Building a giant catcher’s mitt on the moon
Artist’s impression of MACEDONAS set up on the moon. Credit: Lunar Cargo / C. Kosmas Members of the…
Scientists discover how solar events affect the velocity of helium pickup ions
A new study led by Southwest Research Institute’s Dr. Keiichi Ogasawara indicates that helium pickup ions are a…
Researchers simulate tens of thousands of electrons in real time
Real-time modeling of optical responses in nanostructures using RT-TDDFT helps interpret, understand and guide next-generation applications in science…
Structure of liquid carbon measured for the first time
Researchers have been able to measure liquid carbon experimentally for the first time. They combined a high-power laser…
Study finds quantum computing in health care faces significant challenges, but there is promise
by Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems Common models in quantum machine learning. Quantum…
Jupiter was formerly twice its current size and had a much stronger magnetic field, study says
An illustration of Jupiter with magnetic field lines emitting from its poles. Credit: Credit: K. Batygin Understanding Jupiter’s…
Overlooked electron property opens up new avenues for orbitronics
View into the NanoESCA momentum microscope Credit: Forschungszentrum Juelich The orbital angular momentum of electrons has long been…
Observations with new VTT camera technology deliver 8K image resolution
High-resolution image restored from 100 individual exposures captured by the new advanced camera system at the VTT. The…
TeV halos could be a common feature of middle-aged pulsars, study shows
Image showing the HAWC site with a superposition of the Milky Way’s plane as we see it in…
‘Squeezed’ infrared light travels farther and covers more wavelengths with thin films
Low-loss far-field surface phonon polaritons (SPhPs) in suspended SrTiO3 membranes. a) Schematic of the s-SNOM/SINS measurement of suspended…