3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (249+ words) Could radioactive atoms in a Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC) form a “superradiant neutrino laser”? According to a paper published last year by Benjamin Jones and Joseph Formaggio of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology the answer is “yes”. We were intrigued…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (378+ words) New work suggests that building nontrivial topologies around optical vortices could be a better strategy than engineering delicate polarisation patterns across an entire beam Structured light is light with a designed spatial pattern. It can be shaped into standard topological…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (184+ words) In any ionized system there is the potential for magnetic fields, but simulations of disc formation often take no account of them, partly as they remain poorly constrained: “It’s a lot easier to just crank up the gravity and use…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (212+ words) Quiz of the week: how much data will NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Telescope produce each day? Physics World - Enter password Show password Password field is now showing your password - Access more than 20 years of online content - Manage which e-mail newsletters…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (488+ words) From L2, which lies about 1.6 million kilometres from Earth, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will yield insights into dark energy and dark matter, discover and characterize exoplanets, map billions of galaxies, and gain fresh understanding of black holes. It will…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (516+ words) Particle accelerators have traditionally been designed to maximize their scientific impact, but now they need to be environmentally friendly too. Joe McEntee examines initiatives pursuing a more sustainable roadmap for big science All good and well. Yet while their core…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (202+ words) Quiz of the week: where does new research say the universe’s ‘missing’ baryonic matter is? Physics World - Enter password Show password Password field is now showing your password - Access more than 20 years of online content - Manage which e-mail newsletters you…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (249+ words) Astronomers have found the best evidence yet for a companion star to Betelgeuse, the brightest star in the constellation Orion. Based on data obtained by the SPHERE instrument on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, they…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (456+ words) Newborn and rapidly growing supermassive black holes could be powering the mysterious “little red dots” that litter the early universe. That is the conclusion of an international team of astronomers who have found the best evidence yet for a new…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (441+ words) The European Space Agency recruits scientists, engineers and other professionals from all over Europe (and beyond) to further its mission of peacefully exploring and using space for the benefit of everyone The European Space Agency (ESA) is globally recognized for…...