A glass bead and a green laser helps scientists observe lightning form in real time
A single green laser, a glass bead smaller than a bacterium and a lab in Austria are helping…
New tests show Jordan lead codices are not all modern fakes
For more than a decade, a set of tiny lead books from Jordan has sat in a strange…
Next-generation quantum sensor sees the magnetic world in unprecedented detail
In labs around the world, scientists chase forces too faint to see and too small to touch. They…
Reading a quantum clock takes more energy than operating it
The steady tick of a clock usually feels simple and dependable. Something swings or vibrates in a controlled…
Scientists engineer microbe that mass-produces camouflage pigment
A remarkable advancement in microbial engineering has put a previously obscure natural pigment in the spotlight. If you’ve…
Researchers build magnetic computer that thinks like a brain
In the future, a new type of computer may be able to learn much like you do—by experience…
The world’s first nuclear clock can detect changes in nature’s fundamental constants
Scientists have taken another giant step towards building the most precise clock ever imagined—one that could display not…
Oxford physicists achieve teleportation between two quantum supercomputers
In a laboratory at Oxford University, scientists have achieved something that once seemed science fiction: they made two…
Scientists develop reusable air filter that mimics the human nose
Air pollution isn’t always visible, but it affects nearly every breath taken indoors. Floating in the air are…
Engineers reinvent the parachute using Japanese paper-cutting art Kirigami
A humble concept from ancient Japanese design might remake the way supplies are dropped from the air. Polytechnique…
Scientists re-engineer a patient’s own T cells to target and destroy cancer cells
Hodgkin lymphoma and other malignancies that express the CD30 protein have been the scourge of oncologists for decades.…