The company is developing hardware for reversible computing, a paradigm with the potential to reduce significantly the energy ...

Researchers create a photonic engine that can manipulate microwave and optical signals and convert the signals between the ...

While gluons are responsible for generating most of the visible mass in the universe, their role inside nuclei remains poorly understood. These massless particles mediate the strong nuclear force, ...

An ultrasensitive small-animal PET scanner can image the entire body of a rat with sub-second temporal resolution ...

Yet not everything went according to plan. Although the room was full of curious students, each time the floor opened for ...

Minimizing vibration is usually achieved by doing experiments on optical tables, which are very large, heavy and rigid in order to dampen motion. Therefore, when a cryogenic cooler (cryocooler) is ...

From swirling oil paints to the grin of a Cheshire cat, this Physics World Stories episode brings quantum science to life ...

Based in Cerro Pachón in the Andes, the Vera C Rubin Observatory contains the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) – the largest camera ever built. Taking almost two decades to build, the 3200 ...

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Astronomers in China have observed a pulsar that becomes partially eclipsed by an orbiting companion star every few hours.

Dating back to 1892, the Biological Institute Helgoland (BAH) has about 80 permanent staff. They include Sebastian Primpke, a ...

Nick Stone discusses some of the many ways in which light can be used for diagnostic and therapeutic applications ...