All Stories by Emily Conover
- Quantum Physics
Millions of atoms entangled in record-breaking quantum tests
Scientists make advance in the quest to take quantum effects to larger scales.
- Particle Physics
Large Hadron Collider experiment nabs five new particles
LHCb experiment detects new particles composed of two strange quarks and one charm quark.
- Life
Life on Earth may have begun as dividing droplets
Chemical droplets could split and reproduce in the presence of an energy source, new computer simulations suggest.
- Physics
Single-atom magnets store bits of data
Scientists read and write data by harnessing the magnetic properties of holmium atoms.
- Physics
Superfluid helium behaves like black holes
Simulations of superfluid helium show it follows the same unusual entropy rule that black holes do.
- Quantum Physics
Quantum counterfeiters might succeed
Physicists demonstrate security issue with quantum cash.
- Physics
A slowdown at the sun’s surface explained
Light escaping from the sun could slow the spinning of its surface layers.
- Particle Physics
Rare triplet of high-energy neutrinos detected from an unknown source
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory spotted three neutrinos within 100 seconds that seem to have come from the same place in the sky.
- Particle Physics
Triplet of high-energy neutrinos detected from unknown source
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory spotted three neutrinos within 100 seconds that seem to have come from the same place in the sky.
- Computing
Winning against a computer isn’t in the cards for poker pros
Poker-playing computers beat professional players at heads-up no-limit Texas Hold’em.
- Chemistry
Helium’s inertness defied by high-pressure compound
At pressures over a million atmospheres, helium reacts with sodium.
- Physics
Sound waves could take a tsunami down a few notches
A tsunami’s ferocious force could be taken down a few notches with a pair of counter waves.
