China's $1 Trillion Artificial Sun Mimics Nuclear Fusion To Be 5 Times Hotter Than the Solar System's Star; What's Next For It

Medicine & Technology Jan 08, 2022

China's artificial sun EAST has managed to become five times hotter than the Sun in the Solar System in its latest experiment, which is the longest time of operation for a magnetic fusion energy reactor.

Quantum System: Physicist Develop New Approach Enabling Atoms to Roll Down Like Marbles in a Light Bowl

Dec 27, 2021

The physicists at The University of Bonn and the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology have recently devised a sophisticated experiment to find out which factors identify the speed of a quantum computer in terms of making computations.

Martine Rothblatt Named 2021 Lifeboat Foundation Guardian Award Winner

Dec 27, 2021

Martine Rothblatt named 2021 Lifeboat Foundation Guardian Award Winner. The Lifeboat Foundation Guardian Award is annually bestowed upon a respected scientist or public figure who has warned of a future fraught with dangers and encouraged measures to prevent them.

Is Time Travel Possible? Science Studies How to Make It Happen, But It Might Not Be the Way You Think

Dec 25, 2021

Time travel is indeed a real thing. However, it is not similar to the ones shown in movies or books and people can not change the past. So, how does it become possible?

Christmas Science Experiments: 5 Fun and Easy Holiday STEM Activities for Kids

Dec 24, 2021

What better way to train the critical thinkers, innovators, and problem solvers of the future than engaging them in some STEM activities. Here is a list of Christmas science experiments that parents can enjoy with their kids.

Sci-Fi or Real? 5 Science Fiction Concepts in Books or Movies That Can Be Theoretically Possible in Real Life

Dec 24, 2021

Science fiction (sci-fi) concepts are those far-out ideas that seem to not follow the rules in real-life science. Yet some laws appear to allow other sci-fi concepts to be real in theory, check out some of them in our list.

Breakthrough Prize Foundation Announces Student Winner Of Seventh Annual Breakthrough Junior Challenge

Dec 22, 2021

Amber Kwok, 18, of Mauritius, Receives Top Honors and $400,000 in Education Prizes for Original Video on Van der Waals and Casimir Forces.

Frozen Tardigrade Discovered As World's First-Ever Animal to Enter Quantum State

Dec 21, 2021

A recent study claims that they were able to place frozen tardigrades in a quantum state after suspending them between 2 superconducting quantum bits.

Dark Matter Could Be Made of ‘Scalar Bosons;’ Researchers Contend in New Research

Dec 19, 2021

As the quest for dark matter particles remains turning up nothing, it is trying to throw out dark matter prototype altogether, although indirect evidence for the object remains strong, making it a long-lasting puzzle to many astronomers.

AI Can Improve Lightning Forecast to Enhance Safety Warnings, Create Accurate Long-Range Climate Models

Dec 14, 2021

Scientists from the University of Washington have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) that can accurately forecast lightning to improve safety warnings.

UCF Scientists Develop the First Ever Optical Oscilloscope that Measures the Electric Field of Light

Dec 14, 2021

Scientists from the University of Central Florida have developed the first ever optical oscilloscope that can measure the elcttric field of light in real-time advancing our understanding of chemistry and physics phenomena.

Photon Split Into Halves, Which “Nobody Believed Existed,” Shows New Approach in Physics to See and Understand Light

Dec 13, 2021

When an Italian physicist suggested that electrons could be divided into halves almost 100 years ago, the revolutionary notion was largely underappreciated. It now serves as the foundation of physics.

Cold Atoms Possess Light-Like Properties that is Beneficial for Sensor Developments

Dec 10, 2021

A new study was able to control near absolute zero atoms using their wave properties similar to light. Findings are expected to be beneficial for future developments in sensor devices such as atomic clocks and interferometers.

Scientists Shrunk Qubits While Maintaining Their Performance Using van der Waals Materials

Dec 01, 2021

Researchers from Columbia University has found a way to shrink qubits for quantum computers that will still retain its performance and allow for storing energy to power it,