Recent Articles
Superconductivity Inspires New Dark Matter Contender
Drawing on an analogy with superconductivity, theorists have proposed a dark matter candidate that could have left observable signatures in the cosmic microwave background. Read More »
Uncloaking a Dark Molecular Cloud
The warm margins of a nearby molecular cloud fluoresce in the far ultraviolet, providing a way to find these shadowy stellar progenitors. Read More »
Ultracompact Heat Funnels
Certain graphene–nanoparticle structures can efficiently focus thermal radiation at the nanoscale. Read More »
An Egg Survives Better When Dropped on Its Side
Egg-drop challenges are popular science-engagement activities, but they often foster a misconception about the most impact-resistant part of an egg. Read More »
Interferometer Device Sees Text from a Mile Away
A high-resolution imaging system captures distant objects by shining laser light on them and detecting the reflected light. Read More »
A Pulsed Magnetometer Beats a Steady One
An atomic magnetometer using a pulsed laser may offer higher sensitivity to signs of new physics than continuous-laser versions. Read More »
Ghana Reaps the Fruits of Science Investment
Emmanuel Proven Adzri shares how refurbishing the Ghana Radio Astronomy Observatory has driven economic growth in his country. Read More »
Active Fluids Solve Icy “Six-Vertex” Model
Researchers demonstrate an active-fluid system whose behaviors map directly to predictions of the six-vertex model—an exactly solvable model that was originally developed to explain the behavior of ice. Read More »
Preventing a Tokamak from Overheating
Fusion reactor experiments in Switzerland have demonstrated a new way to remove unwanted heat from a magnetically confined plasma. Read More »
