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The time is nigh for nuclear clocks. In a first, scientists have used a tabletop laser to bump an atomic nucleus into a higher energy state. It’s a feat that …
Physicists take a major step toward making a nuclear clock Read More
The orbits of a trio of stars can be so chaotic that it’s impossible to precisely calculate the stars’ future trajectories. That’s the real science behind the name of …
Separating science fact from fiction in Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’ Read More
Neutrinos are known for funny business. Now scientists have set a new limit on a quantum trait responsible for the subatomic particles’ quirkiness: uncertainty. The lightweight particles morph from one …
The neutrino’s quantum fuzziness is beginning to come into focus Read More
The cosmos may have something in common with a doughnut. In addition to their fried, sugary goodness, doughnuts are known for their shape, or in mathematical terms, their topology. In …
The universe may have a complex geometry — like a doughnut Read More
Meet graphene’s newest metallic cousin, goldene. For the first time, researchers have created a free-standing sheet of gold that’s just one atom thick. The development, reported in the April 16 …
Scientists developed a sheet of gold that’s just one atom thick Read More
For the first time in nearly a century, physicists have identified a brand new type of magnetic material. Crack open a physics textbook and you may read that scientists classify …
Newfound ‘altermagnets’ shatter the magnetic status quo Read More
In real life, laws are broken all the time. Besides your everyday criminals, there are scammers and fraudsters, politicians and mobsters, corporations and nations that regard laws as suggestions rather …
The second law of thermodynamics underlies nearly everything. But is it inviolable? Read More
In the quest to build a quantum internet, scientists are putting their memories to the test. Quantum memories, that is. Quantum memories are devices that store fragile information in the …
Two real-world tests of quantum memories bring a quantum internet closer to reality Read More
Sometimes science fiction does inspire science research. À la Jurassic Park’s entombed mosquito, scientists have developed a method to store DNA in an amberlike material and still extract it easily …
Jurassic Park inspires a new way to store DNA data Read More
Nuclear power of the future is going to need fuel. That has governments, energy companies and nuclear engineers clamoring to get their hands on HALEU: high-assay low-enriched uranium. HALEU (pronounced …
4 questions about the uranium needed for next-generation nuclear reactors Read More