A recent collaboration between the Subaru Telescope and NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has led to the discovery of a potential new population of small astronomical objects in the Kuiper Belt. This finding is crucial for understanding the formation of our solar system. New Horizons, launched in 2006, flew by Pluto in 2015 and another Kuiper … Read more
Researchers in the UK have taken a significant step towards understanding dark matter, making up about 85% of the universe’s mass. They are building “the world’s largest and most advanced rare-particle detector” to search for dark matter particles and other elusive physics phenomena. The new instrument will be ten times larger than the current leading … Read more
Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Voxalytic GmbH have developed a groundbreaking method to determine the chiral structure of molecules using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. This innovation could revolutionize the process of developing new drugs, making it faster and more efficient. Chirality refers to the unique spatial arrangement of atoms in … Read more
Physicists at the University of Bonn and the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau have successfully studied the dimensional crossover from one to two dimensions in a harmonically trapped gas of photons. The researchers created a dye microcavity with polymer nanostructures providing the trapping potential for the photon gas, which was then cooled and condensed. By modifying the … Read more
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has revealed he’s back working at Google “pretty much every day” due to the exciting progress in AI. In an interview during the All-In Summit, Brin explained that he doesn’t want to miss out on the advancements in the field. This news comes after last year’s reports of his return to … Read more
Researchers at Cornell University have developed microscale robots that can fold into three-dimensional shapes and crawl using a novel design based on kirigami, a cousin of origami. These tiny robots, measuring less than 1 millimeter in size, are printed as a 2D hexagonal “metasheet” but transform into preprogrammed 3D shapes with the help of electricity. … Read more
New research from the Beckman Institute reveals that varied cognitive training is more effective than repetitive tasks in improving working memory in older adults. The study found that participants who engaged in multiple types of memory exercises showed the greatest improvement, compared to those who repeated the same task. The researchers, led by Elizabeth A.L. … Read more
Boeing has announced plans to launch a quantum satellite called Q4S in 2026, marking the United States’ entry into the space-based quantum communications market. This move aims to solidify Boeing’s role as a pioneer in pushing the boundaries of what is possible with quantum technologies. The Q4S mission will demonstrate entanglement swapping capabilities on orbit, … Read more
Physicists at CERN have invented a novel particle trap that allows them to measure the magnetic moments of antiprotons with unprecedented precision. The BASE collaboration, an international team of researchers, used this new trap to find that the magnetic moments of antiparticles differ from those of their matter counterparts by a maximum of 10-9. This … Read more
A new study has revealed the incredible ability of juvenile Japanese eels to escape from the stomachs of their fish predators and emerge unharmed through the gills. The research, published in Current Biology, used X-ray video technology to capture this unprecedented footage. The team from Nagasaki University observed that out of 32 eels swallowed by … Read more