Hybrid crystal-glass materials from meteorites transform heat control
The article discusses how increasing disorder in the atomic structure of materials influences macroscopic heat conduction—a critical property…
What’s the lifetime of a Dyson megaswarm?
Artist’s depiction of a Dyson swarm. Credit: Vedexent at Wikipedia Commons under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0…
Famous double-slit experiment holds up when stripped to its quantum essentials
Caption:Schematic of the MIT experiment: Two single atoms floating in a vacuum chamber are illuminated by a laser…
New microscope creates 3D ghost images of nanoparticles using entangled photons
The 3D quantum ghost imaging microscope setup. A laser and crystal (left) are used to make entangled photons,…
Distorted sound of the early universe suggests we are living in a giant void
Baryon acoustic oscillations represent the sound of the Big Bang. Credit: Gabriela Secara, Perimeter Institute, CC BY-SA Looking…
Hot, hot gold; mechanisms of face recognition; first pathway of gut-brain communication
Researchers at SLAC’s Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC) instrument used a laser to superheat a sample of gold.…
Tiny ocean crustaceans use genetic and epigenetic tools to weather climate change
Copepods are tiny crustaceans, barely visible to the naked eye, but beautiful under a microscope and hugely important…
JWST uncovers hidden black holes devouring stars in dusty galaxies
Astronomers at MIT, Columbia University, and elsewhere have used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to peer through the…
Researchers demonstrate first bidirectional asymmetric frequency conversion in a single system
(Left) Schematic illustration of the experimental setup used to demonstrate bidirectional asymmetric wave conversion. (Right) Visualization of upconversion…
Science journal pulled a controversial study about a bizarre life form against the authors’ wishes
Credit: Petr Kratochvil/Public Domain A microscopic discovery in a California lake sparked buzz and controversy more than a…