We have a pretty good idea of what lurks within our solar system. We know there isn't a Mars-sized planet orbiting between Jupiter and Saturn, nor a brown dwarf nemesis heading our way. Anything larg… [+3285 chars]
Taken from the August 2022 issue of Physics World. Members of the Institute of Physics can enjoy the full issue via the Physics World app. Whether youre sunbathing by the sea on a beach holiday, sip… [+3993 chars]
What appear to be ripples of blue sand dusting the Martian landscape make the Red Planet appear even more alien than usual. The striking coloration is not, however, what it seems. To see the true be… [+2539 chars]
BySandi Miller, MIT Department of PhysicsJuly 31, 2022 This illustration represents the light-induced collapse of the nanoscale charge order in a 2D crystal of tantalum disulfide (star-shapes) and t… [+5541 chars]
Experiments presented herein were performed at Nagoya University and Tsukuba University. All methods were carried out in accordance with the Regulations on the Handling of Animal Experiments in each … [+21162 chars]
A collaboration led by scientists at Nagoya University in Japan has investigated the nature of dark matter surrounding galaxies seen as they were 12 billion years ago, billions of years further back … [+7723 chars]
The GOES-17 satellite captured images of an umbrella cloud generated by the underwater eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on Jan. 15, 2022. (Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory image… [+5844 chars]
In a study published in the journal Genome Research, investigators in UC San Diego's Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Johns Hopkins University have illuminated the immunoglobulin (a… [+3768 chars]
The Universe is littered with galaxy clusters huge structures piled up at the intersections of the cosmic web. A single cluster can span millions of light-years across and be made up of hundreds, or … [+6178 chars]
The first exoplanet has been discovered by Subaru Strategic Program using the infrared spectrograph IRD on the Subaru Telescope (IRD-SSP). This planet, Ross 508b, is a super-Earth with about four tim… [+7888 chars]
Engineers at Caltech have developed a switchone of the most fundamental components of computingusing optical, rather than electronic, components. The development could aid efforts to achieve ultrafas… [+4299 chars]
The intrinsic resilience of biofilms to environmental conditions makes them an attractive platform for biocatalysis, bioremediation, agriculture, or consumer health. However, one of the main challeng… [+2613 chars]
