The light-bending dance of binary black holes
A binary black holes is a pair of orbiting black holes millions of times the Sun's mass perform a hypnotic pas de deux in...
Novel theory addresses centuries-old physics problem
The "three-body problem," the term coined for predicting the motion of three gravitating bodies in space, is essential for understanding a variety of astrophysical...
Climate change is making it harder to get a good cup of coffee
Ethiopia may produce less specialty coffee and more rather bland tasting varieties in the future. This is the result of a new study by...
Telescopes unite in unprecedented observations of famous black hole
In April 2019, scientists released the first image of a black hole in galaxy M87 using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). However, that remarkable...
Little swirling mysteries: New research uncovers dynamics of ultrasmall, ultrafast groups of atoms
Our high-speed, high-bandwidth world constantly requires new ways to process and store information. Semiconductors and magnetic materials have made up the bulk of data...
Are chemical pollutants altering the behavior of wildlife and humans?
International scientists from around the world are warning that chemical pollutants in the environment have the potential to alter animal and human behaviour.
A scientific...
Finally, 3D-printed graphene aerogels for water treatment
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Graphene excels at removing contaminants from water, but it's not yet a commercially viable use of the wonder material.
That could be...
Fast-spinning black holes narrow the search for dark matter particles
Ultralight bosons are hypothetical particles whose mass is predicted to be less than a billionth the mass of an electron. They interact relatively little...
Nuclear DNA from sediments helps unlock ancient human history
The field of ancient DNA has revealed important aspects of our evolutionary past, including our relationships with our distant cousins, Denisovans and Neandertals. These...
Researchers establish the first entanglement-based quantum network
A team of researchers from QuTech in the Netherlands reports realization of the first multi-node quantum network, connecting three quantum processors. In addition, they...
Process simultaneously removes toxic metals and salt to produce clean water
University of California, Berkeley, chemists have discovered a way to simplify the removal of toxic metals. like mercury and boron. during desalination to produce...