Physics
Swirly lasers can control an ungovernable cousin of magnetism
Magnetic-like materials have an internal vortex that can only be driven by circularly polarized lasers. Andrew Ostrovsky/iStockphoto/Getty Images Researchers have ...
Programmable proteins use logic to improve targeted drug delivery
Therapies that are sensitive to multiple biomarkers could allow drugs to reach only the areas of the body where they ...
How different bird species forage together in the Antarctic
Photo: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain It's a scene fit for a nature documentary: In the cold ocean surrounding Antarctica, water boils ...
Assessing overconfidence among national security officials
Photo: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain National security officials are “overconfident,” which makes it difficult for them to accurately assess uncertainty, according ...
Unreachable Nobel winner hiking ‘off the grid’
The Nobel Committee struggled to achieve two laureates of medicine of this year – one of them is believed to ...
Science costs money—research is guided by who funds it and why
Scientists always needed someone to help pay the bill for their work. For example, in the 19th century Charles Darwin ...
Americans, Canadians unite in battling ‘eating machine’ carp
A team from the Ministry of Fisheries of Canada patrols the Grand -River, not far from Lake Eri in search ...
Undergrad students deploy applications to geosynchronous satellite 22,236 miles above Earth
Nichel Harel and Dikchya Harel in the center of space, high -performance and stable NSF calculations. Credit: Aimi Obozhzzinsky, University ...
What’s on the table, and what’s missing?
Rachel Walsh, Kelly Donati, Lisel Spencer, Molly Fairvezer, Nick Rose, Talk An employee engaged in the support of the organic ...
Molecular coating cleans up noisy quantum light
Optical micrographs of the sample of monolayer tungsten discsten, on the right side, functionalized with PTCDA. Credit: Mark Hersam / ...
