Meet the scientist (sort of) spending a year on Mars
For Canadian biologist Kelly Haston, spending a year training to survive on Mars wasn’t exactly a childhood dream. The 52-year-old…
This Weekend A Nearby Supernova Is Visible Even With A Small Telescope
Now could be a great time to have a look at a well-known galaxy in Ursa Major if you…
Stephen Hawking’s last collaborator on physicist’s final theory
Thomas Hertog, a young Belgian researcher, and Stephen Hawking, a famed British theoretical physicist, hit it off from the…
Quantum matter breakthrough: Tuning density waves
Crystalline structures, or “density waves,” have been created in an atomic gas in a novel way by EPFL researchers. One…
What Did Einstein Mean By Time is an Illusion?
When you stop to think about it, time is an arbitrary concept that we use to explain how we get…
Quantum physics proposes a new way to study biology – and the results could revolutionize our understanding of how life works
Consider utilizing your smartphone to regulate your own cells’ activity to treat illnesses and injuries. It sounds like something out…
Astronomers observe the first radiation belt seen outside of our solar system
Artist’s impression of an aurora and the surrounding radiation belt of the ultracool dwarf LSR J1835+3259. Credit: Chuck Carter, Melodie…
Black holes might be defects in spacetime
Artist view of a binary black hole system. Credit: LIGO/Caltech/MIT/Sonoma State. Credit: Aurore Simonnet A group of theoretical physicists has…
Researchers design smaller, lighter space-based imaging spectrometers with high spectral resolution
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers have created a new smaller, lighter design for high-resolution imaging spectrometers in space. These…
Ultralow temperature terahertz microscope capabilities could enable better quantum technology
Terahertz microscope with cryogenic insert. Credit: Department of Energy Ames National Laboratory A team of Ames National Laboratory scientists devised…