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Physicists watch quantum vibration vanish in a discrete jump

Sep 20, 2026

Classical nanostring traces the quantum geometry of the Bloch sphere

Sep 14, 2026

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

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

Aug 19, 2026

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

Aug 18, 2026

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

Aug 18, 2026

Quantum entanglement was supposed to need precisely controlled laser light

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

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…

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…

Jul 15, 2026

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

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