Mathematically speaking, social networks look like groups of nodes (representing people) connected by lines or edges (representing the relationships between them). If two people have an unfriendly or ...

Lift-off: Chang’e-6 will attempt to bring back 2 kg of lunar material from the far side of the Moon (Courtesy: CNSA) China has successfully launched a mission to bring back sample from the far side of ...

Double trouble: physicists in the US have created a bilayer of ultracold magnetic atoms separated by just 50 nm. (Courtesy: ...

According to the researchers’ theoretical calculations and modelling, this mechanism involves atomic sites in the material ...

Researchers at Princeton University in the US say they have made the first direct observation of a Wigner crystal – a ...

Despite the development of toughened glass, a smashed phone screen is a commonplace annoyance. James Richards, a postdoc in Edinburgh who led the research, explains that the aim was to design a ...

Quantum Machines introduces the OPX1000 platform, a scaled up system with very high channel density for error-free quantum computing ...

Researchers Finland say they are the first to determine the state of a superconducting qubit using a bolometer – a device ...

Many physicists work for small-to-medium-sized companies that provide scientific instrumentation and services – and some have founded companies of their own. Such businesses can have limited resources ...

A novel detector designed to search for so-called “dark” photons has placed unprecedented constraints on where this type of ...

Following almost three decades of planning and construction the world’s highest observatory has begun operations. The ...

One member of San Diego’s council defended its action, claiming that local citizens didn’t like the existing lights and ...