Physics
We summarize the week's science breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Physics
New laser is from the birds
Inspired by an optical trick that colors feathers without pigment, physicists come up with a cheap, practical design.
- Chemistry
Molecules/Matter & Energy
A moth with chemical weapons, light-up bubbles and insidious fungi in this week’s news.
- Physics
American Physical Society meeting
Gas sheds light on dark matter, plus cosmic ray clusters and blue-light imaging in the news.
- Chemistry
Molecules/Matter & Energy
Groovy snake bites, buzzy microphones and coiling liquids in this week’s news.
- Tech
Nanotubes coming to a screen near you
New technology promises brighter, bigger display screens that use less energy.
- Chemistry
Molecules/Matter & Energy
Marijuana loses its high, plus soy tape, gritty bubbles and more in this week’s news.
- Physics
Salt clouds relieve some Arctic warming
Sea sprays from increasingly open waters exert a cooling effect in the region.
- Physics
Scientists see the one-way light
Nonlinear materials that allow directional discrimination of waves could be used to make components for light-based computers.
- Chemistry
Molecules/Matter & Energy
A quantum state is teleported, plus twisty light and foamy graphene in this week's news.
- Physics
Time travel nixed in metamaterial world
A desktop universe captures essential properties of the real thing.
- Physics
How bicycles keep the rubber on the road
An international collaboration tries to explain the surprising stability of two-wheeled travel.
- Chemistry
Molecules/Matter & Energy
3-D effects without the glasses, plus portable X-rays and linking qubits in this week’s news.
