science
Scientists couple magnetization to superconductivity for quantum discoveries
Quantum computing promises to revolutionize the ways in which scientists can process and manipulate information. The physical and material underpinnings for quantum technologies are...
Explosion in plastic pollution post-World War II seen in marine sediments
The amount of plastic fragments in Santa Barbara Basin sediments has been increasing exponentially since the end of World War II, according to a...
Scientists develop a deep learning method to solve a fundamental problem...
A team of scientists at Freie Universität Berlin has developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) method that provides a fundamentally new solution of the "sampling...
Study shows how serotonin and a popular anti-depressant affect the gut’s...
A new study in mice led by UCLA biologists strongly suggests that serotonin and drugs that target serotonin, such as anti-depressants, can have a...
It’s not aurora, it’s STEVE
Aurora-watchers gazing at spectacular displays over the Labor Day weekend may have been seeing more than the northern lights. They may have been dazzled...
NASA satellite spots a mystery that’s gone in a flash
Pops of bright blue and green in this image of the Fireworks galaxy (NGC 6946) show the locations of extremely bright sources of X-ray...
New hadrosaur from Japan sheds light on dinosaur diversity
The dinosaur, whose nearly complete skeleton was unearthed from 72 million year old marine deposits in Mukawa Town in northern Japan, belongs to a...
Nanowires replace Newton’s famous glass prism
Scientists have designed an ultra-miniaturised device that could directly image single cells without the need for a microscope or make chemical fingerprint analysis possible...
Scientists measure precise proton radius to help resolve decade-old puzzle
York University researchers have made a precise measurement of the size of the proton—a crucial step towards solving a mystery that has preoccupied scientists...
Exotic physics phenomenon is observed for first time
An exotic physical phenomenon, involving optical waves, synthetic magnetic fields, and time reversal, has been directly observed for the first time, following decades of...
Kīlauea lava fuels phytoplankton bloom off Hawai’i Island
When Kīlauea Volcano erupted in 2018, it injected millions of cubic feet of molten lava into the nutrient-poor waters off the Big Island of...
