Scientists Bent Graphene Almost as Sharply as Atoms Allow and Something Strange Happened
In 2008, two physicists proposed that something strange should happen when graphene is bent almost as sharply as…
Climate injustices have been laid bare in the Nepal-Tibet flood disaster | Nepal-Tibet flood disaster
The recent glacial collapse and catastrophic floods in Nepal and Tibet are not isolated tragedies (Report, 28 August).…
Penultimate Lunar Occultations Inbound for Jupiter, Venus and More in September
The Moon has a full dance card along the ecliptic this month. The Moon is busy in September.…
‘There is no conflict between quantum physics and gravity’: Physicists prove Einstein’s equivalence principle holds true at quantum scales
For the first time, physicists have measured the tiny quantum shift an object acquires by falling through Earth’s…
Two more beluga whales die at Chicago aquarium
CHICAGO (AP) — Two more beluga whales have died at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium, including one that was rehomed…
Nearly 300 metres beneath Mexico’s Chihuahuan Desert, miners tunnelling for ore broke into a chamber filled with crystals as long as a bus — giant beams of gypsum up to 11 metres long, hidden underwater for hundreds of thousands of years until mine pumps exposed them
In April 2000, somewhere under the Chihuahuan Desert, a drill bit punched through solid rock and hit nothing…
Trump administration ratchets up its fight to get more oil flowing from California
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The Trump administration is ratcheting up its fight to get more crude flowing through…
2 spacecraft will soon reach Mercury after 8 years in space. Here’s what BepiColombo can do
Mercury, the tiniest and least-explored planet in the inner solar system, is hiding mysteries far larger than itself…
Deepak Dhar wins 2026 Dirac Medal: How the physicist explains our world with a pile of sand found hidden order inside chaos
The video call had barely begun when a cat started meowing somewhere in the room. On the other…
The rattlesnakes of Sinks Canyon: Some lack rattles, others den alone but shed their skins with friends
Sinks Canyon State Park Superintendent Jessica Moore was responding to a call that she’s quite familiar with —…
The BepiColombo mission draws closer to Mercury
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Two Mercury-bound spacecraft left their mother ship behind on Thursday and headed down…
Rising Seas Will Claim Over 500 Square Miles In These Gulf Coast Cities By 2050
In the era of climate change, glacial melt is causing sea levels to rise at an unprecedented rate.…