Scientists can now 3D print one of the world’s hardest tool materials
Hard materials keep modern life moving, from drill bits to cutting tools. One of the toughest is tungsten…
Global first: Physicists use light to reveal quantum vibrations in a superconducting material
Light can tell you a lot about what matter is doing. Visible light shows a surface. X-rays reveal…
Edison may have unknowingly created graphene with his 1879 light bulb
According to new research from Rice University, while Edison’s goal was simply to create a longer-lasting electric lamp,…
AI systems learn better when trained with inner speech like humans
Talking to yourself feels deeply human. Inner speech helps you plan, reflect, and solve problems without saying a…
Ancient stone tools in China reveal an unexpectedly early start to human technology
Old beliefs about early human behavior in East Asia are being challenged by the discovery of a richly-layered…
New gold nanospheres capture nearly the full spectrum of solar energy
Sunlight carries more energy than most solar devices can catch. That gap matters as heat waves grow worse.…
Scientists engineer bacteria to produce lower calorie, healthier sugar
For more than a century, food scientists have searched for ways to satisfy a sweet tooth without the…
AI helps archaeologists build low-cost stone age video games in days
Museums have spent decades trying to make the distant past feel alive. Audiovisual shows, touch screens and digital…
Scientists create Bose-Einstein condensate leading to a new fifth state of matter
In a Columbia University laboratory in New York, physicist Sebastian Will and his team have reached one of…
Spray on polymer shield helps plants fight bacteria and survive drought
On a warming planet, your food supply depends on crops that can survive heat, drought and fast spreading…
Scientists bend magnetic fields around real-world objects to create ‘invisibility cloaks’
For nearly 20 years, physicists and engineers have chased the idea of invisibility. Early efforts focused on hiding…
Scientists reduce the time for quantum learning tasks from 20 million years to 15 minutes
Learning how a physical system behaves usually means repeating measurements and using statistics to uncover patterns. That approach…