Six European deep tech scale-ups have been selected for major EU investment backing
image: ©cemagraphics | iStock Six European technology companies have been selected to receive investment through the European Innovation…
The Poop Emoji Got Gravity Right, Physicists Find
The poop emoji accurately captures the typical poop shape in nature formed by the downward pull of gravity.…
Scientists Just Turned Silkworm Silk Into a Near-Kevlar Supermaterial
Spider silk is reportedly five times stronger than steel. With some genetic adjustments, silkworm silk can get even…
Physicists Discover Previously Unknown Crystal Forged During Manhattan Project’s Trinity Test
America’s first plutonium implosion test—its first detonated nuclear bomb—left the 100-foot (30-meter) tower that held it aloft, including…
Diamonds Get a Little Squishy at the Nanoscale. Here’s Why
Familiar materials will act differently at the smallest scales. Notably, diamonds—typically hard and brittle—grow strangely soft at the…
Liquids Crack With an Audible Snap, Study Finds
At the most fundamental levels, science often challenges common sense. And a new finding might be the most…
EU develops ‘safe and sustainable by design” framework to guide cleaner innovation
image: ©Just_Super | iStock The European Commission has updated its approach to encouraging safer and more sustainable chemicals…
High-temperature superconducting dome mapped in nickelate thin films
Physicists hunting for new superconductors often look for a very specific shape hidden in their data—a dome. In…
Scientists Claim They’ve Finally Made the Elusive ‘Hexagonal’ Diamond
In 1962, researchers hypothesized that diamond’s known form—a mostly cubic crystal—wasn’t the coveted mineral at its greatest hardness.…
Scientists Discover Time Crystals You Can Hold—and They Levitate
Last year, physicists created a time crystal—atomic arrangements repeating motion patterns—visible to the naked eye. But the latest…