High-energy lasers may help treat Alzheimer’s disease
Amyloid fibrils are a type of self-assembled proteins/peptides that take on a stacked sheet-like formation.
Amyloid fibril aggregates are known to be a cause of...
How a ‘vegetable ion’ helped scientists unlock theory behind transitions of materials
Breakthrough could lead to new ultrafast electronics, better batteries.
A puddle freezing on the sidewalk, your humidifier pumping out water vapor, salt trucks melting icy...
Scientists figure out how to catch and save Schrödinger’s cat
Yale researchers have figured out how to catch and save Schrödinger’s famous cat, the symbol of quantum superposition and unpredictability, by anticipating its jumps...
Light can evolve in up to seven dimensions on new optical chips
A new design of optical chips enables light to experience multiple dimensions.
This could underpin versatile platforms for advanced communications and ultra-fast artificial intelligence technologies.
This...
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...