science
Astronomers publish sky map of thousands of newly discovered galaxies
An international team of more than 200 astronomers from 18 countries has published the first phase of a major new radio sky survey at...
New imaging technology captures movement of quantum particles with unprecedented resolution
Excitons—electrically neutral quasiparticles—have extraordinary properties. They exist only in semiconducting and insulating materials and can be easily accessed in two-dimensional (2D) materials just a...
Observation of quantized heating in quantum matter
Shaking a physical system typically heats it up, in the sense that the system continuously absorbs energy. When considering a circular shaking pattern, the...
Confirming a source of the process behind auroras and the formation...
Fast magnetic reconnection, the rapid convergence, separation and explosive snapping together of magnetic field lines, gives rise to northern lights, solar flares and geomagnetic...
A polariton filter turns ordinary laser light into quantum light
An international team of researchers led out of Macquarie University has demonstrated a new approach for converting ordinary laser light into genuine quantum light.
Their...
How our plants have turned into thieves to survive
Scientists have discovered that grasses are able to short cut evolution by taking genes from their neighbours. The findings suggest wild grasses are naturally...
World’s biggest terrestrial carbon sinks are found in young forests
More than half of the carbon sink in the world's forests is in areas where the trees are relatively young—under 140 years old—rather than...
Great white shark genome decoded
The great white shark is one of the most recognized marine creatures on Earth, generating widespread public fascination and media attention, including spawning one...
Exotic spiraling electrons discovered by physicists
Rutgers and other physicists have discovered an exotic form of electrons that spin like planets and could lead to advances in lighting, solar cells,...
Scientists reveal how 3-D arrangement of DNA helps perpetuate the species
From fathers to children, the delivery of hereditary information requires the careful packing of DNA in sperm. But just how nature packages this DNA...
Engineered metasurfaces reflect waves in unusual directions
In our daily lives, we can find many examples of manipulation of reflected waves, such as mirrors, or reflective surfaces for sound that...
