A rendering of the entangled atoms within the interferometer. Credit: Steven Burrows, Thompson Group/JILA A team of researchers at JILA has for the first time…
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By exposing a honeycomb-like material with a specific kind of magnetic field, yellow arrow, researchers can create order among the loop currents, light blue, within…
An obscure family of viruses, already endemic in wild African primates and known to cause fatal Ebola-like symptoms in some monkeys, is “poised for spillover”…
New research reveals that just a handful of universities seem to control the flow of ideas and people in academia. One of those universities is…
A powerful enough laser beam could blind spy satellites. According to a recent report in The Space Review, Russia is building a new ground-based laser…
The scientists cultivated coccolithophores, which create the greatest amounts of new calcium carbonate on the planet, and do so more quickly than coral reefs, using…
The theory of relativity usually encompasses two interrelated theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity published in 1905 and general relativity published in 1915. Special relativity…
NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft is the first Mars orbiter specifically designed to study the planet’s upper atmosphere and its interaction with…
This illustration shows the accretion disk, corona (pale, conical swirls above the disk), and supermassive black hole of active galaxy 1ES 1927+654 before its recent…
The moon’s Orientale Basin as seen by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: NASA GSFC Billions of years ago, a series of volcanic eruptions raged on…
The crystal structure of a layer of graphyne, not to be confused with graphene. Credit: Yiming Hu CU Boulder scientists have successfully synthesized graphyne, which…
Hypersonic missiles can change course to avoid detection and anti-missile defenses. Credit: U.S. Air Force On March 18, 2022, Russia launched a hypersonic missile against…
This is a 2013 photo of the Alder Fire in Yellowstone National Park. Credit: Mike Lewelling, National Park Service New analysis confirms a palpable change…
Fire ants survive floods by forming rafts made up of thousands of wriggling insects. New research reveals how these creepy-crawly lifeboats change shape over time.…
Artist’s animation of a rocket booster crashing into the moon. The accidental experiment will shed light on the physics of impacts in space. On March…
The extremely harsh Laguna Caliente lake in the crater of the Poás volcano, Costa Rica. Credit: Justin Wang Lake is dominated by bacteria from a…
The list of SARS-CoV-2 variants – each with its own unique qualities that give it an edge – just keeps growing. “The Conversation” Editor’s note:…
Atacama desert photographed from the airplane. Credit: Sam Hall New CU Boulder study shows iodine from desert dust can decrease ozone air pollution but could…
The best way to stop a contagious virus like COVID-19 is through a worldwide vaccination program. Now that kids ages 5 to 11 are eligible…
This magnificent coronal mass ejection from our sun occured in 2012. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Astronomers spying on a stellar system located dozens of…