Scientists Lay Down A Wild Plan to Harvest Energy From Black Hole

Medicine & Technology Jan 15, 2021

Experts say black holes could be theoretically harvested to provide power for future off-planet colonies.

Caltech Scientists Observe an Optical Chaotic System in Real-Time

Jan 14, 2021

Chaotic systems are systems that are sensitively dependent on initial conditions and, while appearing predictable at first, grows increasingly more random - and researchers have observed one such system using ultrafast cameras.

New Study Might Explain Crystalline Ice’s Anomalous Behavior

Dec 30, 2020

Ice, water's solid form, has always been a curious case from the early humans to modern-day physicists. However, a new study observing an obscure property of ice might explain its seemingly anomalous behavior.

Australian Physicists Who Worked on Space-Time Distortions Wins PM Prize for Science

Oct 29, 2020

The Prime Minister's Prize for Science goes to a physicist team that worked in the first direct observation of gravitational waves in 2015.

Samsung, Stanford University Teams Up For a 10,000 ppi OLED Display

Oct 26, 2020

Taking the graphics game to a new level, the Korean electronics giant Samsung teamed up with Stanford University to fabricate an OLED display with resolutions up to 10,000 pixels per inch (ppi).

Optical Clocks Narrow Down the Search for Dark Matter

Oct 25, 2020

Researchers have used the accuracy of optical clocks to close in on the mysterious components of dark matter, as well as the coupling between parts - particles and fields - postulated by the standard model of physics.

A New Timekeeping Theory Reconciles Einstein's Relativity and Quantum Clocks

Oct 23, 2020

One property of quantum mechanics is superposition, which explains how a system could be in multiple states at the same time until the instant it is observed or measured. A theoretical study suggests that this phenomenon affects high-precision clocks.

Machine Learning Might Guide the Arrow of Time in Microscopic Processes

Oct 23, 2020

In a microscopic context, fluctuations can cause phenomena that directly violate the second law of thermodynamics, leading observers to find the arrow of time being blurry and vague. However, a new machine-learning algorithm could help researchers in the future.

New Radio Images Show Direct Effect of Volcanic Activity on Io's Atmosphere

Oct 22, 2020

A new set of radio images taken by the Atacama Large Millimeter/ submillimeter Array (ALMA) has captured the direct impact of volcanic activity on Io's atmosphere.

Researchers Find Novel Method of Analyzing the Densest Star Systems

Oct 13, 2020

A team from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) at Monash University in Australia proposes a new technique for analyzing some of the densest star systems in the Universe.

Tetrahedral Form of Water Might Explain Its Unique Behavior

Oct 13, 2020

Researchers probe the notion that supercooled water undergoes a liquid-to-liquid phase transition between its disordered and tetrahedral form using a two-stage model that explains molecular structures in liquid water.

Researchers Calculate the Fastest Possible Speed of Sound

Oct 11, 2020

Researchers establish that sound waves, theoretically, can travel almost twice as they do on-air at Earth's surface - and determines where this phenomenon is possible

Meet 5 Women Who Made Scientific History

Oct 08, 2020

Men mainly dominate the scientific community. But some women also made significant contributions to the field of science like the women in this article.

When Two Black Holes Collide, the Result "Chirps" Not Once, But Multiple Times

Oct 08, 2020

Gravitational-wave scientists reported that in the event of a collision and subsequent merging of two black holes, the resulting black hole "chirps" not just once, but multiple times.

Discovery Suggests a Supernova Exploded Near Earth 2.5 Million Years Ago

Oct 04, 2020

Physicists have found evidence of a supernova that exploded relatively close to Earth some 2.5 million years ago.