Heavy Metal Psyche: Biggest Main Belt Asteroid Might Be Planet Remnant
New study of biggest Main Belt asteroid, Psyche, finds it might be remnant of a planet that never fully formed. New 2D and 3D computer…
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Butterfly Effect in Quantum Realm Disproven by Simulating Quantum ‘Time Travel’
Evolving quantum processes backwards on a quantum computer to damage information in the simulated past causes little change when returned to the ‘present.’ Using a…
New Atomtronic Device to Probe Weird Boundary Between Quantum and Everyday Worlds
Clouds of supercooled atoms offer highly sensitive rotation sensors and tests of quantum mechanics. A new device that relies on flowing clouds of ultracold atoms…
Forging High-Tech Armor From Shock-Dissipating Fractal Cubes
Additively manufactured fractal structures with closely spaced voids dissipate shockwaves five times better than solid cubes. Tiny, 3D printed cubes of plastic, with intricate fractal…
Artificial Brains Need Sleep Too – Desperate AI Researchers Discover Way to Stabilize Neuromorphic Processors
States that resemble sleep-like cycles in simulated neural networks quell the instability that comes with uninterrupted self-learning in artificial analogs of brains. No one can…
Self-Powered X-Ray Detector to Revolutionize Medicine, Security and Research Imaging
2D perovskite thin films boost sensitivity 100-fold compared to conventional detectors, require no outside power source, and enable low-dose dental and medical images. A new…
Reinventing the Mirror to Transform Antennas, Wireless and Cell Phone Communications
Electronically controlled 2-D reflector promises improved microwave communications, beam steering without moving pieces, and one-way microwave mirrors. Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory are…
Testing the Laws of Physics With Ultra-High Energy Gamma Rays From the Far Reaches of the Galaxy
High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory Tests Speed of Light Ultra-high energy gamma rays from the far reaches of the galaxy provide powerful proof that the…
Earlier Warning of Satellite-Killing Radiation Storms With New Space Weather Model
Two-day notice lets satellite operators take protective measures against energetic electrons. A new machine-learning computer model accurately predicts damaging radiation storms caused by the Van…
LEDs Engineered With Colloidal Quantum Dots Can Function As Lasers
Researchers reach a critical milestone on the path to versatile colloidal quantum dot laser diodes by successfully demonstrating a quantum dot LED that also operates…
Magneto-Inertial Fusion Experiment With 36 Plasma Guns – Advancing Toward Clean, Safe Power
The Plasma Liner Experiment will soon test the potential for a novel plasma fusion concept, while offering insights into the physics of colliding plasma jets….
Published Study Shows Algae Using Raw Plants as a Carbon Energy Source
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory and partner institutions provided today the first published report of algae using raw plants as a carbon energy source….
Magneto-Gravitational Trap Provides Precise Measurement of Neutron Lifetime
A study led in part by physicists at the Indiana University Center for the Exploration of Energy and Matter could provide new insight into the…
Researchers Develop Double-Pane Solar Windows That Generate Electricity
Using two types of “designer” quantum dots, researchers are creating double-pane solar windows that generate electricity with greater efficiency and create shading and insulation for…
Los Alamos Uses Quantum Dots to Successfully Amplify Light
In a new study, Los Alamos researchers have shown that they can successfully amplify light using electrically excited films of the chemically synthesized semiconductor nanocrystals…
Boron Discovery Provides Clues to Whether Life Could Have Existed on Mars
The ChemCam instrument on NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover reveals Boron in calcium-sulfate veins on Mars, helping us better understand the timescale of habitability on Mars….
MIT Biologists Reveal How lncRNA Helps to Control Cell Fate
New research details how biologists from MIT deciphered the structure of one type of long noncoding RNA and used that information to figure out how…
NASA Probes Reveal the Changing Shape of the Van Allen Belts
New research from NASA’s Van Allen Probes reveals that the shape of the Van Allen Belts can vary from a single, continuous belt with no…