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Quasiparticles Pave the Way for Axion Dark Matter Detection

Scientists have made a major step toward using quasiparticles - particles displaying collective behavior - to hunt for axions. Their findings open new paths for harnessing quasiparticles to search for dark matter and to develop new quantum technologies.

7 Jan 2026

New Observations Confirm Companion Star's Role in Betelgeuse's Evolution

A multi-observatory study led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian has characterized the impact of a newly discovered secondary star, Siwarha, on the circumstellar environment of Betelgeuse.

7 Jan 2026

New Model Explains and Overcomes Plasma Density Limit in Fusion

In experiments using the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), also referred to as the “artificial sun,” researchers from the Institute of Plasma Physics at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and Aix-Marseille University in France, among other institutions, have discovered a way to exceed the plasma density limit.

5 Jan 2026

New Research Reveals How Particle Ratios Control Material Behavior

Mohammad Hafezi, a Joint Quantum Institute Fellow, and his colleagues investigated how changing the ratio of fermionic to bosonic particles in a material affects its interactions.

5 Jan 2026

NASA's Chandra Captures a "Champagne Cluster" Galaxy Merger

The "Champagne Cluster," discovered on New Year's Eve 2020, is a merging galaxy cluster captured in a new image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical telescopes.

31 Dec 2025

Hubble Identifies the Largest Known Protoplanetary Disk

The Hubble Space Telescope has detected the most expansive protoplanetary disk documented to date, extending across 400 billion miles, approximately 40 times the size of the solar system.

29 Dec 2025

IMR Researchers Propose Deep Correlation between Quantum Geometry and Magnetic Torque

Scientists from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have proposed a new deep correlation between the spin splitting torque (SST) and the Fermi surface geometry, achieving a quantum limit of 100% in a system with a flat Fermi surface.

29 Dec 2025

Exotic Anyons May Unlock a New Form of Superconductivity

In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, theoretical physicists at MIT explained how Jekyll-and-Hyde duality could emerge.

24 Dec 2025

Red Giant Star R Doradus Reveals New Insights on Stellar Winds

The intense winds of giant stars, which carry the essential elements for life throughout the galaxy, are not solely driven by starlight and stardust.

24 Dec 2025

Quantum Field Theory Guides Discovery of Hidden Topology in Entangled Photons

Scientists from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, working with Huzhou University, have found that the entanglement method used in most quantum optics labs can have hidden topologies, reporting the highest ever seen in any system: 48 dimensions with over 17,000 topological signatures, a huge alphabet for encoding strong quantum information.

22 Dec 2025