Thermal camouflage breakthrough achieved with 9x heat scattering tech
Heat is stubborn. Unlike light or sound, it does not travel in clear beams or waves that engineers…
Move Over D-Wave, Alphabet Is Taking Over Quantum Computing
D-Wave’s status as pure-play in quantum computing could help deliver big upside, but Alphabet offers a more balanced…
How acoustic levitation was scaled beyond a single particle
Sound is energy carried by vibrations moving through matter. It is something we hear, not something we expect…
The Primordial Black Hole Saga: Part 4 – Hidden Singularities
(This is Part 4 of a series on primordial black holes. Check out Part 1, Part 2, and…
How Did Ancient Humans Use The Acoustics Of Caves?
[MUSIC PLAYING] FLORA LICHTMAN: Hey. I’m Flora Lichtman, and you’re listening to Science Friday. [MUSIC PLAYING] That sound…
Thank The JWST For Confirming The First Runaway Supermassive Black Hole
What could force a supermassive black hole (SMBH) out of its host galaxy? They can have hundreds of…
Sun’s Ghost Particles Finally Caught Transforming Atoms : ScienceAlert
Thousands of meters underground, in the chthonic depths of Earth’s crust, scientists have at long last caught solar…
Researchers reveal nuclear ‘island’ where magic numbers break down
Atomic nuclei are often described as orderly systems. Certain numbers of protons or neutrons, called magic numbers, usually…
Gravitational Lenses Deliver a Verdict on the Hubble Tension
The Hubble Tension is one of the great mysteries of cosmology. Solving it might require a fundamental change…
How W7-X achieves steady plasma
The Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) is the largest and most advanced stellarator in the world, and on its tenth…
Elusive Neutrinos Transform Carbon Into Nitrogen in Never-Before-Seen Interaction
The mysterious “ghost particles” known as neutrinos have been observed interacting with matter in a new way, despite…
US lab creates clear window gel that traps heat to cut energy loss
A new, thin insulator has been designed to boost the energy efficiency of windows by blocking heat. Designed…