2025 • Dec 11
No sterile neutrinos after all, say MicroBooNE physicists
There's a less than 5 percent chance that earlier anomalies can be explained by fourth neutrino "flavor." ...
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2025 • Nov 13
What if the aliens come and we just can’t communicate?
Ars chats with particle physicist Daniel Whiteson about his new book Do Aliens Speak Physics? ...
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2025 • Nov 07
Next-generation black hole imaging may help us understand gravity better
But the differences are likely to be subtle, so it won't be easy. ...
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2025 • Nov 05
New quantum hardware puts the mechanics in quantum mechanics
As a test case, the machine was used to test a model of superconductivity. ...
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2025 • Oct 22
Google has a useful quantum algorithm that outperforms a supercomputer
An approach it calls "quantum echoes" takes 13,000 times longer on a supercomputer. ...
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2025 • Oct 08
2025 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for macroscale quantum tunneling
John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John Martinis built an electrical circuit-based oscillator on a microchip. ...
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2025 • Sep 11
New black hole merger bolsters Hawking area theorem
Physicists spliced merger's gravitational signal into isolated frequencies to determine surface areas. ...
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2025 • Aug 14
Misunderstood “photophoresis” effect could loft metal sheets to exosphere
Photophoresis can generate a tiny bit of lift without any moving parts. ...
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2025 • Aug 14
Ice discs slingshot across a metal surface all on their own
VA Tech experiment was inspired by Death Valley's mysterious "sailing stones" at Racetrack Playa. ...
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2025 • Aug 11
Scientists hid secret codes in light to combat video fakes
“Video used to be treated as a source of truth, but that’s no longer an assumption we can make.” ...
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2025 • Aug 01
Research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed
Other July stories: Solving a 150-year-old fossil mystery and the physics of tacking a sailboat. ...
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2025 • Jul 30
Planetary scientist Michele Dougherty made first female UK astronomer royal
Physicist who worked on Nasa Cassini mission ‘absolutely delighted’ after being awarded 350-year-old title A planetary scientist whose research revealed the possibility of extraterrestrial l...
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