Physics

Quantum breakthrough sheds light on perplexing high-temperature superconductors

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

An illustration showing how electrons, which can have either an up or a down spin, can form a striped pattern in the ...

NASA simulations show what it would be like to fall in black hole: Video

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Available on YouTube, the four visualizations include explanations to guide viewers on what they’re witnessing and include 360-versions to allow viewers to ...

An Old Abstract Field of Math Is Unlocking the Deep Complexity of Spacecraft Orbits

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

You can create a graph with the angle as the x-axis and the speed as the y-axis. But since traveling 360 degrees ...

Physics Proves Old Saying Right: Friends and Foes Unveiled

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Summary: Researchers, using statistical physics, have validated the “enemy of my enemy is my friend” axiom. The researchers applied advanced network modeling ...

The Mysterious ‘Dark’ Energy That Permeates the Universe Is Slowly Eroding

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Beyond DESI, a slew of new instruments are coming online in the coming years, including the 8.4-meter Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile, ...

New antibiotic class effective against multidrug-resistant bacteria discovered

Health
Rachel Carter

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Scientists at Uppsala University have discovered a new class of antibiotics with potent activity against multi-drug resistant bacteria, ...

Simple equations clarify cloud climate conundrum

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Anvil clouds. Image number ISS042-E-215303 from the International Space Station. Credit: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center A ...

Astrophysicist claims he finally figured it out

Technology
Michael Johnson

Time travel has been one of the biggest tropes in science fiction for years. But what if you could actually go back ...

Scientists just created the strongest magnetic field in the universe

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

You may never have heard of magnetars, but they are, in a nutshell an exotic type of neutron star whose magnetic field ...

Basic Principle of Physics Is Wrong, Oxford Scientists Say

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

‘Opposites charges attract; like charges repel’ is a long-held fundamental principle of physics that you might have heard at school. But your ...