How did Chen-ning Yang miss out on a second Nobel Prize in physics?
Since the Nobel Prize began recognising exceptional achievements in science, literature and peace in 1901, only five scientists…
Adjaye Associates-designed Princeton University Art Museum opens
The concrete-clad Princeton University Art Museum has opened in New Jersey, USA, the first major project designed by…
Google’s quantum AI chip unlocks new exotic phase of matter
An international team of scientists has observed a never-before-seen exotic phase of matter on a quantum processor using…
China’s Tsinghua University helps to break 40-year-old maths cap on computer speed
Chinese computer scientists have solved a 40-year-old mathematics bottleneck, an advance that might help boost performance in hi-tech…
‘I’d bet my house’ on treatment for Alzheimer’s, says Nobel prize winner
A Nobel Prize-winning Scottish chemist has told the BBC he thinks drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease will be…