A team from Wits University and the University of East Anglia shows that a carefully prepared beam of light, starting with no spin at all, can develop separated left- and right-handed regions just by travelling through empty space.
Using ultrafast X-ray pulses, researchers at PNNL and SLAC watched an electron and a proton move through a molecule while the surrounding water rearranged itself in real time, a key step toward better catalysts, fuel cells and flow batteries.
The Moon is practically on our doorstep, and yet, after decades of orbital missions and Apollo sample returns, we still don't have a complete chemical map of its surface. A new study published in Earth, Planets and Space proposes an... Continue Reading →
More than two miles below the surface of the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Sicily, an extraordinary observatory called KM3NeT sits in total darkness and it has been quietly rewriting the record books. In February 2023, it recorded the... Continue Reading →
On a day named after one of the strangest numbers in physics, the world pauses to celebrate the science that makes your phone, your MRI, and possibly the future of computing tick.
For nearly a century, the Big Bang has been the leading explanation for how our universe began: a hot, dense state that rapidly expanded into everything we see today. But there’s a problem. When physicists try to rewind the universe... Continue Reading →
On September 14, 2015, a signal arrived on Earth, carrying information about a pair of remote black holes that had spiraled together and merged. The signal had traveled about 1.3 billion years to reach us at the speed of light—but... Continue Reading →
A new study in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by researchers including István Szapudi of the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy suggests the universe may rotate—just extremely slowly. The finding could help solve one of astronomy’s biggest puzzles. “To paraphrase the... Continue Reading →
Our understanding of black holes, time and the mysterious dark energy that dominates the universe could be revolutionised, as new University of Sheffield research helps unravel the mysteries of the cosmos. Black holes – areas of space where gravity is... Continue Reading →