science
Comet gateway discovered to inner solar system, may alter fundamental understanding...
A new study led by a University of Central Florida researcher may fundamentally alter our understanding of how comets arrive from the outskirts of...
Physicists discover topological behavior of electrons in 3-D magnetic material
An international team of researchers led by scientists at Princeton University has found that a magnetic material at room temperature enables electrons to behave...
First glimpse at what ancient Denisovans may have looked like, using...
If you could travel back in time 100,000 years, you'd find yourself living among multiple groups of humans, including anatomically modern humans, Neanderthals, and...
Pulsating gamma rays from neutron star rotating 707 times a second
An international research team led by the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute; AEI) in Hannover has discovered that the radio...
Bridge between quantum mechanics and general relativity still possible
Quantum mechanics and the general theory of relativity form the bedrock of the current understanding of physics—yet the two theories don't seem to work...
Nano bulb lights novel path: Engineers create tunable, nanoscale, incandescent light...
What may be viewed as the world's smallest incandescent lightbulb is shining in a Rice University engineering laboratory with the promise of advances in...
Student discovers unusual new mineral inside a diamond
A Ph.D. student at the University of Alberta has discovered a new and curious mineral inside a diamond unearthed from a mine in South...
Study estimates more than 100,000 cancer cases could stem from contaminants...
A toxic cocktail of chemical pollutants in U.S. drinking water could result in more than 100,000 cancer cases, according to a peer-reviewed study from...
Team closes in on ‘holy grail’ of room temperature quantum computing...
To process information, photons must interact. However, these tiny packets of light want nothing to do with each other, each passing by without altering...
Study captures six galaxies undergoing sudden, dramatic transitions
Galaxies come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes and brightnesses, ranging from humdrum ordinary galaxies to luminous active galaxies. While an ordinary galaxy...
‘Poor man’s qubit’ can solve quantum problems without going quantum
It may still be decades before quantum computers are ready to solve problems that today's classical computers aren't fast or efficient enough to solve,...
