Physics
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Chemistry
Exxon Valdez oil lingers, as does its toxicity
Even 20 years after a major oil spill, barely degraded pockets of the oil persist within some intertidal beaches, research shows.
- Space
Quantum entanglement can be too much of a good thing
An overdose of the spooky connection can break down quantum computing systems, researchers find.
- Physics
Never mind the Pollock ‘fractals’
Scientists strengthen claim that fractal analysis is moot.
- Chemistry
Helping molecules reach meta
Researchers find a simple way to get molecules into the meta position on an aromatic ring, opening fresh possibilities for making new compounds.
- Physics
Evidence mounts for an exotic supersolid
Rubidium atoms simultaneously act like a solid and a superfluid.
- Materials Science
The American Physical Society Meeting
Get your daily physics news here from the March meeting of the American Physical Society.
- Physics
Elusive Higgs particle has fewer hideouts
Physicists have announced new limits on the mass of the elusive Higgs boson. The particle's discovery would complete the standard model of particle physics.
- Earth
Goo gives eels just the right buoyancy
Scientists survey the specific gravity of 25 marine critters.
- Materials Science
Cornering the Terahertz Gap
Controlling light’s path could enable invisibility or harness an intriguing but so far elusive stretch of the spectrum.
- Chemistry
Light could heal materials
Scientists have created a new material that repairs itself when exposed to ultraviolet light.
- Physics
Single top quark detected
Scientists observe elusive single top quark, usually found in pairs.
- Physics
When the ink hits the page
Scientists investigate the physics of the most printable ink and find the most viscous inks don’t make the grade.
