ENTs occur when stars that are at least three times as massive as the Sun pass so close to a supermassive black hole that its colossal gravity shreds them to pieces. The resulting string of matter ...

New architecture could be used to create tailored devices that emit or receive only certain frequencies of sound ...

This podcast features an interview with Sara Alderweireldt, who is a physicist working on the ATLAS experiment at CERN – the ...

Construction has begun on the new headquarters of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). Yesterday, ...

Flexible-working options as well as diversity, equity and inclusion reporting could help dismantle entrenched barriers ...

Particles orbiting a black hole could collide at colossal energies, generating collision products that may offer valuable ...

The Norwegian-born condensed-matter physicist Ivar Giaever, who shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1973, died on 20 June at the age of 96. In the late 1950s, Giaever made pioneering progress in the ...

Every mystical quest features a journey riddled with challenges, a cast of colourful characters, and a treasure trove that unlocks more intrigue. The Meteorite Hunters: On the Trail of ...

Alternative deterministic interpretation generally predicts the same results as standard theories – but maybe not this time ...

Making accommodations for neurodivergent scientists is the key to helping them, and science, thrive. Meagan Hough explains ...

Optimizing the geometric parameters of polymer nanoantenna arrays significantly improves the performance of optical ...

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