How microwaves let us tune into one another – and the universe
Learn more about how microwaves revolutionised our ways of communicating and helped us understand the origins of the…
Scientists stretched a liquid and it snapped like a solid
In a surprising discovery that could reshape fluid mechanics, researchers at Drexel University have shown that under certain…
Scientists mimicking the Big Bang accidentally turn lead into gold
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Science breakthrough as researchers accidentally turn lead into gold while trying to recreate Big Bang
Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider have accidentally turned lead into gold while trying to recreate the Big…
New Research Says the Big Bang May Be Linked to a “Deeper Theory of Gravity,” Challenging Past Ideas
Researchers say a new theory tackling the Big Bang could reshape how physicists think about the earliest moments…
JWST Finds Massive Black Holes in Tiny Dwarf Galaxies, Defying All Expectations
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has uncovered a pair of dwarf galaxies with black holes that defy…
Stephen Hawking, astrophysicist, “Quiet and silent people are the ones who have the strongest and loudest minds”
Stephen William Hawking was a British theoretical physicist and cosmologist. Born on Jan. 8, 1942 in Oxford, Hawking…
Radiofrequency cascade readout of coupled spin qubits
Reading out spin qubits within semiconductor QDs typically involves mapping a spin state of interest onto a charge…
It began as an experiment to create brighter materials until a flexible film started producing its own light and energy
Scientific experiments can reshape the world around us. Over the course of history, several experiments have led to…
US team makes phonon lasers as a step towards ‘unjammable’ navigation
Scientists at the University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology have engineered a squeezed phonon laser that…
Are multiverses real? An astrophysicist explains why it depends on how you define ‘real’
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an…
Liquids can fracture like solids under extreme stress: Scientists
Researchers from Drexel University have discovered that liquids can, it appears, fracture like solids under specific conditions. In…