Trips to synchrotron facilities could become a thing of the past for some researchers thanks to a new laboratory-scale ...

Scientists who switch research fields suffer a drop in the impact of their new work – a so-called “pivot penalty”. That is according to a new analysis of scientific papers and patents, which finds ...

China has launched its first mission to retrieve samples from an asteroid. The Tianwen-2 mission launched at 01:31 a.m. local ...

As the technologies we use become more quantum in nature, it follows that everyone should have a basic understanding of ...

Shengxi Huang explains why Picoquant’s instruments are helping her to develop 2D materials that are highly efficient sources ...

Mike Follows reviews World Without End: an Illustrated Guide to the Climate Crisis by Jean-Marc Jancovici and Christophe ...

A wearable navigation assistance system combines visual, audio and haptic senses to assist visually impaired people with ...

Oscillating conductance This measurement on the middle quantum dot shows how the bulk gap in the system can be created and removed. This control is important for the manipulation and protection of ...

New research explains previous contradictory observations in terms of “topological blocking”, which may occur in other ...

Powerful flares on highly-magnetic neutron stars called magnetars could produce up to 10% of the universe’s gold, silver and platinum, according to a new study. What is more, astronomers may have ...

The Leinweber Foundation has awarded five US institutions $90m to create their own theoretical research institutes. The ...

Efstathiou is professor of astrophysics at the University of Cambridge in the UK. Bond is a professor at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) and university professor at the ...