How a rare cycad’s wax crystals conjure blue without pigment
E. horridus (center) in a greenhouse under natural sunlight, with its leaves appearing more bluish than those of…
Quantum state unlocked in object at room temperature in world-first
Researchers at the University of Wien (TU Wien) in collaboration with those at ETH Zurich have unlocked quantum…
New theory may solve quantum ‘jigsaw puzzle’ for controlling chemical reactions
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In the past, chemists have used temperature, pressure, light, and other chemical ways to…
Organic molecule achieves both strong light emission and absorption for displays and imaging
This image depicts the structure of the proposed organic molecule, alongside the energy level diagrams of two-photon absorption…
An Astrophysicist Wants To Send A Probe Straight Into A Black Hole
Black holes are among the most enigmatic and mysterious objects in the Universe, and our understanding of them…
A 36 Billion Solar Mass Black Hole Detected Thanks To Gravitational Lensing
In 1964, astronomers discovered the first black hole. It’s called Cygnus X-1 and the evidence for its existence…
New research reveals surprising ancestry
‘Tanzania’ variety of sweetpotato. Credit: Benard Yada at National Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI), Uganda The sweet potato…
The weird physics trick that makes cats land on their feet and helped NASA
Every cat lover knows the uncanny ability of our furry companions to land on their feet – a…
North Atlantic faces more hurricane clusters as climate warms
This image from NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite on September 14, 2020, shows five tropical systems spinning in the Atlantic…
Scientists Directly Measure ‘Impossible’ Zero-Point Motion That Cannot be Explained Classically
Scientists at Goethe University, Frankfurt, have directly measured the zero-point motion of atoms within molecules prepared in their…