Physics
50 years ago, superconductors were warming up
Superconducting temperatures have risen by about 250 degrees since the 1970s, but are still too cold to enable practical technologies.
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Superconducting temperatures have risen by about 250 degrees since the 1970s, but are still too cold to enable practical technologies.
After big contributions in accelerator physics, Sekazi Mtingwa has been focused on opening science for everyone.
The first fusion experiment to produce an energy excess required meticulous planning and also revealed a long-predicted heating phenomenon.
Nanostructures in a blueberry’s waxy coating make it look blue, despite having dark red pigments — and no blue ones — in its skin, a new study reports.
Science News reviews Roma Agrawal's book, which updates the classic list of simple machines and reveals the heart and soul of engineering.
Quantum electrodynamics, which describes how charged particles and light interact, works in the strong fields around highly ionized uranium atoms.
The movement involves swinging along the underside of branches with their beaks and feet, similar to how primates swing between trees.
The einstein tile can cover an infinite plane only with a nonrepeating pattern. A material based on it has features of both crystals and quasicrystals.
Experiments with a floating sprinkler and laser-illuminated microparticles revealed the surprisingly complex physics behind a simple question.
After more than 50 years, metrologists will stop using the leap second to align the time kept by atomic clocks with the rate of Earth’s spin.
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