Physicists from the University of Amsterdam have proposed a new architecture for a scalable quantum computer. Making use of the...
When a solid object hits a liquid, the impact produces shock waves: a process that has long occupied engineers due...
MIT physicists have discovered a new quantum bit, or “qubit,” in the form of vibrating pairs of atoms known as...
The shape-shifting clouds of starling birds, the organization of neural networks or the structure of an anthill: nature is full...
Researchers have known about high-temperature superconducting copper-based materials, or cuprates, since the 1980s. Below a certain temperature (approximately -130 degree...
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists have developed a custom microscope to image microbes in soil and plants at the...
With 192 lasers and temperatures more than three times hotter than the center of the sun, scientists hit—at least for...
Researchers have discovered what appears to be the earliest known account of a rare weather phenomenon called ball lightning in...
Phases are integral to how we define our world. We navigate through the phases of our lives, from child to...
A Lancaster physicist has proposed a radical solution to the question of how a charged particle, such as an electron,...
Sperm can’t claim all the credit for their strong swimming. Carpets of tiny hairs lining the inside of the fallopian...
A precision diagnostic developed at the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories is emerging as a gold standard for detecting...
