Physics

Plasma in distant galaxy cluster

Scientists use X-rays from faraway galaxy cluster to reveal secrets of plasma

Unruh radiation simulation

Scientists use atoms to simulate quantum physics in curved spacetimes

Heart muscle cell

For the first time, scientists recreate cell division—outside a cell

Sample inside the DAC

Scientists break record for highest-temperature superconductor

Electrospinning

How an episode of ‘Chopped’ led to a fix for future particle accelerators

Youpeng Zhong

Scientists connect quantum bits with sound and over record distances

XENON1T experiment

Scientists measure half-life of element that’s longer than the age of the universe

Dark matter visualization

Scientists invent way to trap mysterious ‘dark world’ particle at Large Hadron Collider

KOTO

Free public lecture series to explore symmetry in the universe

Tail lights on highway

In quantum breakthrough, scientists demonstrate ‘one-way street’ for energy flow