Ambitious Survey Hints at Tantalizing New Theories on Dark Energy : ScienceAlert
Astrophysicists are closer than ever to solving the mystery of what makes up almost 70 percent of the…
China unveils system for stable supersonic electromagnetic launches
In 2023, China’s ‘electromagnetic sledge’ system became the first large-scale electromagnetic launcher to break the sound barrier. During…
Distant entangled atoms acting as one sensor deliver stunning precision
Researchers at the University of Basel and the Laboratoire Kastler Brossel have shown that quantum entanglement can be…
Saw Wai Hla on Imaging and Manipulating Materials at the Atomic Scale
BYLINE: Christina Nunez Newswise — His work has broad relevance, including making the most of difficult-to-mine rare-earth elements.…
669 Million Galaxies, 6 Years of Data, Scientists Finally See the Universe’s Dark Side
Researchers have assembled the most detailed view to date of how dark energy has shaped the cosmos, using…
Edison’s 1879 light bulb may have accidentally produced graphene
Researchers in the US have uncovered evidence suggesting that Thomas Edison may have accidentally produced graphene over a…
Is Particle Physics Dead, Dying, or Just Hard?
This brain drain appears to be real. I spoke to Jared Kaplan, co-founder of Anthropic, the company behind…
Entangled atomic clouds separated in space boost measurement precision
Measuring the world precisely is much harder than it sounds. At very small scales, nature is noisy, and…
Strange Quantum Effects Persist in Surprisingly Large Particles, New Research Reveals
Pushing quantum mechanics into new territory, recent research is showing that objects far larger than individual atoms can…
A Glowing Bar of Iron Is Haunting The Ring Nebula – And No One Knows Why : ScienceAlert
We’ve known about the iconic Ring Nebula for nearly 250 years, but it’s only now that astronomers have…
Remembering Gladys West, who used Einstein to create GPS
Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he…
World’s largest particle collider reveals collective nature of quark soup
Scientists have found new evidence that a pattern of “flow” observed in particles streaming from heavy ion collisions…