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New X-ray Technique Creates "Melodies" for Quantum Studies

X-ray free electron lasers (XFELs) are the brightest and fastest X-ray light sources. They can produce pulses shorter than a femtosecond. (A femtosecond is 10-15 seconds.) At the core of an XFEL is a magnetic undulator, which makes electrons wiggle and emit X-rays.

11 Feb 2026

Hubble Captures the Evolution of the Egg Nebula

A striking image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows the Egg Nebula’s dynamic light-shadow interaction, which is shaped by recently expelled stardust.

11 Feb 2026

Re-evaluating the Magnetic "Spin-Triplet" Mystery in Strontium Ruthenate

Strontium ruthenate, SRO214, is a good example of unusual superconductivity. Its superconductive qualities were found by a research team that included Yoshiteru Maeno, who is currently at the Toyota Riken - Kyoto University Research Center. The study was published in the journal Physical Review Letters.

11 Feb 2026

New Method Quantifies the Duration of Quantum Tunneling

EPFL physicists have discovered a method to quantify the duration of quantum events, revealing that it is influenced by the symmetry of the material. The study was published in Newton.

9 Feb 2026

Decoding the Chemistry of a Galaxy Hidden by Dust

A recent investigation, conducted by the Center for Astrobiology (CAB) and CSIC-INTA, utilizing modeling techniques developed at the University of Oxford, has revealed an extraordinary abundance of small organic molecules within the heavily obscured nucleus of a nearby galaxy.

9 Feb 2026

New Method Creates Large, Twisted Material Superlattices

Imaging at SLAC's synchrotron demonstrates the twisted structures’ exotic properties that could benefit the development of superconductors and quantum materials.

5 Feb 2026

ORNL Scientists Pioneer Quantum Materials for Future Technologies

Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers are pioneering the design and synthesis of quantum materials, which are central to discovery science involving synergies with quantum computation.

5 Feb 2026

Research Offers a Unique Window Into the Quantum Vacuum

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have uncovered experimental evidence that particles of matter emerging from energetic subatomic smashups retain a key feature of virtual particles that exist only fleetingly in the quantum vacuum.

5 Feb 2026

Exploding Black Holes Catalog the Subatomic Universe

A team of physicists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently hypothesized that the event that occurred in 2023, when a subatomic particle called a neutrino crashed into Earth with such high energy that it should have been impossible, occurs when a special type of black hole, known as a “quasi-extremal primordial black hole,” explodes.

4 Feb 2026

Exploring the Theoretical Characteristics of Particles in One Dimension

Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) and the University of Oklahoma have pinpointed a one-dimensional system where such particles can exist and have examined their theoretical characteristics.

4 Feb 2026