Researchers have discovered that superconducting nanowire photon detectors (SNSPDs), originally designed for detecting photons, can also accurately detect high-energy protons. This unexpected finding ...

What is happening in Earth's inner core? Discover the implications of its deformation for seismic activity and navigation.

The findings, published in Optics Letters, mark a crucial step in advancing the understanding of quantum systems and their ...

By blending digital control with analog simulations, scientists have created a powerful new quantum simulator that pushes ...

Discover how sea turtles navigate the ocean using their internal GPS and learn about their magnetic field perception.

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been stranded on the International Space Station since they left Earth on June 5, 2024 ...

Loggerhead turtles “dance” when exposed to food-associated magnetic fields, and their magnetic map may help them return to specific areas after long migrations.

Data collected from a once-defunct NASA satellite show that Earth grew two extra radiation belts following a supercharged ...

A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides the first empirical evidence that ...

The internet erupted in controversy over Felisa Wolfe-Simon and colleagues’ claim of a microbe thriving on arsenic. Nearly 15 ...

A team of geologists and mineral physicists at Harvard University, the University of California, Argonne National Laboratory ...

Scientists report that a new class of magnetism, called altermagnetism, can increase memory device operation speeds by up to ...