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October 6, 2025
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Oct. 5, 2025 A Penn State research team found that streetlights could double as affordable EV charging stations. After installing 23 units in Kansas City, they discovered these chargers were faster, cheaper, and more eco-friendly than traditional stations. Their ...
Oct. 4, 2025 Scientists at OIST have, for the first time, directly tracked the elusive “dark excitons” inside atomically thin materials. These quantum particles could revolutionize information technology, as they are more stable and resistant to ...
Oct. 3, 2025 Researchers have designed a new type of gravitational wave detector that operates in the milli-Hertz range, a region untouched by current observatories. Built with optical resonators and atomic clocks, the compact detectors can fit on a lab table ...
Oct. 1, 2025 A powerful new AI tool called Diag2Diag is revolutionizing fusion research by filling in missing plasma data with synthetic yet highly detailed information. Developed by Princeton scientists and international collaborators, this system uses sensor ...
Sep. 28, 2025 Oil wells often dry up far earlier than predicted, leaving companies baffled about the “missing” reserves. A Penn State team tackled this puzzle by harnessing PSC’s Bridges-2 supercomputer, adding a time dimension and amplitude analysis to ...
Sep. 26, 2025 Scientists have developed a lens-free mid-infrared camera using a modern twist on pinhole imaging. The system uses nonlinear crystals to convert infrared light into visible, allowing standard sensors to capture sharp, wide-range images without ...
Sep. 22, 2025 Sneezing from cats, dust mites, or mold may one day be preventable with a flip of a switch. Researchers at CU Boulder found that UV222 light can alter allergen proteins, reducing allergic reactions ...
Sep. 22, 2025 Scientists have developed a new multi-layered metalens design that could revolutionize portable optics in devices like phones, drones, and satellites. By stacking metamaterial layers instead of ...
Sep. 21, 2025 Researchers at UNSW have found a way to make atomic nuclei communicate through electrons, allowing them to achieve entanglement at scales used in today’s computer chips. This breakthrough brings scalable, silicon-based quantum computing much ...
Aug. 29, 2025 A Vermont research team has cracked a 90-year-old puzzle, creating a quantum version of the damped harmonic oscillator. By reformulating Lamb’s classical model, they showed how atomic vibrations can be fully described while preserving quantum ...
Aug. 27, 2025 While superconducting qubits are great at fast calculations, they struggle to store information for long periods. A team at Caltech has now developed a clever solution: converting quantum information into sound waves. By using a tiny device that ...
Aug. 24, 2025 Scientists have developed a groundbreaking cryo-optical microscopy technique that freezes living cells mid-action, capturing ultra-detailed snapshots of fast biological processes. By rapidly immobilizing cells at precise moments, researchers can ...
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Oct. 2, 2025 Scientists confirmed that pianists can alter timbre through touch, using advanced sensors to capture micro-movements that shape sound perception. The discovery bridges art and science, promising ...
Sep. 29, 2025 A fresh black hole merger detection has offered the clearest evidence yet for Einstein’s relativity and Hawking’s predictions. Scientists tracked the complete cosmic collision, confirming that ...
Sep. 14, 2025 Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered mysterious “little red dots” that may not be galaxies at all, but a whole new ...
Sep. 12, 2025 Gravitational-wave astronomy has exploded since 2015, capturing hundreds of black hole and neutron star collisions. With ever-clearer signals, researchers are testing Einstein’s relativity and ...
Aug. 31, 2025 Astronomers at the University of Missouri, using the James Webb Space Telescope, have uncovered 300 unusually bright cosmic objects that may be some of the earliest galaxies ever formed. By applying ...
Aug. 18, 2025 For the first time, researchers have measured atomic temperatures in extreme matter and found gold surviving at 19,000 kelvins, more than 14 times its melting point. The result dismantles a ...
Aug. 13, 2025 A groundbreaking quantum device small enough to fit in your hand could one day answer one of the biggest questions in science — whether the ...
Aug. 11, 2025 Using the world’s most powerful X-ray laser, researchers have captured the hidden, never-ending vibrations of atoms inside molecules. This first-ever direct view of zero-point motion reveals that ...
Aug. 11, 2025 ETH Zurich researchers levitated a nano glass sphere cluster with record-setting quantum purity at room temperature, avoiding costly cooling. Using optical tweezers, they isolated quantum zero-point ...
Aug. 5, 2025 A rare mineral from a 1724 meteorite defies the rules of heat flow, acting like both a crystal and a glass. Thanks to AI and quantum physics, researchers uncovered its bizarre ability to maintain ...
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July 26, 2025 A pioneering team at the University of Maryland has captured the first-ever images of atomic thermal vibrations, unlocking an unseen world of motion within two-dimensional materials. Their innovative ...
July 19, 2025 Scientists have cracked a century-old physics mystery by detecting magnetic signals in non-magnetic metals using only light and a revamped laser technique. Previously undetectable, these faint ...
July 14, 2025 Researchers have cracked a fundamental optical challenge: how to control both angle and wavelength of light independently—a problem that’s limited imaging and display technologies for years. By ...
July 11, 2025 Scientists have discovered a revolutionary new method for creating quantum states by twisting materials at the M-point, revealing exotic phenomena previously out of reach. This new direction ...
July 24, 2025 Aalto University physicists in Finland have set a new benchmark in quantum computing by achieving a record-breaking millisecond coherence in a transmon qubit — nearly doubling prior limits. This ...
July 3, 2025 A precious metal used everywhere from car exhaust systems to fuel cells, platinum is an incredibly efficient catalyst—but it's costly and carbon-intensive. Now, a serendipitous collaboration ...
July 6, 2025 Scientists have captured the moment a laser "comes to life"—and what they found challenges long-held beliefs. Using a special technique to film laser light in real time, researchers ...
July 9, 2025 A groundbreaking collaboration between Los Alamos scientists and Duke University has resurrected a nearly forgotten 1938 experiment that may have quietly sparked the age of fusion energy. Arthur ...
June 18, 2025 As electric vehicles grow more popular, their warning sounds may not be doing enough to protect pedestrians. A Swedish study shows that these signals are hard to locate, especially when multiple ...
June 14, 2025 Scientists at the University of Michigan have unlocked a long-standing mystery about quasicrystals exotic materials that straddle the line between the orderly structure of crystals and the chaos of ...
June 3, 2025 A new study details processes that keep pollutants aloft despite a drop in ...
June 2, 2025 Physicists have developed a lens with 'magic' properties. Ultra-thin, it can transform infrared light into visible light by halving the wavelength of incident ...
May 29, 2025 Researchers determined how much outdoor particulate pollution affects indoor air quality. Their study concluded pollution from inversion and dust events is kept out of buildings, but wildfire smoke ...
May 28, 2025 Materials scientists have succeeded in creating a genuine 2D hybrid material called ...
May 28, 2025 A new study in Nature describes both the mechanism and the material conditions necessary for superfluorescence at high ...
May 27, 2025 New technology that uses light's color and spin to display multiple ...
May 27, 2025 A research team has discovered ferroelectric phenomena occurring at a subatomic scale in the natural mineral ...
May 21, 2025 In 2022 a team discovered that high levels of OH radicals can be generated indoors, simply due to the presence of people and ozone. This means: People generate their own oxidation field and change ...
May 21, 2025 A team at POSTECH has unveiled a world-first in display technology: Pixel-Based Local Sound OLEDs that allow every pixel on a screen to emit distinct sounds. By embedding ultra-thin piezoelectric ...
May 21, 2025 Researchers have demonstrated that by using a semiconductor with flexible bonds, the material can be moulded into various structures using nano containers, without altering its composition, the ...
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- Groundwork Laid for Designer Hybrid 2D Materials
- Solitonic Superfluorescence Paves Way for High-Temperature Quantum Materials
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
- The Magic of Light: Dozens of Images Hidden in a Single Screen
- Nature-Inspired Breakthrough Enables Subatomic Ferroelectric Memory
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
- Personal Space Chemistry Suppressed by Perfume and Body Lotion Indoors
- High-Quality OLED Displays Now Enabling Integrated Thin and Multichannel Audio
- Mind the Band Gap! -- Researchers Create New Nanoscale Forms of Elementary Semiconductor With Tunable Electronic Properties
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- Using Sound to 'see' Unexploded Munitions on the Seafloor
- Empowering Robots With Human-Like Perception to Navigate Unwieldy Terrain
- The Invisible Order Sets the Fluctuation in the Terahertz Region of Glass
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- Model Governing Deformation of Materials Under Stress Challenged
- New Bayesian Method Enables Rapid Detection of Quantum Dot Charge States
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
- Synchrotron in a Closet: Bringing Powerful 3D X-Ray Microscopy to Smaller Labs
- Using 'shallow Shadows' To Uncover Quantum Properties
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- 'Faster Charging, Longer Lifespan': Next-Generation Battery Breakthrough
- Soft Brainstem Implant Delivers High-Resolution Hearing
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- Engineers Bring Sign Language to 'life' Using AI to Translate in Real-Time
- Amplifier With Tenfold Bandwidth Opens Up for Super Lasers
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- Revealing Capillaries and Cells in Living Organs With Ultrasound
- Researchers Recycle Wind Turbine Blade Materials to Make Improved Plastics
- Solar Cells Made of Moon Dust Could Power Future Space Exploration
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- Researchers Find a Way to Shield Quantum Information from 'noise'
- Terahertz Imaging: Breakthrough in Non-Invasive Cochlear Visualization
- Feeling the Future: New Wearable Tech Simulates Realistic Touch
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- Hydrophilic Coating Makes for Unflappable Golf Balls
- Listen to Quantum Atoms Talk Together Thanks to Acoustics
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- Quantum Light Source for Eco-Friendly Production of Biogas
- What's Behind the 'pop and Slosh' When Opening a Swing-Top Bottle of Beer?
Monday, March 17, 2025
- Dialing in the Temperature Needed for Precise Nuclear Timekeeping
- Scientists Tune in to Rhombohedral Graphene's Potential
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- Elementary-Particle Detectors, 3D Printed
- 'Fishial' Recognition: Neural Network Identifies Coral Reef Sounds
- Foraging Footballers Suggest How We Come Together to Act as One
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- Scientists Use AI to Better Understand Nanoparticles
- Evidence Expanding That 40Hz Gamma Stimulation Promotes Brain Health
- Engineers Create More Effective Burner to Reduce Methane Emissions
Thursday, February 27, 2025
- Leading the Charge to Better Batteries
- A Clear Game-Changer: Water-Repellent Glass Breaks New Ground
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- Are Our Refrigerants Environmentally Safe? The Lingering Questions About the Chemicals Keeping Us Cool
- Novel Photochromic Glass Can Store Rewritable 3D Patterns Long Term
- New Method Developed to Dramatically Enhance Bioelectronic Sensors
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- A New Model Accurately Predicts the Movement of Elite Athletes to Catch the Ball in Parabolic Flight
- Breakthrough in High-Sensitivity Quantum Sensors With Diamond Heteroepitaxy
Friday, February 21, 2025
- Glass Fertilizer Beads Could Be a Sustained Nutrient Delivery System
- Breakthrough in High-Performance Oxide-Ion Conductors Using Rubidium
- Precision Therapy With Microbubbles
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- New Nanoscale Technique Unlocks Quantum Material Secrets
- Air Inside Your Home May Be More Polluted Than Outside Due to Everyday Chemical Products
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- Worm Surface Chemistry Reveals Secrets to Their Development and Survival
- First Detection of an Ultra-High-Energy Neutrino