LUX-ZEPLIN experiment sets more stringent constraints on cosmic ray-boosted dark matter
The LZ central detector in the clean room at Sanford Lab after assembly, before beginning its journey underground.…
How do water rings ‘bounce?’ New discovery answers decades-old question
A vortex ring of water traveling in a tank gets reflected off a water-air interface. Credit: John Zhuang…
Physicists Discover Unconventional Quantum Echo in Niobium Superconductors
Physicists from Ames National Laboratory and Iowa State University have demonstrated the emergence of a Higgs echo in…
It’s darker than darkness — Rogue dark star defies the laws of the universe
The universe conceals many mysteries, and one of the most intriguing is how stars are powered. A star…
Astronomers spot unusual magnetic field around a massive young protostar
This schematic shows circular polarization in radio waves coming from a massive young protostar surrounded by a disk…
New light behavior discovered in gypsum
Schematic representation of s-SNOM exciting and measuring phonon polaritons (top) and topological transition of shear phonon polaritons in…
Super-resolution femtosecond electron diffraction reveals electronic and nuclear dynamics at conical intersections
Bernardi, F., Olivucci, M. & Robb, M. A. Potential energy surface crossings in organic photochemistry. Chem. Soc. Rev.…
How to detect magnetic fields around exoplanets
Artist’s impression of a “hot jupiter” transiting its star. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser Magnetic fields play an important—if sometimes…
Super Set of Supernovae Suggests Dark Energy Surprise – Berkeley Lab News Center
Scientists reanalyzed the supernovae with a sophisticated statistical method (a “Bayesian Hierarchical Model”) that can better account for…
Mysterious Red Dots in Early Universe Could Be Seeds of Supermassive Stars : ScienceAlert
When the JWST began science observations in July 2022, it flung open a whole new window on the…
Optimized model offers more accurate performance predictions
Prototype NASA 1kW Kilopower nuclear reactor for use in space and on planetary surfaces. Credit: NASA Glenn Research…
Astronomers Identify an Object that Defies Astrophysics
A team of scientists led by the NSF’s Green Bank Observatory (NSF GBO) recently identified an incredibly rare…