Einstein’s Gravity Just Passed a Strange New Quantum Test
A new experiment found that a falling quantum wave behaves just as Einstein’s equivalence principle predicts. The result…
Hidden Deep Beneath Mars, Scientists Find Evidence of a Vast Magmatic System
Seismic evidence suggests Mars may have developed vast, long-lived magmatic systems that repeatedly reshaped its crust despite lacking…
In 2024, a nine-year Kenya study showed how farmers used 365 beehives to protect crops from elephants
In the dry farming country beside Kenya’s Tsavo East National Park, the boundary between crops and wildlife can…
The Richest 10% Cause up to $5.7 Trillion in Environmental Damage Each Year
A new analysis estimates that the world’s highest-consuming 10% generate trillions of dollars in environmental damage each year…
Physicists Create a New Kind of Schrödinger’s Cat State From Exotic Quantum Building Blocks
Reconstructed Wigner function of a superposition of two trisqueezed states. Its sixfold rotational symmetry and regions of Wigner…
Osteoarthritis may be one disease after all, Oxford study finds
Largest-ever analysis of knee osteoarthritis challenges decades of thinking and could accelerate the hunt for effective therapies. If…
Scientists build intense light beams using ‘Einstein’s flying mirror’
A team of researchers from the University of Oxford and Queen’s University Belfast in the UK has demonstrated…
Quantum Breakthrough Turns Simple Forces Into Powerful New Interactions
Experimental trapped-ion setup used to generate the family of squeezed states. The ion is confined between electrode structures…
Scientists Unlock Elusive Quantum Effect Long Considered Theoretical in Breakthrough Experiment
A once-theoretical quantum interaction has been achieved in a breakthrough laboratory experiment by University of Oxford researchers, opening…
Scientists Discover Path to ‘Extreme Light Intensities’ That Could Enable Ultra-Powerful Laser Weapons and Advanced Tech
An international team of physicists has announced a “significant advance” in laser science that offers engineers a practical…
Mind-blowing power and speed of black hole jets measured for the first time
For the first time, scientists have measured the instantaneous mind-blowing power of jets blasting from a black hole.…
Do we really need eight hours sleep a night – and what happens if not? – The Irish Times
“Once, after I did a presentation, someone came up to me and said, ‘I don’t get eight hours…