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Physicists watch quantum vibration vanish in a discrete jump

By Lab Report · Sep 20, 2026

Classical nanostring traces the quantum geometry of the Bloch sphere

By The Long View · Sep 14, 2026

Researchers observe exotic ice that stays solid at temperatures hot enough to melt iron

By Lab Report · Sep 10, 2026

Two and a half kilometres beneath the Antarctic ice, a cubic kilometre of frozen water has been wired with 5,160 light sensors, turning the…

By Brendan Brown · Aug 19, 2026

The bubbles in a settling pint of Guinness really do travel downwards, and it is not a trick of the eye

By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 19, 2026

A fully loaded jumbo jet can glide at essentially the same angle as an empty one after losing all its engines

By The Long View · Aug 18, 2026

Every time a raindrop sticks and slips as it runs down a surface, it can generate a tiny electrical charge

By The Long View · Aug 18, 2026

Quantum entanglement was supposed to need precisely controlled laser light

By Lab Report · Aug 15, 2026

There's a reason every aeroplane window has a tiny hole in it, and it's not the reason most people assume

By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 24, 2026

The flu virus doesn't just infect cells — it quietly dismantles a nuclear structure most biologists barely study, and that turns out to be…

By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 22, 2026

Two billion years ago a uranium deposit in Gabon switched itself on as a natural nuclear reactor, operating in pulses as groundwater boiled…

By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 15, 2026

Bananas are naturally slightly radioactive because they are rich in potassium, and the dose is so measurable that scientists half-jokingly…

By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 12, 2026

Physics Breakthrough Reveals Why AI Systems Can Suddenly Turn On You

By NeuroEdge · May 5, 2025

Review of Massive: The Missing Particle That Sparked the Greatest Hunt in Science by Ian Sample

By Fred Bortz · Jul 4, 2012