Physics

  1. Computing

    This engineer’s light-based computers take inspiration from the brain

    Physicist and engineer Bhavin Shastri is working to create the first photonic computer modeled after the human brain.

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  2. Quantum Physics

    Why this physicist is bringing thermodynamics to the quantum age

    Like a steampunk fantasy-world, which pairs high-tech with an old-timey setting, Nicole Yunger Halpern melds old and new science.

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  3. Life

    This biophysicist’s work could one day let doctors control immune cells

    The Stanford biophysicist thinks that understanding the mechanics of cell movement could allow scientists to manipulate immune cells.

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  4. Particle Physics

    A neutrino mass mismatch could shake cosmology’s foundations

    Cosmological data suggest unexpected masses for neutrinos, including the possibility of zero or negative mass.

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  5. Particle Physics

    The Large Hadron Collider exposes quarks’ quantum entanglement

    Top quarks and antiquarks produced in the Large Hadron Collider are entangled, a study shows.

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  6. Physics

    How to spot tiny black holes that might pass through the solar system 

    Flybys of primordial black holes may occur once a decade. Tweaks to the orbits of planets and GPS satellites could give away their presence.

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  7. Quantum Physics

    A quantum computer corrected its own errors, improving its calculations 

    The corrected calculation had an error rate about a tenth of one done without quantum error correction.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    50 years ago, some of plastic’s toxic hazards were exposed

    Worker exposure to vinyl chloride became tightly regulated after the chemical was linked with liver cancer. Now, its use may be on the chopping block.

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  9. Physics

    A nuclear clock prototype hints at ultraprecise timekeeping 

    Nuclear clocks could rival atomic clocks and allow for new tests of fundamental physics. A new experiment demonstrates all the ingredients needed.

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  10. Physics

    Mayo is weirdly great for understanding nuclear fusion experiments

    Mayonnaise’s texture is perfect for mimicking what a fusion fuel capsule goes through after it’s blasted with lasers.

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  11. Particle Physics

    The possibilities for dark matter have just shrunk — by a lot 

    The LZ dark matter experiment has ruled out weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs, with a wide range of properties.

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  12. Physics

    The world’s fastest microscope makes its debut

    Using a laser and an electron beam, the microscope can snap images of moving electrons every 625 quintillionths of a second.

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