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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

Sensing platform uses magnetized hydrogels and a smartphone’s magnetometer to measure glucose concentration in test samples ...

The lack of observed gamma rays from a recent supernova has cast doubt on the generally-accepted idea that exploding stars ...