If you think a galaxy is big, compare it to the size of the universe: it's just a tiny dot which, together with a huge number ...

A team led by physicists at Washington University in St. Louis has created quantum sensors that can survive in extreme conditions. Built inside unbreakable sheets of crystallized boron nitride, the ...

Combining ice with salt makes the electrical charge exponentially stronger. It could be a useful power source for a more ...

The number of women in highly technical jobs has grown by just two per cent in five years and greater interventions are ...

The transverse Thomson effect is observed for the first time: current, heat, and magnetic fields generate controlled cooling ...

Wijit Thanesanurak/Shutterstock.com Addressing this noise might result in the best sensors ever created, with applications ...

At just 25, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin applied quantum physics to a treasure trove of astronomical observations to show that stars are mostly hydrogen and helium.

Researchers from the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), Xi’an Jiaotong University, and Stony Brook ...

People are coming up with their own “personal curriculums” to combat brain rot, improve their attention spans and enrich ...

Combining nodal seismic networks with AI creates a high-resolution 3D model of the internal structure of an active volcano ...

APL’s CHESS thin films nearly double refrigeration efficiency. The scalable materials could transform cooling and energy-harvesting technologies. Scientists at the Johns Hopkins (APL) in Laurel, ...

Since that day, LIGO — composed of two highly sensitive laser interferometers located in Hanford, Washington and Livingston, ...