The world keeps time with the ticks of atomic clocks, but a new type of clock under development—a nuclear clock—could...
The world’s most powerful supercomputer is helping resolve conflicting research results that have puzzled scientists for more than a decade,...
Thousands of light particles can merge into a type of “super photon” under certain conditions. Researchers at the University of...
Nestled between mountains in a secluded corner of West Virginia, a giant awakens: the Green Bank Telescope begins its nightly...
by Anne J. Manning, Harvard Gazette Nothing in science can be achieved or understood without measurement. Today, thanks to advances...
A team led by Stevens professor Igor Pikovski has just outlined how to detect single gravitons, thought to be the...
Laser-plasma accelerators take up less space than conventional facilities, which are sometimes kilometers long. Such compact particle sources can accelerate...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have successfully simulated higher-order topological (HOT) lattices with unprecedented accuracy using digital...
Whether between galaxies or within doughnut-shaped fusion devices known as tokamaks, the electrically charged fourth state of matter known as...
Our Sun drives a constant outward flow of plasma, or ionized gas, called the solar wind, which envelops our solar...
Using observations from a NASA suborbital rocket, an international team of scientists, for the first time, has successfully measured a...
