Best places to stand in airport smoking lounges: new study reveals
A new study from researchers at the University of Hormozgan in Iran has identified the safest standing positions in airport smoking lounges to minimize...
Scientists take first steps toward delivering antimatter by truck
Antimatter might sound like science fiction, but at CERN, scientists produce and study antiprotons every day.
At CERN’s Antiproton Decelerator (AD), researchers with the BASE...
New laser technique reveals water’s hidden quantum secrets
Researchers at EPFL have developed a new technique that lets scientists observe water molecules as they form hydrogen bonds, which are crucial to water’s...
New study reveals unusual remains of a historical supernova in 3D
For nearly six months during the year 1181, people looked up to the skies to find a new star glittering in the constellation Cassiopeia.
Chinese...
Walk or run in the rain? A physics-based approached to staying dry (or at...
We've all been there—caught outside without an umbrella as the sky opens up.
Whether it's a light drizzle or a heavy downpour, instinct tells us...
Scientists create first clear picture of atomic nuclei using quarks and gluons
For the first time, scientists have successfully created a detailed and accurate picture of atomic nuclei using the tiny building blocks inside protons and...
Dark matter has a firm grip on these galaxies
The elliptical galaxy NGC 1270 lies about 240 million light-years away.
But it’s not alone.
It’s part of the Perseus Cluster (Abell 426), the brightest X-ray...
Scientists find new way to generate photon pairs on a chip
Researchers have developed a new method to efficiently generate photon pairs on a chip, which could significantly improve quantum technologies such as quantum communication,...
Astronomers discover ancient quasars with mysterious origins
Astronomers have made a surprising discovery: some of the earliest and brightest quasars in the universe appear to be “lonely” and isolated in space.
Quasars...
Could neutron stars be surrounded by dark matter clouds? Scientists think so!
A team of physicists from the universities of Amsterdam, Princeton, and Oxford has made an exciting discovery that could help explain one of the...