video: Dipolar colloidal particles are driven out of equilibrium by a spinning magnetic field. The Rice University experiment demonstrates how gases, represented by the dispersed particles, and liqui… [+7043 chars]
Scientists first thought that having a thinner nearside crust allowed magma in the Moons mantle to ascend and volcanically erupt on the surface more easily than the farside, explaining the nearsides … [+2722 chars]
LGBT+ physicists often face harassment and other behaviors that make them leave the profession, according to a new study, which comes as physics as a discipline has attempted to grapple with equity a… [+6296 chars]
Astronomers have captured the moment a star, 500 million light years from Earth, exploded in a dramatic supernova, marking the end of its life. A type II supernova explosion happens when a very larg… [+4705 chars]
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The race for space has quietly intensified in parallel with the geopolitical competition unfolding here on Earth. China, for example, has made great strides in its space programs and is looking to ta… [+6389 chars]
Irradiation with fast protons is a more effective and less invasive cancer treatment than X-rays. However, modern proton therapy requires large particle accelerators, which has experts investigating … [+4291 chars]
In a recent Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids study, researchers demonstrate enhanced loss-of-function editing of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated p… [+6155 chars]
Artists impression of a (now-disproven) candidate planet formerly thought to be orbiting the star Alpha Centauri B, which is part of the triple star system closest to Earth. (Credit: ESO/L. Calçada/N… [+6214 chars]
From sunflowers to starfish, symmetry appears everywhere in biology. This isn't just true for body plans -- the molecular machines keeping our cells alive are also strikingly symmetric. But why? Does… [+2498 chars]
