Two atoms inflated to an almost comical size and cooled to a fraction above absolute zero have been used to generate a robust, insanely fast two-qubit quantum gate that could help overcome some of qu… [+3833 chars]
Computer simulations are most often used as a guide so chemists can more efficiently work out the exact details of a general reaction idea they have in mindmuch like a compass helps guide an explorer… [+4318 chars]
According to the leading model of the universe, the cosmos is filled with five times more "dark matter" than regular matter. This hypothetical substance is invisible but a dark matter halo is thought… [+2746 chars]
Using data from ESA's Gaia satellite and the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST), astronomers have investigated three open clusters near the Aquila Rift cloud. They fou… [+3188 chars]
About a decade ago, Vivianne Solis-Weiss, a marine biologist at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México who studies marine worms, talked to a colleague studying seagrasses, flowering plants that grow… [+8041 chars]
While NASA's first Artemis I launch attemptscheduled for between Aug. 29 and Sept. 5may be uncrewed, it won't be unoccupied. The agency has unveiled its Official Flight Kita cultural and educational… [+2736 chars]
Stress relaxation due to structural fluctuations in silicon (Si) is critical for its application in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). In an article published in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society… [+6142 chars]
China's Mengtian lab module, one of the two such modules destined for the China Space Station, has recently been moved to Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province, China Manne… [+1077 chars]
Volcanic eruptions displace air, land, and water in their wake, and according to a new study, they also tickle the atmosphere. A group of Japanese researchers has found this high-altitude signature m… [+6356 chars]
A French physicist recently trolled his Twitter followers with what seemed to be a photo taken with NASAs James Webb Space Telescope, but is actually chorizo. Etienne Klein, a research director at t… [+4270 chars]
It's alive! A team of scientists at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands managed to successfully insert human muscle genes into a bit of baker's yeast for the first time. The human gen… [+2134 chars]
Aug 8 2022Reviewed by Alex Smith The vast majority of galaxies, according to the accepted theory of cosmology, are encircled by a halo of dark matter particles. Despite being invisible, this halo’s … [+5365 chars]
