Chemistry
Google Quantum AI braids non-Abelian anyons for the first time
Our intuition tells us that it should be impossible to see whether two identical objects have been swapped back and...
Solar-powered balloons detect mysterious sounds in the stratosphere #ASA184
CHICAGO, May 11, 2023 – Imagine if sending your science experiment 70,000 ft in the air just took painter’s plastic,...
Researchers discover twisted fields around mysterious fast radio burst
Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are the brightest millisecond-duration cosmic explosions in radio bands. Their unknown origin poses challenges for astronomy...
First-of-its-kind measurement of the Universe’s expansion rate weighs in on a longstanding debate in physics and astronomy
Thanks to data from a magnified, multiply imaged supernova, a team led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers has...
Gene linking circadian and circatidal rhythms is discovered in tiny crustacean
Scientists at UMass Chan Medical School and the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole have identified the first gene—Bmal1—to play...
Rensselaer researcher uses artificial intelligence to discover new materials for advanced computing
A team of researchers led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Trevor David Rhone, assistant professor in the Department of Physics, Applied...
Chaos announces winners of 2022 Edward N. Lorenz Early Career Awards
MELVILLE, N.Y., May 11, 2023 – Chaos congratulates Yuzuru Kato, Thomas Lilienkamp, and Tiemo Pedergnana for winning the journal’s 2022...
Award-winning: Prof. Miki Ebisuya and the Stem Cell Zoo
Kyoto, Barcelona, Dresden - Japanese biologist Miki Ebisuya has received honors in every country she has worked in. Following the...
With new experimental method, researchers probe spin structure in 2D materials for first time
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — For two decades, physicists have tried to directly manipulate the spin of electrons in 2D materials like...
These sounds are out of this world! #ASA184
CHICAGO, May 11, 2023 – You may know how other planets look, like the rust orange, dusty surface of Mars...
Improved microphysics modeling of clouds
Clouds are made up of individual, microscopic spheres of water, or hydrometeors, that change and interact with one another based...
NUS scientists develop a novel light-field sensor for 3D scene construction with unprecedented angular resolution
A research team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Science, led by Professor Liu Xiaogang from the...
Study demonstrates that Ta2NiSe5 is not an excitonic insulator
The excitonic insulator is an electronically driven phase of matter that can occur in solids. Scientists are searching for ways...
Traditional medicine plant could combat drug-resistant malaria
Much of what is now considered modern medicine originated as folk remedies or traditional, Indigenous practices. These customs are still...
Songs of the oceans raise environmental awareness #ASA184
CHICAGO, May 10, 2023 – For many people, there are few sounds as relaxing as ocean waves. But the sound...
Detecting neutrinos from nuclear reactors with water
Neutrinos are subatomic particles that interact with matter extremely weakly. They are produced in many types of radioactive decays, including in the core...
How life and geology worked together to forge Earth’s nutrient rich crust
Around 500 million years ago life in the oceans rapidly diversified. In the blink of an eye — at least...
APL Photonics selects recipient for 2022 Future Luminary Award
MELVILLE, N.Y., May 10 – The University of Arizona’s Husain Alqattan is the recipient of the APL Photonics 2022 Future...
Entangled quantum circuits
A group of researchers led by Andreas Wallraff, Professor of Solid State Physics at ETH Zurich, has performed a loophole-free...
Researchers discover liquid quasicrystal with dodecagonal tiling pattern
An unusual quasicrystal has been discovered by a team from the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), the University of Sheffield...
