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Inside the Proton, the ‘Most Complicated Thing You Could Possibly Imagine’

October 19, 2022

The positively charged particle at the heart of the atom is an object of unspeakable complexity, one that changes its appearance depending on how it is probed.

Pioneering Quantum Physicists Win Nobel Prize in Physics

October 4, 2022

Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger have won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics for groundbreaking experiments with entangled particles.

Physicists Rewrite a Quantum Rule That Clashes With Our Universe

September 26, 2022

The past and the future are tightly linked in conventional quantum mechanics. Perhaps too tightly. A tweak to the theory could let quantum possibilities increase as space expands.

High-Temperature Superconductivity Understood at Last

September 21, 2022

A new atomic-scale experiment all but settles the origin of the strong form of superconductivity seen in cuprate crystals, confirming a 35-year-old theory.

Chaos Researchers Can Now Predict Perilous Points of No Return

September 15, 2022

A custom-built machine learning algorithm can predict when a complex system is about to switch to a wildly different mode of behavior.

A Black Hole’s Orbiting Ring of Light Could Encrypt Its Inner Secrets

September 8, 2022

Physicists have discovered that the ring of photons orbiting a black hole exhibits a special kind of symmetry, hinting at a deeper meaning.

Webb Space Telescope Snaps Its First Photo of an Exoplanet

September 1, 2022

The grainy image of a “super-Jupiter” is a sign of what’s to come as the telescope’s exoplanet observations ramp up.

What Drives Galaxies? The Milky Way’s Black Hole May Be the Key.

August 23, 2022

Supermassive black holes have come to the fore as engines of galactic evolution, but new observations of the Milky Way and its central hole don’t yet hang together.

Physics Duo Finds Magic in Two Dimensions

August 16, 2022

In exploring a family of two-dimensional crystals, a husband-and-wife team is uncovering a potent variety of new electron behaviors.

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