Read article: Solar wind squashed Uranus’s magnetosphere during Voyager 2 flyby
New data analysis reveals that some of our understanding of the ice giant Uranus may be false
Read article: Supramolecular biomass foam removes microplastics from water
New material can adsorb up to 99.8% of plastic particles
Read article: Immiscible ice layers may explain why Uranus and Neptune lack magnetic poles
Simulations of "ice giant" interiors shed light on unexpected Voyager 2 findings
Read article: Laser beam casts a shadow in a ruby crystal
Complex photon-photon interactions make a beam of light behave like a solid object
Read article: Generative AI has an electronic waste problem, researchers warn
Without mitigation measures, the computing infrastructure for large language models could generate 2.5 million tons of e-waste a year by 2030
Read article: Vertical-nanowire transistors defeat the Boltzmann tyranny
New gallium antimonide/indium arsenide transistor is more energy-efficient than silicon-based devices
Read article: Nuclear shape transitions visualized for the first time
Physicists say the LHC could provide evidence to back up theoretical findings on how shapes of atomic nuclei change under extreme conditions
Read article: Physicists close in on fractionally-charged electron mystery in graphene
Topological flat band may account for fractional quantum anomalous Hall effect recently observed in pentalayer moiré graphene
Read article: Optimization algorithm gives laser fusion a boost
Simulations suggest that iterative technique could increase the energy output of direct-drive inertial confinement fusion
Read article: New imaging technique could change how we look at certain objects in space
3D reconstruction technique for polarized radio sources could also reshape views of how radio galaxies form
