Physics Nobel awarded to neural network pioneers who laid foundations for AI
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to scientists John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine...
New nanoscale method boosts future memory storage and computing technologies
Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed an innovative technique that could lead to major advances in memory storage...
Thunderstorms are gamma ray factories, and we’re just learning how
In the 1990s, NASA's satellites, designed to detect gamma rays from far-off space explosions, made a surprising discovery: gamma rays were coming from thunderstorms...
Scientists develop new hardware to protect against future quantum cyber threats
Quantum computers are set to change the world, with the potential to revolutionize fields like artificial intelligence, financial modeling, drug development, weather forecasting, and...
Scientists witness tiny water bubbles forming in real time
For the first time ever, scientists have directly observed hydrogen and oxygen atoms combining to form nanoscale water bubbles in real time.
This groundbreaking discovery,...
Scientists use lensed supernova to measure universe’s expansion rate
Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a rare supernova that is helping to better measure the expansion rate of the universe,...
Scientists discover unique quasiparticles in diamond crystals
A team of researchers from the University of Tsukuba has made an exciting discovery about the behavior of particles in diamond crystals.
They observed a...
Scientists unveil stable holographic dark energy model: A new perspective on the expanding universe
In 1998, scientists made a groundbreaking discovery: our universe is expanding at an accelerating rate.
To explain this, they introduced the concept of dark energy—a...
Scientists observe ultra-rare particle decay, opening door to new physics
Scientists at CERN have made an exciting discovery that could change our understanding of the universe's fundamental building blocks.
The discovery involves an ultra-rare particle...
New wavy material could unlock superconducting wonders
MIT physicists, along with their colleagues, have developed a new material with unique superconducting and metallic properties, thanks to its wavy layers of atoms.
These...