Famous double-slit experiment holds up when stripped to its quantum essentials
Caption:Schematic of the MIT experiment: Two single atoms floating in a vacuum chamber are illuminated by a laser…
Life could survive beneath the surface of Mars and other planets using high energy particles from space
Enceladus (Saturn’s moon). Credit: NASA A new study from NYU Abu Dhabi has found that high-energy particles from…
IceCube neutrino search sets first constraints on proton fraction of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays
In this artistic rendering, based on a real image of the IceCube Lab, a high-energy starting event is…
Primordial black holes could act as seeds for quasars
Infographic describing the best current theory on the evolution of PBHs. Credit: NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center Plenty of…
Hybrid crystal-glass materials from meteorites transform heat control
The article discusses how increasing disorder in the atomic structure of materials influences macroscopic heat conduction—a critical property…
Physicists show tensor mesons play important role in light-on-light scattering
Light is scattered by light—via virtual particles. Credit: Vienna University of Technology Usually, light waves can pass through…
tom ducarouge’s heat-reactive table for on running changes color
reactive table for on running switches shade WITH heat  Tom Ducarouge creates a heat-reactive table for On…
New microscope creates 3D ghost images of nanoparticles using entangled photons
The 3D quantum ghost imaging microscope setup. A laser and crystal (left) are used to make entangled photons,…
Distorted sound of the early universe suggests we are living in a giant void
Baryon acoustic oscillations represent the sound of the Big Bang. Credit: Gabriela Secara, Perimeter Institute, CC BY-SA Looking…
A new method to measure ultrafast relaxation processes in single molecules
Schematic of the experimental circuit and working mechanism. A silver STM tip probes a single pyrrolidine molecule adsorbed…
World’s smallest snake makes big comeback
The Barbados threadsnake (Tetracheilostoma carlae) was found hiding under a rock in central Barbados. A snake so small…
Tiny ocean crustaceans use genetic and epigenetic tools to weather climate change
Copepods are tiny crustaceans, barely visible to the naked eye, but beautiful under a microscope and hugely important…