So far, little is known about the interior of neutron stars, those extremely compact objects that can form after the...
Too much background noise is usually guaranteed to disrupt work. But physicists have developed a micro-scale engine–made from a glass...
Spin glasses are alloys formed by noble metals in which a small amount of iron is dissolved. Although they do...
Cosmological observations of the orbits of stars and galaxies enable clear conclusions to be drawn about the attractive gravitational forces...
“Dwell fatigue” is a phenomenon that can occur in titanium alloys when held under stress, such as a jet engine’s...
A team of researchers at the MPQ has pioneered the integration of erbium atoms with special optical properties into a...
For the first time in its eight years orbiting Mars, NASA’s MAVEN mission witnessed two different types of ultraviolet aurorae...
There’s an awkward, irksome problem with our understanding of nature’s laws which physicists have been trying to explain for decades....
Using a new experimental method, physicists from the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg investigated the resonant two-photon...
If you have ever watched water freeze to ice, you have witnessed what physicists call a “phase transition.” Osaka Metropolitan...
Two superfluids can exist at the same time in ultracold atomic clouds. Until now, their coexistence could not be observed...
Splitting water to produce green hydrogen fuel has two drawbacks right now: It is both time and energy intensive. Ben-Gurion...
