Amateur astronomers help track asteroid to French impact site
Volunteers search for meterorites in February 2023 in Angiens, France. With help from amateur astronomers, scientists tracked how…
How evolution rewires gene circuits to build new patterns
The diagram shows different evolutionary routes to the same phenotype (trait). Credit: Harry Booth. How do cells know…
Webb discovers ‘The Cliff’ object that could solve red dot mystery
NIRSpec/PRISM spectrum of The Cliff (RUBIES-UDS-154183) at zspec = 3.548. Credit: Anna de Graaff et al A new…
A scalable and accurate tool to characterize entanglement in quantum processors
How the new QST method developed by the team works. Credit: Hu et al. Quantum computers, computing systems…
Hybridization of interlayer excitons in bilayer semiconductor hints at many-body state
Right: schematic of the device illuminated with white light to study coherence properties of interlayer excitons. Left: when…
Quantum scars boost electron transport and drive the development of microchips
The image depicts a quantum scar connected between conductors. It can be controlled using a so-called nanotip carrying…
Scientists reveal process of gas accretion in massive star formation
Hierarchical gas kinematic structures. Starting from the upper left and moving clockwise from large to small scales: upper…
Plasmon effects in neutron star magnetospheres could pose new limits on the detection of axions
Credit: Created with ChatGPT. Dark matter is an elusive type of matter that does not emit, reflect or…
Controlling electron interference in time with chirped laser pulses
Illustration of chirped laser-assisted dynamic interference. Credit: Federico Vismarra, ETH Zürich In quantum mechanics, particles such as electrons…
Neutron detector mobilizes muons for nuclear, quantum material
Lead muon detector developer Polad Shikhaliev looks on as JungHyun Bae, a Wigner Distinguished Staff Fellow at ORNL,…