First proof that “plunging regions” exist around black holes in space
by Einstein’s theory predicted that this final plunge would exist, but this is the first time we have been able to demonstrate it happening. Think …
Tied game: China, US and Europe hit quantum internet technology milestone at almost the same time
The ability to harness entanglement is seen as a vital step towards a quantum internet, promising a way to generate random cryptographic keys for …
Ask Ethan: Are we expanding along with the Universe?
It only took three pieces of evidence, together, to completely revolutionize our picture of the Universe in the early 20th century. We had …
China’s top quantum physicist Pan Jianwei named Royal Society fellow, days after US sanctions target Chinese sector
Pan, a professor of modern physics and executive vice-president at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), has done pioneering work “in …
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Your other experimental platform will look for axions. How? The original point of axions was to solve a mystery involving the strong force. To solve …
Study proves black holes have a ‘plunging region,’ just as Einstein predicted
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — Albert Einstein was right: …
Chinese scientists achieve multi-node entanglement in quantum network
A team of Chinese scientists has created the world’s first memory-memory entanglement in a multi-node quantum network over a metropolitan area.The advancement has significantly extended …
Physicists propose path to faster, more flexible robots
Virginia Tech physicist C. Nadir Kaplan (at left) and doctoral candidate Chinmay Katke (right) discovered a microscopic phenomenon that could greatly improve the performance of …
Mediterranean diet racks up more points; persistent quantum coherence; vegan dogs
An artist’s impression of VFTS 243 in the Tarantula Nebula. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada. eso.org/public/images/eso2210a/ This week, we reported on the birth throes of black holes, …
More Evidence for the Gravitational Wave Background of the Universe
The gravitational wave background was first detected in 2016. It was announced following the release of the first data set from the European Pulsar Timing …