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A small team led by Sihao Cheng, Martin A. and Helen Chooljian Member in the Institute for Advanced Study’s School…
Where did the moon’s magnetism go? Scientists have puzzled over this question for decades, ever since orbiting spacecraft picked up…
Researchers Shinjiro Takano, Yuya Hamasaki, and Tatsuya Tsukuda of the University of Tokyo have successfully visualized the geometric structure of…
A research team led by Nanjing University has introduced a transparent, colorless, and unidirectional solar concentrator that can be directly…
The PET-alternative PDCA is biodegradable and has superior physical properties. A Kobe University team of bioengineers engineered E. coli bacteria…
An international team of astronomers has discovered a massive cloud of gas and dust located in a little-known region of…
Researchers from Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands have been able to see the magnetic nucleus of an atom…
The European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter mission has split the flood of energetic particles flung out into space from the…
The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less complicated, frustrating and tedious. In a new study, Northwestern University…
Scientists have devised a new method for mapping the spottiness of distant stars by using observations from NASA missions of…
An international team of astronomers, led by The University of Texas at Austin’s Cosmic Frontier Center, has identified the most…
More than 5,000 planets have been discovered beyond our solar system, allowing scientists to explore planetary evolution and consider the…
NASA research has shown that cell-like compartments called vesicles could form naturally in the lakes of Saturn’s moon Titan. Titan…
In 2009, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory released a captivating image: a pulsar and its surrounding nebula that is shaped like…
In a new study, scientists at the University of Missouri looked deep into the universe and found something unexpected. Using…
When genetic testing reveals a rare DNA mutation, doctors and patients are frequently left in the dark about what it…
An international team of scientists, including Northwestern University astrophysicists, has spotted one of the brightest fast radio bursts (FRBs) ever…
Quantum networks are often described as the future of the internet — but instead of transmitting classical information in bits,…
While conventional computers store information in the form of bits, fundamental pieces of logic that take a value of either…
For decades, researchers around the world have searched for alternatives to iridium, an extremely rare, incredibly expensive metal used in…
Clues about how worlds like Earth may have formed have been found buried at the heart of a spectacular ‘cosmic…
Precise control of light focus is essential for applications ranging from microscopy and laser surgery to quantum optics and telecommunications….
An internationally joint research group between Singapore and Japan has unveiled a blueprint for arranging exotic, knot-like patterns of light…
A research team from the University of Basel, Switzerland, has developed a new molecule modeled on plant photosynthesis: under the…
The highest-resolution images of a solar flare captured at the H-alpha wavelength (656.28 nm) may reshape how we understand the…
The ATLAS Collaboration finds evidence of Higgs-boson decays to muons and improves sensitivity to Higgs-boson decays to a Z boson…
Dr. Dong-Soo Han’s research team at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Semiconductor Technology Research Center, in collaboration…
A collaborative team of researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Ajou University in…
Optical microscopy is a key technique for understanding dynamic biological processes in cells, but observing these high-speed cellular dynamics accurately,…
Physicists have developed a breakthrough concept in quantum encryption that makes private communication more secure over significantly longer distances, surpassing…
Approximately 4.6 billion years ago our solar system formed from a huge disk of gas and dust orbiting our Sun….
Astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian have proposed a new explanation for some of the universe’s…
To build a large-scale quantum computer that works, scientists and engineers need to overcome the spontaneous errors that quantum bits,…
Astronomers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have discovered a vast and expanding bubble of gas and dust surrounding a…
A Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) review of data collected from near-Earth asteroids Bennu and Ryugu supports the hypothesis that they…
A look into the throat of an active galaxy reveals a ring-shaped magnetic field that may explain extreme gamma radiation…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has directly observed magnetic reconnection in the Sun’s atmosphere for the first time, confirming decades-old theories…
Researchers taking the first-ever direct measurement of atom temperature in extremely hot materials inadvertently disproved a decades-old theory and upended…
A research team at the Politecnico di Milano has developed an innovative single-atom catalyst capable of selectively adapting its chemical…
How can the behavior of elementary particles and the structure of the entire universe be described using the same mathematical…
Rising concentrations of carbon dioxide in the upper atmosphere will change the way geomagnetic storms impact Earth, with potential implications…
In a new study led by Oxford University’s Department of Chemistry, chemists have demonstrated the synthesis of a cyclocarbon that…
For the first time in more than thirty years, the heaviest nucleus decaying via proton emission has been measured. The…
Quantum dots – semiconductor nanostructures that can emit single photons on demand – are considered among the most promising sources…
In 2024, NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance collected an unusual rock sample. The rock, named Sapphire Canyon, features white, leopardlike spots…
‘Float rocks,’ sand ripples, and vast distances are among the sights to see in the latest high-resolution panorama by the…
Found using the MIRI instrument on NASA’s Webb telescope, which was managed by JPL through launch, the possible planet would…
A public-private partnership between Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and…
A University of Colorado Denver engineer is on the cusp of giving scientists a new tool that can help them…
The small satellite was to map lunar water, but operators lost contact with the spacecraft the day after launch and…
With over 75% of professionals using AI in their daily work, writing and editing messages with tools like ChatGPT, Gemini,…
A scene from a star-forming factory shines in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week. This Hubble picture…
Astronomers have observed an explosion in space that is pushing back against and influencing the baby star which triggered the…
University of Warwick astronomers have uncovered compelling evidence that a nearby white dwarf is in fact the remnant of two…
Lightning might not strike twice, but black holes apparently do. An international group of researchers led by Tel Aviv University…
An international team of scientists have provided an unprecedented tally of elemental sulfur spread between the stars using data from…
NASA’s largest interplanetary probe tested its radar during a Mars flyby. The results include a detailed image and bode well…
Crystals and glasses have opposite heat-conduction properties, which play a pivotal role in a variety of technologies. These range from…
Following a successful launch on July 30, the NISAR satellite will orbit Earth for at least three years, using its…
Rich with detail, the spiral galaxy NGC 1309 shines in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week. NGC…
Macquarie University astronomers have tracked an extreme planet’s orbital decay, confirming it is spiralling towards its star in a cosmic…
Immediately after the Big Bang, which occurred around 13.8 billion years ago, the universe was dominated by unimaginably high temperatures…
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a team of astronomers led by Abubakar Fadul from the Max Planck Institute…
Researchers from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have used artificial intelligence to tackle a critical problem facing the future…
MIT physicists have performed an idealized version of one of the most famous experiments in quantum physics. Their findings demonstrate,…
Scientists have discovered a new way that matter can exist – one that is different from the usual states of…
Experts say quantum computing is the future of computers. Unlike conventional computers, quantum computers leverage the properties of quantum physics…
Immersing in virtual reality (VR) nature scenes helped relieve symptoms that are often seen in people living with long-term pain,…
Electrochemical cells – or batteries, as a well-known example – are complex technologies that combine chemistry, physics, materials science and…
As the world grapples with the urgent need to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change, researchers at the University…
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is tough on electronics. Situated inside a 17-mile-long tunnel that runs in a circle under…
A team of UC Merced researchers has shown that tiny artificial cells can accurately keep time, mimicking the daily rhythms…
Neutrinos are cosmic tricksters, paradoxically hardly there but lethal to stars significantly more massive than the sun. These elementary particles…
Recently, Professor Dong Eon Kim from POSTECH’s Department of Physics and Max Planck Korea-POSTECH Initiative and his research team have…
Astronomers may have caught a still-forming planet in action, carving out an intricate pattern in the gas and dust that…
A study by investigators at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in collaboration with colleagues from Rabin Medical…
In an era where manipulated videos can spread disinformation, bully people, and incite harm, UC Riverside researchers have created a…
Researchers investigating atomic-scale phenomena impacting next-generation electronic and quantum devices have captured the first microscopy images of atomic thermal vibrations,…
Precision cancer treatment on a larger scale is moving closer after researchers have developed an AI platform that can tailor…
New research shows that metasurfaces could be used as strong linear quantum optical networks This approach could eliminate the need…
The swirling spiral galaxy in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week is NGC 3285B, which resides 137…
On July 8, 2025, physicists from Aalto University in Finland published a transmon qubit coherence dramatically surpassing previous scientifically published…
Imagine the concrete in our homes and bridges not only withstanding the ravages of time and natural disasters like the…
An international team of astronomers has uncovered new evidence to explain how pulsing remnants of exploded stars interact with surrounding…
Scientists predict one of the major surveys by NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope may reveal around 100,000 celestial…
Radioactive decay is a fundamental process in nature by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by radiation. Studying nuclear…
Scientists at Rice University and University of Houston have developed an innovative, scalable approach to engineer bacterial cellulose into high-strength,…
International researchers have, for the first time, pinpointed the moment when planets began to form around a star beyond the…
A team of astronomers led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian has discovered a rare object far…
Subaru Telescope has made an exciting discovery: a small body beyond Pluto, with implications for the formation, evolution, and current…
A research team led by Prof. Mingtai Wang at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of…
A team of scientists has developed a powerful new way to detect subtle magnetic signals in common metals like copper,…
The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration has detected the merger of the most massive black holes ever observed with gravitational waves using…
The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration has detected the merger of the most massive black holes ever observed with gravitational waves, using…
Crystals are known far and wide for their beauty and elegance. But even though they may appear perfect on the…
Imagine trying to wear a left-handed glove on your right hand: it doesn’t fit because left and right hands are…
Can you imagine a life-saving molecule whose “twin” is a deadly poison? As surprising as it may seem, this chemical…
Researchers at The University of Osaka have developed a novel method for generating ultrahigh magnetic fields via laser-driven implosions of…
For this ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week, we gaze upon the field of stars that is NGC 1786. This object…
Earth and our entire Milky Way galaxy may sit inside a mysterious giant hole which makes the cosmos expand faster…
Researchers have demonstrated a new technique that allows “self-driving laboratories” to collect at least 10 times more data than previous…
Astronomers have detected a giant exoplanet – between three and ten times the size of Jupiter – hiding in the…
A new kind of cosmic object could help solve one of the universe’s greatest mysteries: dark matter. Particle Astrophysicists have…
Twisted materials — known as moiré structures — have revolutionized modern physics, emerging as today’s “alchemy” by creating entirely new…
On its record-breaking pass by the Sun late last year, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured stunning new images from within…
In a first for the field, researchers from The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have…
Researchers have found clouds of cold gas embedded deep within larger, superheated gas clouds — or Fermi bubbles — at…
The international team, led by Dr. Marc Buckley from the Hereon Institute of Coastal Ocean Dynamics, has achieved a breakthrough…
When the Empire State Building was constructed, its 102 stories rose above midtown one piece at a time, with each…
The rapid rise in AI applications has placed increasingly heavy demands on our energy infrastructure. All the more reason to…
A fascinating glimpse into how a solar system like our own is born has been revealed with the detection of…
A Los Alamos collaboration has replicated an important but largely forgotten physics experiment: the first deuterium-tritium (DT) fusion observation. As…
Ultra-intense lasers can accelerate electrons to near-light speeds within a single oscillation (or ‘wave cycle’) of the electric field, making…
The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has unveiled the very first “mega” images of the cosmos obtained thanks…
When a drummer plays a drum, she sets the drumhead into vibration by hitting it. The vibration contains a signal…
Just over 200 years after French engineer and physicist Sadi Carnot formulated the second law of thermodynamics, an international team…
Natural crystals fascinate with their vibrant colors, their nearly flawless appearance and their manifold symmetrical forms. But researchers are interested…
The Mamyshev oscillator (MO) is a type of fiber laser capable of producing high-energy laser pulses at a tunable repetition…
University of Sydney researchers have harnessed human-made lightning to develop a more efficient method of generating ammonia – one of…
Researchers from Penn and Arizona State University pinpoint a lone five-particle package (a 5-plet) that could upend string theory by…
Quantum computers still face a major hurdle on their pathway to practical use cases: their limited ability to correct the…
For the first time, astronomers have obtained visual evidence that a star met its end by detonating twice. By studying…
Using nuclear magnetic resonance, researchers at ETH Zurich have studied the atomic environments of single platinum atoms in solid supports…
A new AI model is much better than doctors at identifying patients likely to experience cardiac arrest. The linchpin is…
In the vast vacuum of space, Earth-bound limitations no longer apply. And that’s exactly where UF engineering associate professor Victoria…
Imaging data from Japan’s Himawari-8 and -9 meteorological satellites have been successfully used to monitor temporal changes in Venus’ cloud-top…
Quantum computers have the potential to speed up computation, help design new medicines, break codes, and discover exotic new materials…
Previously described as playing astronomical ‘spot the difference,’ Kilonova Seekers asks the public to compare the latest images of a…
Signs of planet formation may appear earlier than expected around still-forming baby stars, according to new results of higher resolution…
Many galaxies, including our own Milky Way, are characterized by a flat, extended, rotating stellar disk. These disk galaxies commonly…
The pristine samples from asteroid Ryugu returned by the Hayabusa2 mission on December 6, 2020, have been vital to improving…
Astronomers have uncovered a vast cloud of energetic particles — a ‘mini halo’ — surrounding one of the most distant…
Optical biosensors use light waves as a probe to detect molecules, and are essential for precise medical diagnostics, personalized medicine,…
Scientists from TU Delft (The Netherlands) have observed quantum spin currents in graphene for the first time without using magnetic…
An interdisciplinary team of experts in green chemistry, engineering and physics at Flinders University in Australia has developed a safer…
Fatty liver disease, caused by the accumulation of fat in the liver, is estimated to affect one in four people…
For decades, quantum computers that perform calculations millions of times faster than conventional computers have remained a tantalizing yet distant…
The question of whether Earth is alone in harboring life has captivated humanity for millennia. In recent years, scientists have…
Quantum computers can solve extraordinarily complex problems, unlocking new possibilities in fields such as drug development, encryption, AI, and logistics….
Inhabiting Mars has long been a futuristic fantasy fueled by science fiction. However, successful landings on our neighboring planet over…
Randomness is incredibly useful. People often draw straws, throw dice or flip coins to make fair choices. Random numbers can…
Mass General Brigham researchers have developed a new AI tool in collaboration with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs…
As artificial intelligence reshapes workplaces worldwide, a new study provides early evidence suggesting AI exposure has not, thus far, caused…
The chemical reaction to produce hydrogen from water is several times more effective when using a combination of new materials…
Understanding how the universe transitioned from darkness to light with the formation of the first stars and galaxies is a…
A team of researchers at Rice University have discovered a surprisingly simple method for vastly improving the stability of electrochemical…
MIT researchers have designed a compact, low-power receiver for 5G-compatible smart devices that is about 30 times more resilient to…
To reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change, the world urgently needs clean and renewable energy sources. Hydrogen is…
Imagine a computer that does not rely only on electronics but uses light to perform tasks faster and more efficiently….
Researchers can now observe the phonon dynamics and wave propagation in self-assembly of nanomaterials with unusual properties that rarely exist…
Astronomers have discovered a huge filament of hot gas bridging four galaxy clusters. At 10 times as massive as our…
No matter which questions we ask an AI, the model will come up with an answer. To produce this information…
The Apollo astronauts didn’t know what they’d find when they explored the surface of the moon, but they certainly didn’t…
A USC-led research team has created a series of supercomputer-simulated twins of our Milky Way galaxy — which could help…
An international team of scientists has published a new report that moves towards a better understanding of the behaviour of…
Scientists have developed a low-cost, durable, highly-sensitive robotic ‘skin’ that can be added to robotic hands like a glove, enabling…
A cosmic particle detector in Antarctica has emitted a series of bizarre signals that defy the current understanding of particle…
Thanks to its newly tilted orbit around the Sun, the European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter spacecraft is the first to…
An international team of astronomers has trained a neural network with millions of synthetic simulations and artificial intelligence (AI) to…
New research led by Dr. James De Buizer at the SETI Institute and Dr. Wanggi Lim at IPAC at Caltech…
In a new study, physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have used a cloud of atoms chilled down to…
Astronomers have surveyed massive, dense star factories, unlike any found in the Milky Way, in a large number of galaxies…
Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research and the University of Texas at…
A Danish-German research collaboration with participation of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) aims to develop new quantum light sources and technology…
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Silicon is king in the semiconductor technology that underpins smartphones, computers, electric vehicles and more, but…
Scientists analyzing data from NASA’s CODEX (Coronal Diagnostic Experiment) investigation have successfully evaluated the instrument’s first images, revealing the speed…
Star TOI-6894 is just like many in our galaxy, a small red dwarf, and only ~20% of the mass of…
For the first time, scientists have used Earth-based telescopes to look back over 13 billion years to see how the…
Physicists at the University of Oxford have set a new global benchmark for the accuracy of controlling a single quantum…
In the name of open science, the multinational scientific collaboration COSMOS on Thursday released the data behind the largest map…
Each year, more than 1.2 billion smartphones are produced globally. The production of electronic devices is not only energy-intensive but…
One of the current hot research topics is the combination of two of the most recent technological breakthroughs: machine learning…
Using advanced computational modelling, a research team led by the University of Oxford, working in partnership with the Instituto Superior…
In the Mission: Impossible films, superspy Ethan Hunt — played by Tom Cruise — gets orders from his superiors on…
Unlike birds, which navigate unknown environments with remarkable speed and agility, drones typically rely on external guidance or pre-mapped routes….
Hailed as one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century, transistors are integral components of modern electronics that amplify…
Quantum materials exhibit remarkable emergent properties when they are excited by external sources. However, these excited states decay rapidly once…
A new type of mRNA vaccine is more scalable and adaptable to continuously evolving viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and H5N1,…
Nitrates in the atmosphere reduce air quality and play an important role in climate change. An international team led by…
A new study by Emory University researchers, published Thursday in Environmental Science & Technology, found that exposure to the tiny…
The effects of artificial intelligence on adolescents are nuanced and complex, according to a report from the American Psychological Association…
A group of astronomers from across the globe, including a team from the University of Washington and led by Queen’s…
Decarbonizing Australia’s economy and protecting the country’s most critical natural resources are both possible but will require significant collaboration between…
Lenses are the most widely used optical devices. Camera lens or objectives, for example, produce a sharp photo or video…
Between upgrades and breakdowns to cellphones, tablets, laptops, and appliances, so many electronics are getting tossed in the trash that…
As the world shifts toward sustainable energy sources, “green hydrogen” — hydrogen produced without emitting carbon — has emerged as…
We typically spend 80% of our time indoors, where the quality of the air we breathe depends on the age…
Below ocean wind farms, oil rigs and other offshore installations are mammoth networks of underwater structures, including pipelines, anchors, risers…
In the world of black holes, there are generally three size categories: stellar-mass black holes (about five to 50 times…
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineering team is another step closer to developing soft robotics and wearable systems that mimic the…
The job of a catalyst is to ultimately speed up reactions, which could reduce an hour-long process into several minutes….
Scientists at University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland have developed a powerful new tool for finding the next generation of…
Researchers from the MPIK present new experimental and theoretical results for the bound electron g-factor in lithium-like tin which has…
Recent research points to the potential utility of a familiar sounding foe-herpes virus-in the fight against cancer. The idea: the…
Specialized robots that can both fly and drive typically touch down on land before attempting to transform and drive away….
