1+ week, 3+ day ago   (376+ words) A dark matter experiment called LUX-ZEPLIN has detected an unusual particle interaction that researchers cannot easily explain through known background processes. The LZ experiment recorded the event while searching for dark matter, an invisible substance believed to make up much…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (437+ words) Physics-based earthquake simulations are showing promise for improving estimates of building damage and ground shaking, but researchers say wider engineering use will depend on stronger validation and shared standards. Most earthquake hazard models rely on statistical relationships drawn from recordings…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (481+ words) New measurements at CERN's Large Hadron Collider indicate that neon-20 nuclei have an elongated, bowling pin-like shape, based on how particles flowed after neon-neon collisions compared with oxygen-oxygen collisions. The findings come from analyses of the LHC's first dedicated light-ion…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1128+ words) A black hole is a region of space where a large amount of mass is compressed into a very small area. Its gravity becomes so intense that nothing, not even light, can escape after crossing a boundary called the event…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (976+ words) Static electricity appears in familiar moments: a small shock from a metal doorknob, hair lifting after a hat is removed, or clothes sticking together after drying. These effects happen when electric charge builds up on an object's surface. Unlike the…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (692+ words) Electricity and magnetism may seem like separate forces, but they are closely connected parts of electromagnetism. Electric charges create electric fields, while moving charges produce magnetic fields. Changes in either field can also influence the other, creating effects that power…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (378+ words) Faint stellar streams beyond the Milky Way could provide a new way to study dark matter in other galaxies. These narrow trails form when gravity strips stars from globular clusters, leaving structures that record their movement through a galaxy. Astronomers…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (415+ words) Scientists have found strong evidence that the rare ultra-magnetic neutron star 1E 1547-5408 may reveal vacuum birefringence, a quantum effect predicted in 1936 but not yet directly confirmed.science. The findings were published Aug. 5 in Nature after an international team combined more than…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (315+ words) A new portable quantum computer from German startup Saxon Q uses lab-made diamonds and nitrogen-vacancy defects to operate at room temperature. The system avoids the extreme cooling required by many superconducting quantum machines. The diamond-powered design fits into a standard…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (686+ words) The wagon-wheel effect makes spinning wheels appear to slow down, stop, or spin backwards even when they continue moving forward. This illusionis often seen in films and videos, but it can also happen under certain lighting conditions. The effect comes…...