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antiferromagnetism
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Researchers finally discovered antiferromagnetism in quasicrystals

Amit Malewar

A new frontier in spintronics.

Researchers find exceptions to the laws of thermodynamics
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Researchers find exceptions to the laws of thermodynamics

Amit Malewar

A new property of certain liquids that defies the textbooks.

Large ice cube is melting with flames burning behind it
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Scientists discover “Half-Ice, Half-Fire” – A new exotic phase of matter

Amit Malewar

Discovering and controlling exotic physical states is key in condensed matter physics and materials science. It has the potential to drive advancements in quantum...

Dynamic colony of Stentor individuals. Credit: Shekhar et al., Nature Physics, 2025
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Fluid dynamics and the proposal of a giant unicellular organism

Pranjal Malewar

How a Giant Single Cell Could Explain the Evolution of Multicellular Life

Physics meets art: a new twist on interference patterns
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Scientists discover new 1D Moiré Patterns in Nanomaterials

Pranjal Malewar

Twisted Nanoscience: New Moiré Pattern Discovery Could Transform Material Properties

a microwave laser
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WashU physicists created a new phase of matter in the center of a diamond

Pranjal Malewar

Crystallizing time.

Vibrant depiction of an atom with electrons orbiting set against a colorful blurred background
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Unlocking the secrets of atoms using light

Amit Malewar

Innovative methods to control ionization.

Power grid illustration
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Room-temperature superconductors: New discovery brings science closer to the dream

Amit Malewar

The upper limit of superconducting temperature

Illuminating the proton’s inner workings
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Scientists unveil first-ever force field map inside Protons

Amit Malewar

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have revealed an unprecedented map of the forces acting within a proton. This map offers a glimpse into the...

Glowing multi colored wave pattern on dark backdrop
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Researchers turned light into supersolid, for the first time

Amit Malewar

A groundbreaking achievement that advances our understanding of condensed matter physics.

Spectrographic technology to separate light from decaying dark matter and background light
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New limits found for dark matter properties

Amit Malewar

Cutting-edge spectrographs give most stringent limits for dark matter lifetime.

Close-up of fire and flames on a black background, blowtorch closeup of the fire
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Photon response to rapidly changing material properties

Amit Malewar

Time interfaces: the gateway to four-​dimensional quantum optics.

The universe is the name of the universe
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The highest energy neutrino ever observed

Amit Malewar

A record-breaking energy of about 220 PeV.

PTB’s-ion-traps
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Physicists unveil atomic nucleus deformation in hunt for dark forces

Amit Malewar

New insights into the structure of atomic nuclei

Advancing reliable, scalable fractal superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs)
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A new fabrication technique for high-performance photon detectors

Amit Malewar

Overcoming design and performance challenges for scalable single-photon detectors.

electro-optic cavities
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Measuring the electric fields of light trapped between two mirrors

Amit Malewar

Mirror, mirror trap the light.

magnetic field in physics
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A third type of magnetism confirmed

Amit Malewar

Scientific milestone.

Abstract background with golden neon lights
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The dynamics of the fictional universe’s viral system

Amit Malewar

A formula to describe the dynamics behind viral behavior in the Wild Cards series.

First tokamak plasma at the SMall Aspect Ratio Tokamak—SMART—recorded with a fast-framing camera in the visible spectral range
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The SMART device has successfully generated its first tokamak plasma

Amit Malewar

One step closer to nuclear fusion with its first plasma.

3D visualization of an ELM in the ASDEX Upgrade tokamk as simulated with the MEGA code
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Scientists learn how energetic particles affect plasma edge stability

Amit Malewar

The role of particles in the stability of a tokamak plasma edge.

tuned terahertz light
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Magnetizing a material with light

Amit Malewar

A powerful tool for controlling magnetism.

matter-antimatter illustration
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Shedding light on two pieces of the matter-antimatter puzzle

Amit Malewar

CP violation in decays of baryons and in decays of beauty hadrons into charmonium particles.

antihyperhelium-4
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First-ever evidence of the antimatter partner of hyperhelium-4

Amit Malewar

The finding also represents the first evidence of the heaviest antimatter hypernucleus yet at the LHC.

Nuclear fission chain reaction
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First precise mass measurements of several exotic atomic nuclei

Amit Malewar

A new approach to uncover proton halo structures.

high-power attosecond X-ray pulses
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Researchers produced high-power attosecond hard X-ray pulses at megahertz repetition

Pranjal Malewar

Squeeze it!

The two-dimensional spatial distribution of mass
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New insights into how mass is distributed in hadrons

Amit Malewar

Scientists calculated the trace anomaly for both nucleons and pions.

Physics

Researchers designed realistic photonic time crystals

Pranjal Malewar

A breakthrough in photonic time crystals could change how we use and control light.

Futuristic time machine
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New world record: QKC reaches 200 Million°C fusion temp

Amit Malewar

Milestone in Physics.

skyrmion
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The first 3D X-ray of a Skyrmion magnetism vortex

Amit Malewar

The results open up new avenues for nanoscale metrology for spintronics devices.

Superconductivity: the mystery of Fermi arcs solved
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Superconductivity: Scientists have finally solved the mystery of Fermi arcs

Pranjal Malewar

In certain materials, electrical charge can only move in very specific directions.

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