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Physicists have built a crystal out of an “einstein” tile — an elusive shape mathematicians spent years searching for — and found that it bends light…
A German startup has debuted the world’s first diamond-based quantum computing system to exceed 10 qubits.The machine, built by engineers at Saxon Q, is a nitrogen-vacancy…
A fleet of telescopes around the world just captured the first shocking moments of a supernova explosion in the most detailed-ever observations of their kind.The explosive…
Every total solar eclipse travels from west to east, because the moon and Earth move in the same direction — counterclockwise, or from west to east.…
A camera drone operator captured footage of a humpback whale giving birth off the north coast of New South Wales in what is thought to be…
An illustration of an ichthyosaur eating a pterosaur, while a pliosaur lurks beneath. (Image credit: Peter Trusler)An ichthyosaur fossil found in Australia’s outback may preserve a…
In the past 20 years, an increasing number of bacterial infections caught by children have been resistant to antibiotics, a new study finds.The research, published in…
The patient: A 60-year-old man in SeattleThe symptoms: The man experienced paranoia, as well as auditory and visual hallucinations. He was also very thirsty but was…
Each year, tons of soil, silt and rocks flow into reservoirs in the U.S. and get stuck there, creating a “ticking time bomb” that threatens lives…
Researchers have designed a material that can “program” the way it releases heat, paving the way for more efficient energy systems and, potentially, devices that store…
