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Quantum vacuum: Less than zero energy
Energy is a quantity that must always be positive—at least that's what our intuition tells us. If every single particle is removed from a...
Researchers discover process to sustainably produce psilocybin, a drug candidate that could help treat...
Andrew Jones at Miami University and his team of students may have developed a research first.
Through metabolic engineering, they discovered a way to sustainably produce...
Quantum material goes where none have gone before
Rice University physicist Qimiao Si began mapping quantum criticality more than a decade ago, and he's finally found a traveler that can traverse the...
Spitzer spots a starry region bursting with bubbles
This infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows a cloud of gas and dust full of bubbles, which are inflated by wind and...
Early warning signals heralded fatal collapse of Krakatau volcano
On 22 December 2018, a flank of the Anak Krakatau volcano plunged into the Sunda strait between the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java,...
Intriguing discovery provides new insights into photoelectric effect
The discovery that free electrons can move asymmetrically provides a deeper understanding of one of the basic processes in physics: the photoelectric effect. It...
Beyond Einstein: Physicists solve mystery surrounding photon momentum
Albert Einstein received the Nobel Prize for explaining the photoelectric effect: in its most intuitive form, a single atom is irradiated with light. According...
Could the female orgasm be a happy remnant of evolution?
Have scientists solved the mystery of the female orgasm?
As a team of researchers pointed out, during intercourse the male orgasm serves an obvious reproductive function: Without...
New 3-D-printed lattice designs defy conventional wisdom on metamaterials
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers have designed a new class of 3-D-printed lattice structures that combine lightweight and high stiffness, despite breaking a...
New frontier for science as astronomers detect gas molecules in comet from another star
An international team of astronomers, including Queen's University Belfast researchers, have made a historic discovery, detecting gas molecules in a comet which has tumbled...
Journal ‘Nature’ retracts ocean-warming study
The journal Nature retracted a study published last year that found oceans were warming at an alarming rate due to climate change.
The prestigious scientific journal issued the...
