There’s a lot we don’t understand about white dwarf stars, but one mystery may finally have a solution: how do...
Scientists have discovered a new type of uranium that is the lightest ever known. The discovery could reveal more about a weird...
The microscopic structures and properties of materials are intimately linked, and customizing them is a challenge. Rice University engineers are...
In a map of the gamma-ray sky – the highest energy electromagnetic radiation streaming through our Universe – 14 objects...
Computers answer questions, have conversations or advise customers on their problems. More and more IT applications are relying on structured...
The ability to turn on and off a physical process with just one photon is a fundamental building block for...
In a major milestone for quantum physics, thousands of molecules have been induced to share the same quantum state, dancing...
For most people, getting to the stars is nothing more than a dream. On April 28, 2001, Dennis Tito achieved...
A messaging-passing algorithm known as “belief propagation” can be used to analyze large systems by breaking them down into smaller...
The process designed to harvest on Earth the fusion energy that powers the sun and stars can sometimes be tricked....
Scientists have identified another major incoming shift in weather patterns caused by the pressures of climate change, predicting more rainfall...
The closest star to Earth is Proxima Centauri. It is about 4.25 light-years away, or about 25 trillion miles (40...
