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James Webb Space Telescope's view of 800,000 galaxies paints a detailed picture of dark matter
Deep JWST imaging and gravitational lensing produced an unprecedented, high-resolution map of dark-matter structure across roughly 800,000 galaxies.
Read full story →Terahertz microscope reveals the motion of superconducting electrons
MIT researchers developed a terahertz microscope that directly images collective electron motion in 2D superconductors, exposing previously hidden dynamics.
Read full story →VIP-2 experiment narrows the search for exotic physics beyond the Pauli exclusion principle
The VIP-2 collaboration reported tighter experimental limits on possible violations of the Pauli exclusion principle, constraining exotic physics scenarios.
Read full story →Surgery for quantum bits: Bit-flip errors corrected during superconducting qubit operations
Researchers demonstrated lattice-surgery operations that perform quantum gates while correcting bit-flip errors, advancing fault-tolerant quantum computing.
Read full story →Scientists discover “levitating” time crystals that you can hold in your hand
NYU researchers created a macroscopic classical time crystal made of levitated beads driven by sound, visibly demonstrating persistent time-periodic motion.
Read full story →Physicists achieve near-zero friction on macroscopic scales
Researchers demonstrated near-zero friction between macroscopic surfaces using carefully aligned crystalline layers, pointing to new superlubric materials.
Read full story →James Webb Space Telescope finds most distant galaxy ever detected: 'It looks nothing like what we predicted'
JWST identified an extremely distant galaxy that is unexpectedly bright and chemically evolved, challenging models of early galaxy formation.
Read full story →Pulsar timing hints at a nearby dark matter 'sub-halo'
Timing anomalies in nearby pulsars may indicate a gravitational disturbance consistent with a local dark-matter sub-halo.
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