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Study Shows Nazi Germany's Final Reactor Could Not Achieve Criticality
Analysis of uranium cubes and records reveals the B8 reactor, built in 1945, lacked sufficient uranium and heavy water to sustain a nuclear chain...
Internal conversion resolves silicon carbide divacancy lifetime discrepancy
A new computational framework from the University of Chicago reveals internal conversion is a major energy loss pathway in silicon carbide spin...
JWST Discovers Most Distant Lensing Galaxy Cluster
The James Webb Space Telescope has identified XLSSC 122, a galaxy cluster 10.4 billion light-years away, as the most distant known to exhibit strong...
Single-photon skyrmion topology transferred between entangled photons
Researchers used a silicon-nitride photonic chip to transfer the topology of a single-photon quantum skyrmion to an entangled photon pair.
Fundamental Constants Constrain Liquid-Based Life
A theoretical study finds the universe's physical constants must allow liquids to flow for life to exist, while separate research derives Einstein's...
Kinetic Artwork Superposition Visualizes Quantum Strangeness
A kinetic art exhibition at the University of Strathclyde uses 16 spinning aluminium panels to create visual analogies for quantum superposition and...
Einstein Probe detects soft X-ray phase after neutron star merger
The Einstein Probe satellite observed nearly ten minutes of soft X-ray emission following a short gamma-ray burst from a neutron star merger...
Nuclear clocks using thorium-229 transitions realized in two breakthroughs
Two independent research teams have created the first working nuclear clocks by using narrow-linewidth lasers to drive a transition in thorium-229...
IceCube Detects High-Energy Neutrinos from Orion Galaxy
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory has detected high-energy neutrinos from a distant galaxy in the constellation Orion, validating its pioneering...
Francis Halzen wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for IceCube neutrino discovery
Francis Halzen has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his pioneering work on the IceCube Neutrino Observatory.
Higgs Decay Rates Measured Simultaneously at Future Collider
A study for the proposed FCC-ee collider details a method for simultaneously measuring Higgs boson decays to WW and ZZ particles with high precision...
Time-Reversal Symmetry Breaking Found in Type I Superconductor
Researchers discovered spontaneous internal magnetic fields in the type I superconductor YbSb₂.
Cockcroft-Walton accelerator history and modern applications
The first particle accelerator, built by Cockcroft and Walton in 1932, used 800,000 volts to split lithium atoms.
Quantum photonic processor demonstrates two-photon interference in orbit
A quantum photonic processor launched in June 2025 has successfully observed two-photon interference in low Earth orbit.
Multiscale X-ray scattering microscopy maps nanoparticles in transitional flow
A new multiscale imaging method combining X-ray scattering and polarized light reveals how anisotropic nanoparticles influence transitional flow.
Hyperbolic metamaterials create robust, chiral wave attractors
Researchers demonstrated that hyperbolic metamaterials suppress chaotic wave dynamics.
CERN begins LHC inner triplet replacement for HiLumi upgrade
CERN has started dismantling the Large Hadron Collider's inner triplet magnets.
Independent labs confirm e/4 charge in gallium arsenide
Two independent experiments have measured quasiparticles carrying one-quarter of an electron's charge in the ν = 1/2 fractional quantum Hall state.
Spin Rephasing Stores Single Photons for 180 Microseconds
ICFO researchers stored single photons for up to 180 microseconds using spin rephasing in a praseodymium-doped crystal quantum memory.
Quantum simulator replicates string-breaking process
A 13-ion trapped-ion quantum simulator modeled string breaking, a process analogous to quark dynamics and particle formation in the early universe.
ATLAS and CMS Develop New Tracking for HL-LHC Challenges
The ATLAS and CMS experiments are preparing new tracking algorithms to handle the high particle density of the HL-LHC.
Classical Networks Mimic Quantum Math in Biology
Chemist Gregory Scholes argues that biological systems may achieve quantum-like efficiency through classical, complex networks rather than genuine...
Trapped-ion quantum simulator observes string-breaking dynamics
A Duke University-led team has used a trapped-ion quantum simulator to observe string-breaking dynamics.
LHCb Discovers Unexpectedly Light Beauty-Strange Particle
The LHCb experiment at CERN has discovered a new particle in the beauty-strange sector.