Radioactive beams give a real-time view of cancer treatment in mice
Cancer-busting particle beams have been caught in the act. Particle beams can provide a blast of destructive energy directly […]
Physics
Thunderstorms churn up a ‘boiling pot’ of gamma raysÂ
Above the cloud tops, thunderstorms throb with a complex, frenetic light show of high-energy radiation. A view from a
A quantum computer corrected its errors, improving its calculations
For the first time, a quantum computer has improved its results by continuously correcting its own miscalculations with a
How to spot tiny black holes that can pass through the solar system
Black holes about the size of a hydrogen atom may be careening into the solar system without being noticed.
The Large Hadron Collider exposes quark quantum entanglement
Quantum entanglement has made its way to the top. Scientists have measured the strange quantum phenomenon of entanglement in
Why this physicist is bringing thermodynamics into the quantum age
Imagine Victorian London, but its skies are filled with airplanes. Steam robots crowd the streets, mingling with people in hats
A materials scientist seeks to extract lithium from untapped resources
Electric vehicles promise to help us move away from fossil fuels, but they present a new problem: how to get
X-rays from nuclear explosions can protect Earth from asteroids
An asteroid heading toward Earth can be deflected without ever touching a spacecraft. The trick is to use X-rays
Discovery of key machine learning tools wins 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics
As artificial intelligence explodes in popularity, two of its pioneers have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics.