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...
Scientists make new breakthrough in quantum computing
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a new method for producing atomically-thin semiconducting crystals that could one day enable more powerful and compact...
Beyond Moore’s Law: Taking transistors into the third dimension
Silicon integrated circuits, which are used in computer processors, are approaching the maximum feasible density of transistors on a single chip--at least, in two-dimensional...
The Universe isn’t flat – it’s curved
The current cosmological scenario, based on inflation, dark matter, and a cosmological constant, seems unable to fit all observations.” --Dr Eleonora Di Valentino
A new...
Scientists create more effective light-trapping devices
Anyone who’s ever played the drums, tuned a guitar, or even made a wine glass “sing” by circling a finger along its edge knows...
Interstellar buckyballs may come from dying stars, says study
New research may explain how “buckyballs”—complex carbon molecules with a soccer-ball-like structure—form in space.
Carbon 60, or C60 for short, (the official name is Buckminsterfullerene)...
Protons are smaller than we thought (and that’s a big deal)
Protons, the little positively-charged nuggets inside an atoms, are fractions of a quadrillionth of a meter smaller than anyone thought, according to new research.
In...
Scientists reveal new state of matter
For years, physicists have assumed that Cooper pairs, the electron duos that enable superconductors to conduct electricity without resistance, were two-trick ponies.
The pairs either...
Ancient gas cloud reveals universe’s first stars formed quickly
The discovery of a 13 billion-year-old cosmic cloud of gas enabled a team of Carnegie astronomers to perform the earliest-ever measurement of how the...