Team introduces novel method to grow elastic diamonds
Diamond is the strongest naturally occurring material on Earth. It is also renowned for its high stiffness, exceptional thermal conductivity, high chemical resistance, and...
Physicists invent flux capacitor, break time-reversal symmetry
In the popular movie franchise "Back to the Future", an eccentric scientist creates a time machine that runs on a flux capacitor.
Now a group...
Using the K computer, scientists predict exotic “di-Omega” particle
Based on complex simulations of quantum chromodynamics performed using the K computer, one of the most powerful computers in the world, the HAL QCD...
Mars rocks may harbor signs of life from four billion years ago
Iron-rich rocks near ancient lake sites on Mars could hold vital clues that show life once existed there, research suggests.
These rocks—which formed in lake...
Nuclear physicists leap into quantum computing with first simulations of atomic nucleus
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are the first to successfully simulate an atomic nucleus using a quantum computer. The...
Scientists introduce cosmochemical model for Pluto formation
Southwest Research Institute scientists integrated NASA's New Horizons discoveries with data from ESA's Rosetta mission to develop a new theory about how Pluto may...
A world of parasites
Alex Betts, Craig MacLean and Kayla King from the Department of Zoology, shed light on their recent research published in Science, which addressed the...
Scientists discover new magnetic element
A new experimental discovery, led by researchers at the University of Minnesota, demonstrates that the chemical element ruthenium (Ru) is the fourth single element...
New materials, heated under high magnetic fields, could produce record levels of energy, model...
Imagine being able to power your car partly from the heat that its engine gives off. Or what if you could get a portion...
Why bioelectrodes for energy conversion are not stable
Researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum have discovered why bioelectrodes containing the photosynthesis protein complex photosystem I are not stable in the long term. Such...
How stratospheric life is teaching us about the possibility of extreme life on other...
The presence of microbial life in Earth's stratosphere is not only opening up a new arena in which to study extremophiles, but is increasing...
