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Phys.org / Wave-packet interferometry captures elusive dark excitons in organic superconductor

In a recent study, Manish Garg, independent group leader at Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (MPI FKF), succeeded in probing the local properties of bright and dark excitons in the organic superconductor copper ...

Jun 23, 2026
Phys.org / Hubble details early galaxy transforming neighborhood 1.4 billion years after Big Bang

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found something they never expected—ultraviolet light from a galaxy that existed just 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang. That galaxy contains tightly clustered young ...

Jun 23, 2026
Phys.org / Pathway to high-fidelity quantum computing identified

Researchers from the University of Sydney, working with IBM, have identified and quantified important factors limiting the performance of quantum computers and demonstrated ways to overcome their impact.

Jun 23, 2026
Phys.org / Chloroplast study reveals molecular lock that helps power life on Earth

A new study reveals the dynamics of photosynthesis at the cellular level. Led by co-authors Professor Barry Bruce and Associate Professor Rajan Lamichhane, both of the Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular ...

Jun 23, 2026
Phys.org / Graphene plasmon cavities enable advanced and scalable terahertz photodetectors

How could we noninvasively distinguish between healthy and cancerous tissue? And how could we increase the speed of wireless communications? These two seemingly unrelated questions may share the same answer: terahertz (THz) ...

Jun 23, 2026
Phys.org / Four-decade mystery solved as PKCβ structure reveals new drug target

After nearly four decades of research, Mayo Clinic scientists have revealed the molecular structure of protein kinase C beta (PKCβ), a key protein linked to cancer and neurological diseases. The findings, published in Nature ...

Jun 23, 2026
Phys.org / Why warmer seas may not wipe out female fish in some species

In many fish species, water temperature determines the sex of the fry. This biological mechanism threatens to wipe out entire populations because of a shortage of females in the face of global warming. However, an international ...

Jun 23, 2026
Phys.org / Scientists create optical skyrmions using a two-century-old light phenomenon

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have used a classic optical phenomenon known as the Poisson spot to create stable patterns of light called optical skyrmions, which are tiny, swirling ...

Jun 23, 2026
Phys.org / Solid-state material turns visible light into high-energy UV at sunlight intensity, expanding solar energy potential

Two cups of warm water don't make one cup of boiling water. But in the quantum world, multiple low-energy photons can combine to produce a single, higher-energy photon.

Jun 23, 2026
Phys.org / New algorithm identifies disease-linked changes in cells without prior training

A new algorithm could drive breakthroughs in understanding cancer, Alzheimer's disease and other potentially fatal conditions. Researchers from the University of Waterloo developed the machine-learning algorithm, called RNovA, ...

Jun 23, 2026
Phys.org / Self-driving chemistry lab discovers catalysts that can switch products on demand

Researchers have developed a self-driving chemistry lab that can autonomously search through hundreds of catalyst recipes and reaction conditions to identify faster, more selective and more programmable ways to make important ...

Jun 23, 2026
Phys.org / Nanoparticles sneak antibodies into cells to inhibit cancer and inflammation

A delivery system that uses lipid nanoparticles to sneak proteins into cells can accomplish the same feat by smuggling therapeutic antibodies, new research has found.

Jun 23, 2026