October 2024

An illustration of a quantum system that was simulated by both classical and quantum computers. The highlighted sections show how the influence …

Conceptual figure showing the enzymatically sustainable resources of poly(ε-caprolactone)-poly(urethane) (PCL-PU) with movable cross-links catalyzed by lipase as the enzyme. Credit: Yoshinori Takashima …

Sungrazer C/2024 S1 ATLAS broke apart at perihelion. Alas, a ‘Great Halloween Comet’ was not to be. The Universe teased us just …

Color composite of HST/WFC3 images of UGC 2885. Credit: Carvalho et al., 2024. Astronomers have employed the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) to perform …

Demonstrating how online hate networks strengthen around U.S. elections, this figure shows a subset of Telegram-connected networks before and after election day, …

Active droplet electrotaxis in a microchannel, with an increasing electric field. Credit: Physical Review Letters (2024). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.158301 In a new study …

In May 2023, the ESA’s Exomars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), currently in orbit around Mars, sent a signal to Earth to simulate …

Though there are no firm plans for a crewed mission to Mars, we all know one’s coming. Astronauts routinely spend months at …

Penn State professor of chemistry Joseph Cotruvo, Jr. and graduate student Wonseok Choi have been researching ways to separate rare earth elements …

Infrared image of the center of the Orion Nebula taken with the NIRCam instrument on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. The insets …