Particles colliding in accelerators produce numerous cascades of secondary particles. The electronics processing the signals avalanching in from the detectors...
A challenge to space scientists to better understand our hazardous near-Earth space environment has been set in a new study...
Topological solitons can be found in many places and at many different length scales. For example, they take the form...
For Michel Talagrand, who won the Abel mathematics prize on Wednesday, math provided a fun life free from all constraints—and...
Quantum computers promise to tackle some of the most challenging problems facing humanity today. While much attention has been directed...
Texans have long endured scorching summer temperatures, so a global warming increase of about 3 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 Celsius) might...
From solar panels on our roofs to the new OLED TV screens, many everyday electronic devices simply wouldn’t work without...
The traveling salesman problem is considered a prime example of a combinatorial optimization problem. Now a Berlin team led by...
The origin of heavy elements in our universe is theorized to be the result of neutron star collisions, which produce...
Altermagnets represent a newly recognized class of materials in magnetism that could enable novel applications in spin-based electronics. Their magnetically...
Computers work in digits—0s and 1s, to be exact. Their calculations are digital; their processes are digital; even their memories...
There are many things we don’t know about how history unfolds. The process might be impersonal, even inevitable, as some...
