Distant Milky Way-like galaxies reveal star formation history of the universe
Look at this new radio image covered with dots, each of which is a distant galaxy!
The brightest spots are galaxies that are powered by...
Heat energy could leap through empty space, thanks to quantum weirdness
In a surprising new study, University of California, Berkeley, researchers show that heat energy can travel through a complete vacuum thanks to invisible quantum...
New laser technique could capture quantum world in a trillionth of a second
For the first time, researchers have been able to record, frame-by-frame, how an electron interacts with certain atomic vibrations in a solid.
The technique captures...
How Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus got its tiger stripes
Saturn's icy moon Enceladus is of great interest to scientists due to its subsurface ocean, making it a prime target for those searching for...
Scientists create quantum states in everyday electronics
After decades of miniaturization, the electronic components we’ve relied on for computers and modern technologies are now starting to reach fundamental limits.
Faced with this...
Scientists create a brand-new platform for stable quantum computing
Move over Godzilla vs. King Kong.
This is the crossover event you’ve been waiting for — at least if you’re a condensed-matter physicist.
Harvard University researchers...
Gamma-ray laser moves a step closer to reality
A physicist at the University of California, Riverside, has performed calculations showing hollow spherical bubbles filled with a gas of positronium atoms are stable...
Scientists catch a natural comet outburst in unprecedented detail
Using data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers at the University of Maryland (UMD), in College Park, Maryland, have captured a clear...
Scientists perform the coldest reaction in the known universe
In temperatures millions of times colder than interstellar space, Harvard researchers have performed the coldest reaction in the known universe.
But that's not all....
How to make the world’s most powerful neutrino beam
Scientists on Nov. 14 broke ground on an innovative experiment that aims to answer some of the biggest questions about the universe.
The Long-Baseline Neutrino...