Science is on the brink of a materials revolution – The Irish Times
Imagine a world where super-strong, super-light, flexible, durable new materials, which do not exist in nature could be made to order. New breakthroughs in the […]
Physics
Ethan Siegel Sells “Something from Nothing”
Photo credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Dotter. Astrophysicist Ethan Siegel explains how “70-year-old quantum prediction comes true, as something is created from nothing.” Whoever said, […]
Peter Shor wins Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | MIT News
Peter Shor, the Morss Professor of Applied Mathematics at MIT, has been named a recipient of the 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. He shares […]
‘Father of quantum computing’ wins $3m physics prize | Physics
A theoretical physicist who has never had a regular job has won the most lucrative prize in science for his pioneering contributions to the mind-bending […]
Scientists trace high-energy particles back to the sun’s plasma
Scientists may have discovered when and how high-energy particles that bombard Earth and other objects emerge from violent environments such as the sun’s atmosphere. These […]
Exploring and augmenting the inner world of a cell
An artist’s rendition of the Cell Rover, an intracellular antenna for exploring and augmenting the inner world of the cell. Credit: Irakli Zurabishvili for Deblina […]
The Physics of Going Fast—but Not Too Fast—on a Giant Slide
Really, the only difference is that this is a downward-curving path with the center of this circular curve below the slide instead of above. (Once […]
Test of Einstein’s general relativity has major implications
Researchers used a satellite orbiting the Earth to carry out an ultra-precise test of a core premise of Einstein’s theory of general relativity, which is […]