Scientists confirm Hawking’s black hole theorem observationally
Even the most extreme objects in the universe – including black holes – must obey certain rules.
A central law for black holes predicts that...
Scientists develop the world’s tiniest technology
Researchers from Tel Aviv University have engineered the world's tiniest technology, with a thickness of only two atoms.
According to the researchers, the new technology...
Scientists find a missing piece in the quantum computing puzzle
Research from the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis has found a missing piece in the puzzle of optical quantum...
Scientists bring human-scale object to near standstill, reaching a quantum state
To the human eye, most stationary objects appear to be just that — still, and completely at rest.
Yet if we were handed a quantum...
Dark matter is slowing the spin of the Milky Way’s galactic bar
For 30 years, astrophysicists have predicted such a slowdown, but this is the first time it has been measured.
The researchers say it gives a...
Scientists create quantum microscope that can see the impossible
In a major scientific leap, University of Queensland researchers have created a quantum microscope that can reveal biological structures that would otherwise be impossible...
Axions — if they exist — could tell us about first seconds after Big...
Finding the hypothetical particle axion could mean finding out for the first time what happened in the Universe a second after the Big Bang,...
Scientists suggest new dimension to understand dark matter
As its name suggests, dark matter -- material which makes up about 85% of the mass in the universe -- emits no light, eluding...
Dark Energy Survey releases most precise look yet at the universe’s evolution
The Dark Energy Survey collaboration announced it has created the largest-ever maps of the distribution and shapes of galaxies, tracing both ordinary and dark...
This nano-sized iconic tower has 161 steps, 21 bells
Twenty-four years ago, physics professor Harold Craighead and then-doctoral student Dustin Carr created the world’s smallest guitar using cutting-edge technology in what was then...