Exciton-polaritonic PT symmetry: Direct coupling between upward- and downward-polariton modes in a six-fold symmetric microcavity with loss manipulation leads to PT-symmetry breaking with low-threshold phase transition. Credit: KAIST
A new laser that generates quantum particles...
Artist’s concept of NASA’s WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) spacecraft, which was an infrared-wavelength astronomical space telescope active from December 2009 to February 2011. In September 2013 the spacecraft was assigned a new mission...
Proteins have been quietly taking over our lives since the COVID-19 pandemic began. We’ve been living at the whim of the virus’s so-called “spike” protein,...
NASA’s Deep Space Atomic Clock has been operating aboard the General Atomics Orbital Test Bed satellite since June 2019. This illustration shows the spacecraft in Earth orbit. Credit: General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems
Designed to improve...
Trial provides ‘grounds for optimism’ for many people with persistent headaches and those who care for them.
Eating a diet rich in omega 3 (n-3) fatty acids reduces the frequency of headaches compared with a...
Schematic of co-axial electrospinning device. Credit: Elsevier
A new alternative seawater desalination membrane to produce drinking water.
According to the World Health Organization, about 785 million people around the world lack a clean source of drinking...
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and University of Dundee have screened thousands of drug and chemical molecules and identified a range of potential antivirals that could be developed into new treatments for COVID-19...
An artist’s impression of two black holes about to collide and merge.
Study offers evidence, based on gravitational waves, to show that the total area of a black hole’s event horizon can never decrease.
There are...
Plastic is practical, cheap and incredibly popular. Every year, more than 350 million metric tons are produced worldwide. These plastics contain a huge variety of chemicals that may be released during their lifecycles —...
Optical tweezers use light to trap particles for analysis. A new breakthrough keeps those particles from overheating. Credit: The University of Texas at Austin
Three years ago, Arthur Ashkin won the Nobel Prize for inventing optical tweezers,...
Coronavirus graphic. Credit: Gerd Altmann
An international team of researchers co-led by the University of Adelaide and the University of Arizona has analyzed the genomes of more than 2,500 modern humans from 26 worldwide populations,...
Artistic rendering of the propane dehydrogenation process taking place on the novel single atom alloy catalyst, as predicted by theory. The picture shows the transition state obtained from a quantum chemistry calculation on a...
This illustration depicts a planet partially hidden in the glare of its host star and a nearby companion star. After examining a number of binary stars, astronomers have concluded that Earth-sized planets in many...
Chinese mountain cat. Credit: Song Dazhao, CFCA
Study highlights the evolutionary uniqueness and premier conservation importance of the elusive Chinese mountain cat.
We know that the domestic cat has distant relatives that roam the earth –...
A new analysis of known exoplanets has revealed that Earth-like conditions on potentially habitable planets may be much rarer than previously thought. The work focuses on the conditions required for oxygen-based photosynthesis to develop...
A thin film polymer tunes the properties of an inkjet printed array of small microwave resonators. The composite device can be tuned to capture or transmit different wavelengths of microwave energy. Credit: Fio Omenetto,...
MIT biological engineers have demonstrated a way to easily retrieve data files stored as DNA. This could be a step toward using DNA archives to store enormous quantities of photos, images, and other digital...
Rice University bioengineer Omid Veiseh shows silicone breast implants with rough (left) and smooth surfaces. Credit: Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University
Six-year effort includes researchers from Rice, MD Anderson, Baylor College of Medicine.
Rice University bioengineers...
NASA's Webb Telescope Will Look Back in Time, Use Quasars to Unlock the Secrets of the Early Universe
This is an artist’s concept of a galaxy with a brilliant quasar at its center. A quasar...
Researchers at the University of Tokyo have announced the successful results of the Phase 1 clinical trial of a new type of vaccine to protect against cholera and travelers’ diarrhea. The MucoRice-CTB vaccine is...
Artist’s impression of a supernova. Credit: James Josephides, Swinburne University of Technology
What happens if a supernova explosion goes off right beside another star? The star swells up, which scientists predict as a frequent occurrence...
Statin use is linked to reduced risk of cancer among heart failure patients. Credit: European Heart Journal
Statin use among patients with heart failure is associated with a 16% lower risk of developing cancer compared...