Nanophotonics is the study of light-matter interactions between light and objects on the nanometer scale. The length scales involved in nanophotonics are of such great scientific interest because thi… [+7671 chars]
A dense, collapsed star spinning 707 times per secondmaking it one of the fastest spinning neutron stars in the Milky Way galaxyhas shredded and consumed nearly the entire mass of its stellar compani… [+8772 chars]
Taken from the July 2022 issue of Physics World. Members of the Institute of Physics can enjoy the full issue via the Physics World app. Helen Edwards was a formidable force in the field of accelera… [+17823 chars]
ByHarvard-Smithsonian Center for AstrophysicsJuly 26, 2022 A Hubble image of a red galaxy acting as a gravitational lens for a more distant blue galaxy, bending its light into an arc. Exoplanets can… [+4977 chars]
Identifying gemstones is crucial in studying cultural heritage because of their immense worth. The most valuable gemstones, such as sapphire, ruby, emerald, and diamond, are commonly replaced with ch… [+6536 chars]
Title: Constraining the Planet Occurrence Rate around Halo Stars of Potentially Extragalactic Origin Authors: Stephanie Yoshida, Samuel Grunblatt, Adrian Price-Whelan First Authors Institution: Dep… [+4896 chars]
Newswise — Biochips (microarrays) are modern analytical tools that allow thousands of individual detections to be performed simultaneously in a small amount of sample material. A team led by Mark Som… [+3829 chars]
Trap-jaw ants can slam their jaws together with extraordinary speed, with the tips of their mandibles racing at up to roughly 120 miles per hour. How they could perform such attacks, repeatedly, wi… [+5126 chars]
The IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach (OAO), and its partners, Stars Shine for Everyone (Sterren Schitteren voor Iedereen, SSVI) and the University of Leiden, have announced the awardees of the 2022 … [+2187 chars]
Untethered microrobots have great potential as they could play an important role in areas such as precision medicine, imaging, antibiotic alternatives, and environmental monitoring and clean up, amon… [+3386 chars]
New footage showing a giant, peculiar-looking tentacled sea creature floating languidly in the depths of the Pacific Ocean has left researchers questioning if what they’re seeing is a new species. A… [+3645 chars]
Most asteroids are innocuous. But a frightful few of these leftovers from the Solar Systems formation are planet killers. The nightmarish possibilities of a collision with Earth motivate space age… [+4082 chars]
