NASA’s Curiosity Rover has been exploring Mars since 2012 and, more recently has found evidence of ice-free ancient ponds and lakes on …
January 2025
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Physics
Electrons in twisted graphene form novel 1/3 fractional quantum Hall state
by debarjunby debarjunThe longitudinal conductivity σxx recorded on device D1 as a function of total filling νtot and displacement field D/Eint for a fixed …
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The ISS’s orbit is slowly decaying. While it might seem a permanent fixture in the sky, the orbiting space laboratory is only …
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Physics
Salt deposit ring inside your pasta pan? Researchers unveil the physical mechanisms at play
by debarjunby debarjunReleasing a handful of salt into a pasta pan can result in a circular ring deposit, which shows the sedimentation history of …
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Science
Publishing during postdoc years tied to later academic career success
by debarjunby debarjunCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A team of academic researchers led by Bedoor AlShebli with New York University Abu Dhabi, and Petter Holme …
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Physics
Newly fabricated crystals control interactions between high-frequency phonons and single quantum systems
by debarjunby debarjunDiamond phononic crystals for suppressing high-frequency phonons that induce decoherence in single silicon-vacancy (SiV) centers. Credit: Kuruma et al. (Nature Physics, 2024. …
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There’s a Universe full of black holes out there, spinning merrily away—some fast, others more slowly. A recent survey of supermassive black …
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What came first, galaxies or planets? The answer has always been galaxies, but new research is changing that idea. Could habitable planets …
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Credit: AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum (2024). DOI: 10.2514/6.2024-1135 Predicting the lifetime of an electric ion thruster is notoriously difficult. You have to …
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Two prominent mounds, rising hundreds of metres above the surrounding lowlands, display bright regions rich in clay minerals. Credit: ESA/TGO/CaSSIS, NASA/JPL/MSSS/The Murray …