Jan 28, 2026 Physicists observed the first clear evidence that quarks create a wake as they speed through quark-gluon plasma, confirming the plasma behaves like a liquid. (Nanowerk News) In its first moments, the infant universe was a trillion-degree-hot soup of quarks and gluons. These elementary particles zinged around at...
Researchers uncover clue to explain the Universe’s symmetry
Jan 28, 2026 Researchers developed a method to reduce uncertainty in cosmic birefringence, sharpening the angle tied to parity violation, dark matter, and dark energy. (Nanowerk News) A team of researchers studying the uncertainties associated with a phenomenon known as cosmic birefringence has developed a method to reduce uncertainties in...
Probing the jet base of M87’s supermassive black hole
Jan 28, 2026 Observations with the Event Horizon Telescope enable researchers to localize the likely base of the central outflow in a massive galaxy. (Nanowerk News) Some galaxies eject powerful streams of charged particles—jets—from their centers into space. The prominent jet of Messier 87 (M87) in the constellation Virgo is...
X-ray view into chemical reactions
Jan 28, 2026 Researchers captured in real time how iron-sulfur nanostructures form in solution, using time-resolved X-rays to follow the pathway from precursors to ultrathin layers. (Nanowerk News) Researchers at the University of Hamburg, the University of Toulouse, and the DESY and ESRF research institutes have observed for the first...
Periscope-inspired solar windows achieve record 92% transparency while generating electricity
Jan 28, 2026 A reflection-based solar cell design inspired by periscopes achieves near-complete visible transparency and record light utilization efficiency, outperforming all previous transparent photovoltaic devices. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Skyscrapers sheathed in glass dominate modern city skylines, their facades absorbing enormous quantities of solar radiation that mostly converts to unwanted heat....
Holes in silicon are heavier than expected
Jan 27, 2026 Physicists found why holes move slower than electrons in silicon: not defects, but higher intrinsic mass, supporting CMOS-based quantum, cryogenic, and space devices. (Nanowerk News) UNSW Sydney physicists working with industry partners imec (Belgium) and Diraq (Sydney) have discovered why positive charge carriers called holes move much...
Green hydrogen from water splitting via unique two-dimensional photocatalysts
Jan 27, 2026 Study demonstrats a new strategy for engineering the surface and functional properties of 2D SrTiO2 perovskite nanoplatelets through the hydrothermal transformation of Aurivillius phase Bi4Ti3O12 nanoplatelets. (Nanowerk News) Over the past 20 years, green hydrogen produced using sunlight has gained considerable attention as a promising pathway towards...
AI unlocks hundreds of cosmic anomalies in Hubble archive
Jan 27, 2026 Astronomers used AI to scan about 100 million Hubble image cutouts, finding 1,300 rare, odd objects in days, over 800 previously unreported. (Nanowerk News) A team of astronomers has employed a cutting-edge, artificial intelligence-assisted technique to uncover rare astronomical phenomena within archived data from NASA’s Hubble Space...
3D Material mimics graphene’s electronic speed without the fragility
Jan 27, 2026 Researchers show hafnium stannide can host graphene-like electron flow in a robust 3D structure, paving the way for scalable low-energy computing technologies. (Nanowerk News) University of Liverpool researchers have discovered a way to host some of the most significant properties of graphene in a three‑dimensional (3D) material,...
Rotary mechanism combines mechanical memory with logic gates in a single device
Jan 27, 2026 A hybrid computer uses rotating mechanical beams for memory and electrical contacts for logic, performing reprogrammable computation through physical motion in environments where conventional electronics struggle. (Nanowerk Spotlight) A lock resistant to brute-force attacks because its combination exists not as a number but as a precise sequence...