /article/2461030-how-to-make-the-biggest-splash-in-a-pool-according-to-science/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Thu, 19 Dec 2024 11:00:03 +0000 Analysing footage of what happens when people jump into water, and using a robot to mimic them, has revealed how do the perfect dive-bomb using a Maori technique called the Manu 2461030-how-to-make-the-biggest-splash-in-a-pool-according-to-science|2461030 /article/mg26435212-700-the-wild-physics-that-could-actually-be-used-to-build-a-time-machine/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 From warp drives to quantum tricks, here are five ways that physicists have figured out how to theoretically travel back in time mg26435212-700-the-wild-physics-that-could-actually-be-used-to-build-a-time-machine|2459276 /article/mg26435211-200-science-can-be-our-trusty-shield-in-a-time-of-deepening-crises/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Events across the globe have conspired to create a sense of chaos, but many fields of research can help us make sense of the world, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein mg26435211-200-science-can-be-our-trusty-shield-in-a-time-of-deepening-crises|2459251 /article/2459418-ultracold-atoms-measure-gravity-with-surprising-precision/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Tue, 10 Dec 2024 16:44:13 +0000 Atoms cooled to near absolute zero let researchers make a measurement of gravity 20 per cent more precise than the standard quantum limit usually allows 2459418-ultracold-atoms-measure-gravity-with-surprising-precision|2459418 /article/mg26334993-000-how-a-simple-physics-experiment-could-reveal-the-dark-dimension/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 10 Jul 2024 17:50:00 +0100 Could the universe's missing matter be hiding in a "dark" extra dimension? We now have simple ways to test this outlandish idea - and the existence of extra dimensions more generally mg26334993-000-how-a-simple-physics-experiment-could-reveal-the-dark-dimension|2438874 /article/2459102-ai-found-a-new-way-to-create-quantum-entanglement/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:30:14 +0000 In a surprise discovery, researchers found a new way to generate quantum entanglement for particles of light, which could make building quantum information networks easier 2459102-ai-found-a-new-way-to-create-quantum-entanglement|2459102 /article/2458540-these-are-the-most-mind-melting-physics-discoveries-of-2024/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Tue, 03 Dec 2024 14:00:13 +0000 We collected some of the wildest physics that 最新麻豆视频 covered in 2024, findings that are forcing scientists 鈥� and us 鈥� to rethink reality 2458540-these-are-the-most-mind-melting-physics-discoveries-of-2024|2458540 /article/mg26234932-900-quantum-time-travel-the-experiment-to-send-a-particle-into-the-past/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 29 May 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Time loops have long been the stuff of science fiction. Now, using the rules of quantum mechanics, we have a way to effectively transport a particle back in time – here’s how mg26234932-900-quantum-time-travel-the-experiment-to-send-a-particle-into-the-past|2433162 /article/mg26435190-100-we-may-be-about-to-solve-the-greatest-riddle-of-electromagnetism/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000 Physicists have long wondered why particles can only have an electric charge of +1, -2 or any whole number. Now we increasingly suspect that, actually, that's not true after all mg26435190-100-we-may-be-about-to-solve-the-greatest-riddle-of-electromagnetism|2457380 /article/mg26435180-800-the-universe-could-vanish-at-any-moment-why-hasnt-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000 A cataclysmic quantum fluctuation could wipe out everything at any moment. The fact that we鈥檙e still here is revealing hidden cosmic realities mg26435180-800-the-universe-could-vanish-at-any-moment-why-hasnt-it|2456472 /article/2456433-quantum-time-crystals-could-be-used-to-store-energy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Mon, 18 Nov 2024 19:59:47 +0000 The weird thermodynamics found in time crystals could be harnessed to store energy in a quantum battery-like device 2456433-quantum-time-crystals-could-be-used-to-store-energy|2456433 /article/2456023-bizarre-test-shows-light-can-actually-cast-its-own-shadow/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Thu, 14 Nov 2024 15:00:52 +0000 With the help of a ruby cube and two laser beams, researchers made one ray of light cast a shadow when illuminated by the other 2456023-bizarre-test-shows-light-can-actually-cast-its-own-shadow|2456023 /article/mg26435170-100-you-cant-put-a-price-on-the-sense-of-awe-particle-physics-inspires/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 13 Nov 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Astronomy and particle physics are no longer seen as vital by the US establishment, so funding has fallen. But our work creates a sense of wonder, and wonder matters, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein mg26435170-100-you-cant-put-a-price-on-the-sense-of-awe-particle-physics-inspires|2455446 /article/2455811-jets-of-liquid-bounce-off-hot-surfaces-without-ever-touching-them/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Tue, 12 Nov 2024 18:51:32 +0000 Droplets of fluid have been known to hover above a hot surface, but a new experiment suggests the same can happen to tiny jets of liquid too 2455811-jets-of-liquid-bounce-off-hot-surfaces-without-ever-touching-them|2455811 /article/2455266-quantum-rubiks-cube-has-infinite-patterns-but-is-still-solvable/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:30:22 +0000 Allowing for moves that create quantum superpositions makes a quantum version of a Rubik鈥檚 cube incredibly complex, but not impossible to solve 2455266-quantum-rubiks-cube-has-infinite-patterns-but-is-still-solvable|2455266 /article/2455058-knots-made-in-a-weird-quantum-fluid-can-last-forever/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 06 Nov 2024 20:15:51 +0000 Shapes created by vortices in water often fall apart, but an odd quantum fluid made from ultracold atoms could support vortex knots that never lose their knottiness 2455058-knots-made-in-a-weird-quantum-fluid-can-last-forever|2455058 /article/mg26435162-400-what-is-the-price-of-genius-asks-biography-of-roger-penrose/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 06 Nov 2024 18:00:00 +0000 The Impossible Man by Patchen Barss salutes Roger Penrose's groundbreaking work in physics and mathematics while challenging the idea that a genius should be exempt from ordinary obligations mg26435162-400-what-is-the-price-of-genius-asks-biography-of-roger-penrose|2454622 /article/2454717-heat-can-flow-backwards-in-a-gas-so-thin-its-particles-never-touch/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Mon, 04 Nov 2024 21:45:20 +0000 A surprising reversal of our usual understanding of the second law of thermodynamics shows that it may be possible for heat to move in the 鈥渨rong鈥� direction, flowing from a cold area to a warm one 2454717-heat-can-flow-backwards-in-a-gas-so-thin-its-particles-never-touch|2454717 /article/2454508-weve-seen-particles-that-are-massless-only-when-moving-one-direction/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Fri, 01 Nov 2024 20:08:49 +0000 Inside a hunk of a material called a semimetal, scientists have uncovered signatures of bizarre particles that sometimes move like they have no mass, but at other times move just like a very massive particle 2454508-weve-seen-particles-that-are-massless-only-when-moving-one-direction|2454508 /article/2454024-there-may-be-a-cosmic-speed-limit-on-how-fast-anything-can-grow/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Fri, 01 Nov 2024 14:28:25 +0000 Alan Turing's theories about computation seem to have a startling consequence, placing hard limits on how fast or slow any physical process in the universe can grow 2454024-there-may-be-a-cosmic-speed-limit-on-how-fast-anything-can-grow|2454024 /article/2454183-cloud-inspired-material-can-bend-light-around-corners/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:00:21 +0000 Light can be directed and steered around bends using a method similar to the way clouds scatter photons, which could lead to advances in medical imaging, cooling systems and even nuclear reactors 2454183-cloud-inspired-material-can-bend-light-around-corners|2454183 /article/2453767-quantum-batteries-could-give-off-more-energy-than-they-store/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Tue, 29 Oct 2024 19:15:33 +0000 Simulations suggest that when a quantum battery shares a quantum state with the device it is powering, the device can gain more charge than was stored in the battery to begin with 2453767-quantum-batteries-could-give-off-more-energy-than-they-store|2453767 /article/2453356-quantum-schrodingers-cat-survives-for-a-stunning-23-minutes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Mon, 28 Oct 2024 19:32:34 +0000 A typically fragile quantum superposition has been made to last exceptionally long, and could eventually be used as a probe for discovering new physics 2453356-quantum-schrodingers-cat-survives-for-a-stunning-23-minutes|2453356 /article/mg26435140-400-rich-biography-of-marie-curie-shows-how-she-helped-women-into-science/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 23 Oct 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Marie Curie redefined the role of women in science by training a generation of 鈥渓ab daughters鈥� to have stellar careers, shows Dava Sobel's detailed and intimate new biography, The Elements of Marie Curie mg26435140-400-rich-biography-of-marie-curie-shows-how-she-helped-women-into-science|2452426 /article/mg26435140-700-solving-stephen-hawkings-black-hole-paradox-has-raised-new-mysteries/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Mon, 21 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Physicists finally know whether black holes destroy the information contained in infalling matter. The problem is that the answer hasn鈥檛 lit the way to a new understanding of space-time mg26435140-700-solving-stephen-hawkings-black-hole-paradox-has-raised-new-mysteries|2452429 /article/2452341-the-laws-of-physics-appear-to-follow-a-mysterious-mathematical-pattern/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Mon, 21 Oct 2024 13:07:29 +0100 The symbols and mathematical operations used in the laws of physics follow a pattern that could reveal something fundamental about the universe 2452341-the-laws-of-physics-appear-to-follow-a-mysterious-mathematical-pattern|2452341 /article/2452289-indestructible-quantum-rifts-can-exist-in-two-places-at-once/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Fri, 18 Oct 2024 20:00:39 +0100 Researchers used a collection of charged atoms to create a quantum superposition of an exotic type of defect 2452289-indestructible-quantum-rifts-can-exist-in-two-places-at-once|2452289 /article/2452045-quantum-theory-is-challenging-long-standing-ideas-about-entropy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Tue, 15 Oct 2024 23:15:49 +0100 A mathematical study finds that three definitions of what it means for entropy to increase, which have previously been considered equivalent, can produce different results in the quantum realm 2452045-quantum-theory-is-challenging-long-standing-ideas-about-entropy|2452045 /article/2451369-tiniest-ruler-ever-measures-distances-as-small-as-an-atoms-width/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Thu, 10 Oct 2024 20:00:44 +0100 A new technique uses glowing molecules, laser light and microscopes to measure distances as minuscule as 0.1 nanometres 鈥� the width of a typical atom 2451369-tiniest-ruler-ever-measures-distances-as-small-as-an-atoms-width|2451369 /article/2450758-certain-quantum-systems-may-be-able-to-defy-entropys-effects-forever/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Mon, 07 Oct 2024 23:00:26 +0100 A mathematical proof shows that some quantum states can resist nature鈥檚 tendency to disorder 鈥� but only under very specific conditions 2450758-certain-quantum-systems-may-be-able-to-defy-entropys-effects-forever|2450758 /article/2450989-this-test-could-reveal-whether-gravity-is-subject-to-quantum-weirdness/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 09 Oct 2024 16:00:55 +0100 If gravity is a truly quantum entity, something as simple as measuring the strength of an object鈥檚 gravitational field should change its quantum state 2450989-this-test-could-reveal-whether-gravity-is-subject-to-quantum-weirdness|2450989 /article/mg26435120-900-the-physicist-who-argues-that-there-are-no-objective-laws-of-physics/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Mon, 07 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Daniele Oriti鈥檚 pursuit of a theory of quantum gravity has led him to the startling conclusion that the laws of nature don鈥檛 exist independently of us 鈥� a perspective shift that could yield fresh breakthroughs mg26435120-900-the-physicist-who-argues-that-there-are-no-objective-laws-of-physics|2450641 /article/mg26335090-100-why-the-words-we-use-in-physics-obscure-the-true-nature-of-reality/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 18 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Simple words like "force" and "particle" can mislead us as to what reality is actually like. Physicist Matt Strassler unpacks how to see things more clearly mg26335090-100-why-the-words-we-use-in-physics-obscure-the-true-nature-of-reality|2447889 /article/mg26335090-200-we-physicists-could-learn-a-lot-by-stepping-beyond-our-specialisms/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 18 Sep 2024 19:00:00 +0100 A recent atomic physics workshop was outside my dark matter comfort zone, but learning about science beyond my usual boundaries was invigorating, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein mg26335090-200-we-physicists-could-learn-a-lot-by-stepping-beyond-our-specialisms|2447890 /article/2448067-light-has-been-seen-leaving-an-atom-cloud-before-it-entered/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 18 Sep 2024 20:23:14 +0100 Particles of light can spend "negative time" passing through a cloud of extremely cold atoms 鈥� without breaking the laws of physics 2448067-light-has-been-seen-leaving-an-atom-cloud-before-it-entered|2448067 /article/2448563-freak-waves-may-be-more-dangerous-than-we-thought-possible/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 18 Sep 2024 17:00:35 +0100 Experiments in a state-of-the-art wave tank suggest we have underestimated the potential size and power of rogue waves and the risk they pose to offshore infrastructure 2448563-freak-waves-may-be-more-dangerous-than-we-thought-possible|2448563 /article/2447863-our-reality-seems-to-be-compatible-with-a-quantum-multiverse/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Tue, 17 Sep 2024 20:00:47 +0100 Even though the strange behaviour we observe in the quantum realm isn鈥檛 part of our daily lives, simulations suggest it is likely our reality could be one of the many worlds in a quantum multiverse 2447863-our-reality-seems-to-be-compatible-with-a-quantum-multiverse|2447863 /article/2448286-hopes-for-new-physics-dashed-by-ordinary-looking-w-bosons-at-cern/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Tue, 17 Sep 2024 14:20:55 +0100 In 2022, physicists were excited by hints that something was wrong with our understanding of the universe - but new results have put that in doubt 2448286-hopes-for-new-physics-dashed-by-ordinary-looking-w-bosons-at-cern|2448286 /article/mg26335082-700-how-the-most-precise-clock-ever-could-change-our-view-of-the-cosmos/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Mon, 09 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Forget atomic clocks. Nuclear clocks, which only drop a second every 300 billion years, can test whether nature's fundamental constants are constant after all mg26335082-700-how-the-most-precise-clock-ever-could-change-our-view-of-the-cosmos|2447087 /article/2447251-cause-and-effect-may-not-actually-be-muddled-in-the-quantum-realm/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Fri, 13 Sep 2024 14:00:06 +0100 The direction of cause and effect was brought into question for quantum objects more than a decade ago, but new calculations may offer a way to restore it 2447251-cause-and-effect-may-not-actually-be-muddled-in-the-quantum-realm|2447251 /article/mg26335070-700-can-we-solve-quantum-theorys-biggest-problem-by-redefining-reality/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 04 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0100 With its particles in two places at once, quantum theory strains our common sense notions of how the universe should work. But one group of physicists says we can get reality back if we just redefine its foundations mg26335070-700-can-we-solve-quantum-theorys-biggest-problem-by-redefining-reality|2446010 /article/2445870-quantum-holograms-can-send-messages-that-disappear/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Fri, 30 Aug 2024 21:12:22 +0100 Entangled particles of light can transmit holographic images that can be selectively erased, allowing for secure communications that can also be deleted 2445870-quantum-holograms-can-send-messages-that-disappear|2445870 /article/2445616-ultracold-quantum-battery-could-be-charged-with-quantum-tunnelling/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Fri, 30 Aug 2024 17:00:52 +0100 Atoms tunnelling through a quantum battery could charge it and also keep it from losing energy, which could give an advantage over conventional batteries 2445616-ultracold-quantum-battery-could-be-charged-with-quantum-tunnelling|2445616 /article/2445058-another-blow-for-dark-matter-as-biggest-hunt-yet-finds-nothing/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Mon, 26 Aug 2024 19:00:13 +0100 The hunt for particles of dark matter has been stymied once again, with physicists placing constraints on this mysterious substance that are 5 times tighter than the previous best 2445058-another-blow-for-dark-matter-as-biggest-hunt-yet-finds-nothing|2445058 /article/2445418-how-strange-ice-could-form-in-the-extremely-hot-interiors-of-planets/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 28 Aug 2024 23:21:39 +0100 In an experiment simulating what happens deep in the interiors of planets, scientists have found that liquid can be compressed into ice crystals 鈥� even at extremely high temperatures 2445418-how-strange-ice-could-form-in-the-extremely-hot-interiors-of-planets|2445418 /article/2445261-tweezers-made-of-light-could-illuminate-the-quantum-twin-paradox/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Mon, 26 Aug 2024 23:00:08 +0100 A single ytterbium atom, cooled down to extreme temperatures and manipulated with laser beams, could reveal how gravity affects quantum objects 2445261-tweezers-made-of-light-could-illuminate-the-quantum-twin-paradox|2445261 /article/2444968-we-can-diagnose-an-objects-quantumness-from-the-way-it-radiates-heat/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Mon, 26 Aug 2024 15:21:18 +0100 To determine an object鈥檚 quantum properties, you may only need to measure how it exchanges heat with its environment, without touching the object itself 2444968-we-can-diagnose-an-objects-quantumness-from-the-way-it-radiates-heat|2444968 /article/2444536-quantum-trick-lets-you-cool-objects-down-using-nothing-at-all/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 21 Aug 2024 19:00:48 +0100 Physicists have demonstrated a bizarre cooling effect by setting up a detector to record the absence of photons in a laser experiment 2444536-quantum-trick-lets-you-cool-objects-down-using-nothing-at-all|2444536 /article/2444715-this-antimatter-version-of-an-atomic-nucleus-is-the-heaviest-yet/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 21 Aug 2024 17:00:08 +0100 Smashing gold nuclei together at high speeds billions of times has resulted in 16 particles of antihyperhydrogen-4, a very exotic and heavy form of antimatter 2444715-this-antimatter-version-of-an-atomic-nucleus-is-the-heaviest-yet|2444715 /article/2444628-fuzzy-quantum-effects-have-been-seen-on-the-largest-scale-yet/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Tue, 20 Aug 2024 19:00:07 +0100 A weird quantum phenomenon called delocalisation has been measured for a 100-nanometre glass bead, helping reveal where the boundary lies between quantum and classical physics 2444628-fuzzy-quantum-effects-have-been-seen-on-the-largest-scale-yet|2444628 /article/2444045-the-odds-of-quantum-weirdness-being-real-just-got-a-lot-higher/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Fri, 16 Aug 2024 17:00:49 +0100 An experiment to test distant particles鈥� ability to correlate their behaviour is one of the strongest pieces of evidence that classical ideas about reality are incorrect 2444045-the-odds-of-quantum-weirdness-being-real-just-got-a-lot-higher|2444045 /article/2443380-new-spin-on-quantum-theory-forces-rethink-of-a-fundamental-physics-law/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Tue, 13 Aug 2024 19:03:57 +0100 In the quantum realm, a particle鈥檚 properties can be separate from the particle itself, including its angular momentum 鈥� which could require a rethinking of fundamental laws 2443380-new-spin-on-quantum-theory-forces-rethink-of-a-fundamental-physics-law|2443380 /article/2443871-why-sling-action-bowling-deceives-so-many-batters-in-cricket/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Thu, 15 Aug 2024 14:09:26 +0100 Experiments in a wind tunnel have revealed why the sling action bowling technique made famous by Sri Lankan cricketer Lasith Malinga is so effective at hoodwinking whoever is batting 2443871-why-sling-action-bowling-deceives-so-many-batters-in-cricket|2443871 /article/2442498-how-einstein-was-both-right-and-wrong-about-gravitational-waves/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Fri, 09 Aug 2024 13:00:25 +0100 A century ago, Albert Einstein suggested that the universe might contain ripples in space-time, known as gravitational waves 鈥� but then he changed his mind 2442498-how-einstein-was-both-right-and-wrong-about-gravitational-waves|2442498 /article/2443170-existing-quantum-devices-could-be-used-to-disrupt-the-stock-market/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Thu, 08 Aug 2024 20:56:02 +0100 Commercially available quantum technology could let stock traders coordinate decisions to buy or sell nearly instantaneously using a technique called 鈥渜uantum telepathy鈥� 2443170-existing-quantum-devices-could-be-used-to-disrupt-the-stock-market|2443170 /article/mg26335021-100-time-travel-sci-fi-novel-is-a-rip-roaringly-good-thought-experiment/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 31 Jul 2024 19:00:00 +0100 An ordinary-looking valley has a secret 鈥� each of its neighbours is 20 years removed in time. Scott Alexander Howard's debut is heartfelt and deeply enjoyable, says Emily H. Wilson mg26335021-100-time-travel-sci-fi-novel-is-a-rip-roaringly-good-thought-experiment|2441792 /article/2442410-a-slight-curve-helps-rocks-make-the-biggest-splash/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Thu, 01 Aug 2024 17:39:45 +0100 Researchers were surprised to find that a very slightly curved object produces a more dramatic splash than a perfectly flat one 2442410-a-slight-curve-helps-rocks-make-the-biggest-splash|2442410 /article/2441744-particle-physicists-may-have-solved-a-strange-mystery-about-the-muon/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Mon, 29 Jul 2024 12:00:20 +0100 A subatomic particle called the muon caused waves when its experimental behaviour didn't align with a prediction based on the standard model. A new calculation might resolve the discrepancy 鈥� but some particle physicists are sceptical 2441744-particle-physicists-may-have-solved-a-strange-mystery-about-the-muon|2441744 /article/2441936-nerve-fibres-in-the-brain-could-generate-quantum-entanglement/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Wed, 31 Jul 2024 20:00:27 +0100 Calculations show that nerve fibres in the brain could emit pairs of entangled particles, and this quantum phenomenon might explain how different parts of the brain work together 2441936-nerve-fibres-in-the-brain-could-generate-quantum-entanglement|2441936 /article/2441423-we-may-finally-know-what-caused-the-biggest-cosmic-explosion-ever-seen/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Thu, 25 Jul 2024 20:00:02 +0100 The gamma ray burst known as GRB221009A is the biggest explosion astronomers have ever glimpsed and we might finally know what caused the blast 2441423-we-may-finally-know-what-caused-the-biggest-cosmic-explosion-ever-seen|2441423 /article/2440087-how-to-unsnarl-a-tangle-of-threads-according-to-physics/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=physics Thu, 18 Jul 2024 18:44:39 +0100 A jiggling robot has revealed the ideal vibrating speed to free jumbled fibres 2440087-how-to-unsnarl-a-tangle-of-threads-according-to-physics|2440087