UAH Researchers Lead Study Suggesting Dark Matter Can Be Detected in Unidentified X-Ray Emission Lines in Spectra of Galaxy Clusters

BYLINE: Russ Nelson Newswise — Scientists search for “decaying” dark matter (DDM) because it offers unique signatures like specific X-ray or gamma-ray lines or neutrino signals not seen in normal…

Scientists Rule Out the Existence of a Long-Suspected Particle

BYLINE: Kitta MacPherson Newswise — After collecting and analyzing data for a decade, a group of scientists, including a team from Rutgers, have debunked a decades-old theory about a mysterious…

MicroBooNE Finds No Evidence for a Sterile Neutrino

Newswise — Scientists are closing the door on one explanation for a neutrino mystery that has plagued them for decades. An international collaboration of scientists working on the MicroBooNE experiment at the U.S. Department…

In Global Collaboration, Indiana University Scientists Unlock Secrets to Universe’s Building Blocks

Newswise — Scientists at Indiana University have achieved a breakthrough in understanding the universe thanks to a collaboration between two major international experiments studying neutrinos, which are ubiquitous, tiny particles…

Monitoring Underwater Bridge Tunnels With the Help of High-Energy Muons

Newswise — WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2025 – Over 200 underwater bridge tunnels exist for vehicular traffic around the world, providing connectivity between cities. Once constructed, however, these tunnels are difficult…

Twist of Light: New Tool May Unlock Gravity, Quantum Mechanics Link

Newswise — A team of physicists has uncovered a surprising new way to explore one of science’s greatest challenges: uniting the two fundamental theories that explain how our universe works…

Altermagnetism: A Magnetic Family Member

Newswise — There is now a new addition to the magnetic family: thanks to experiments at the Swiss Light Source SLS, researchers have proved the existence of altermagnetism. The experimental…

Researchers demonstrate that quantum entanglement and topology are inextricably linked

Newswise — For the first time, researchers from the Structured Light Laboratory (School of Physics) at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, led by Professor Andrew Forbes, in collaboration with…

Short light pulses reveal hidden movements

Newswise — When electrons move within a molecule or semiconductor, this occurs on unimaginably short time scales. A Swedish-German including physicist Dr Jan Vogelsang from the University of Oldenburg has…

Manipulating nonlinear exciton polaritons in an atomically-thin semiconductor with artificial potential landscapes

Newswise — Exciton polaritons, hybrid quasiparticles caused by the strong exciton-photon coupling, constitute a unique prototype for studying many-body physics and quantum photonic phenomena traditionally in cryogenic conditions. Atomically thin…