This article explores how our understanding of the universe has evolved—from the scale of everyday experience down to the ...

In a new study, scientists have shown that chemical receptors that plants use to recognize nitrogen-fixing bacteria have ...

On Oct. 3, 1950, three Bell Labs scientists received a patent for a "three-electrode circuit element" that would usher in the ...

Low nitrogen availability is the number one limitation to plant growth in most ecosystems. Plants in the bean family and other closely related families evolved a symbiotic relationship with bacteria ...

EPFL physicists and their collaborators have directly observed and controlled a rare double-dome pattern of superconductivity in twisted trilayer ...

Determining the passage of time in our world of ticking clocks and oscillating pendulums is a simple case of counting the ...

Could black holes help explain the origins of high-energy cosmic radiation? The universe is filled with many forms of ...

In alchemy, a theory exists about altering the nature of metals through changes in their composition, prominently featuring the legendary philosopher’s stone. But can one truly ... Continue Reading → ...

Scientists at OIST have, for the first time, directly tracked the elusive “dark excitons” inside atomically thin materials.

A new platform developed by Illinois Grainger engineers demonstrates the utility of a ytterbium-171 atom array in quantum ...

Scientists have linked nuclear spins inside silicon chips, marking a leap toward scalable quantum computers. Engineers at UNSW have achieved a major breakthrough in quantum computing by creating what ...

Researchers kept more than 6,000 qubits coherent while operating with 99.98% accuracy. Here's why that matters for quantum ...