/ en-us ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵics, ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Astronomers from Seoul National University, South Korea and elsewhere report the detection of 62 new luminous quasars as part of the All-sky BRIght, Complete Quasar Survey (AllBRICQS). The discovery was detailed in a research paper published August 8 on the arXiv preprint server. /news/2025-08-astronomers-dozens-luminous-quasars.html Astronomy Tue, 19 Aug 2025 08:30:01 EDT news674750781 Dr. Seon Joon Kim and his team at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)'s Convergence Research Center for SEIF have developed a high-conductivity amphiphilic MXene material that can be dispersed in water, polar and nonpolar organic solvents. /news/2025-08-high-amphiphilic-mxene-dispersed-wide.html Nanomaterials Mon, 18 Aug 2025 12:33:02 EDT news674739181 ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵicists from the University of Copenhagen have begun using the gigantic magnetic fields of galaxy clusters to observe distant black holes in their search for an elusive particle that has stumped scientists for decades. /news/2025-08-intergalactic-mysterious-dark-particle-clever.html Astronomy Fri, 15 Aug 2025 08:53:04 EDT news674466781 Researchers at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge have demonstrated a new way to control radiation in the terahertz range—an often-overlooked part of the electromagnetic spectrum—with unprecedented dynamic range and speed. The findings could open the door to advanced technologies in communications, imaging, and sensing and mark major progress in the development of practical devices that operate in the terahertz range. /news/2025-08-graphene-capacitors-rapid-high-depth.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Fri, 15 Aug 2025 03:00:01 EDT news674445047 Interactions between atoms and molecules are facilitated by electromagnetic fields. The bigger the distance between the partners involved, the weaker these mutual interactions are. In order for the particles to be able to form natural chemical bonds, the distance between them must usually be approximately equal to their diameter. /news/2025-08-molecular-hybridization-quantum-vacuum.html Optics & Photonics Quantum ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵics Wed, 13 Aug 2025 12:06:03 EDT news674305561 Graphite has attracted global interest due to its unique anisotropic properties, including excellent electrical and thermal conductivity. Widely used as a battery anode material and in applications such as electromagnetic shielding, catalysis, and nuclear technology, graphite remains a critical material in both industrial and research fields. /news/2025-08-mirror-graphite-strength.html Nanomaterials Tue, 12 Aug 2025 09:41:02 EDT news674210457 In the past, chemists have used temperature, pressure, light, and other chemical ways to speed up or slow down chemical reactions. Now, researchers at the University of Rochester have developed a theory that explains a different way to control chemical reactions—one that doesn't rely on heat or light but instead on the quantum environment surrounding the molecules. /news/2025-08-theory-quantum-jigsaw-puzzle-chemical.html Analytical Chemistry Fri, 08 Aug 2025 11:20:01 EDT news673870516 The ability to detect single photons (the smallest energy packets constituting electromagnetic radiation) in the infrared range has become a pressing need across numerous fields, from medical imaging and astrophysics to emerging quantum technologies. In observational astronomy, for example, the light from distant celestial objects can be extremely faint and require exceptional sensitivity in the mid-infrared. /news/2025-08-bottleneck-photon-2d-materials.html Optics & Photonics Thu, 07 Aug 2025 14:43:44 EDT news673796618 Microrobots formed in droplets could enable precision-targeted drug delivery, improving on I.V. drug delivery that sends only 0.7% of the drug to the target tissue, according to a recent study in Science Advances, conducted through simulations at the University of Michigan and experiments at the University of Oxford. /news/2025-07-microrobots-drugs-drug-delivery.html Bio & Medicine Nanomaterials Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:57:13 EDT news673196227 ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵicists at Bielefeld University and the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (IFW Dresden) have developed a method to control atomically thin semiconductors using ultrashort light pulses. The study, published in Nature Communications, could pave the way for components that are controlled at unprecedented speeds directly by light—ushering in a new generation of optoelectronic devices. /news/2025-07-physicists-terahertz-electronic-properties-2d.html General ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵics Thu, 24 Jul 2025 12:20:38 EDT news672578434 A team of astronomers from Rhodes University and elsewhere have investigated a sample of 104 quasars detected with the MeerKAT International GHz Tiered Extragalactic Exploration (MIGHTEE) survey. The new study, published July 16 on the pre-print server arXiv, could help us advance our knowledge about quasars and their properties. /news/2025-07-quasars-mightee-survey.html Astronomy Thu, 24 Jul 2025 08:00:01 EDT news672549587 In a breakthrough for antimatter research, the BASE collaboration at CERN has kept an antiproton—the antimatter counterpart of a proton—oscillating smoothly between two different quantum states for almost a minute while trapped. The achievement, reported in a paper published today in the journal Nature, marks the first demonstration of an antimatter quantum bit, or qubit, and paves the way for substantially improved comparisons between the behavior of matter and antimatter. /news/2025-07-antimatter-quantum-bit-paves-comparisons.html Quantum ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵics Wed, 23 Jul 2025 12:21:37 EDT news672492040 A University of Colorado Denver engineer is on the cusp of giving scientists a new tool that can help them turn sci-fi into reality. /news/2025-07-quantum-tool-gamma-ray-lasers.html Quantum ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵics Wed, 23 Jul 2025 09:10:05 EDT news672480271 Using a cutting-edge magnetic wave detection technique, a new study in Nature Communications has identified lithium in Mercury's exosphere for the first time. /news/2025-07-scientists-lithium-mercury-exosphere-magnetic.html Planetary Sciences Fri, 18 Jul 2025 11:18:30 EDT news672056303 By leveraging the concept of chirality, or the difference of a shape from its mirror image, EPFL scientists have engineered an optical metasurface that controls light to yield a simple and versatile technique for secure encryption, sensing, and computing. /news/2025-07-chiral-metasurfaces-encode-images-visible.html Optics & Photonics Quantum ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵics Wed, 16 Jul 2025 09:50:10 EDT news671877679 As Great Salt Lake's levels continue to sag, yet another strange phenomenon has surfaced, offering Utah scientists more opportunities to plumb the vast saline lake's secrets. /news/2025-07-mysterious-reed-mounds-reveal-vast.html Earth Sciences Environment Fri, 11 Jul 2025 06:11:09 EDT news671433061 In physics, there are two great pillars of thought that don't quite fit together. The Standard Model of particle physics describes all known fundamental particles and three forces: electromagnetism, the strong nuclear force, and the weak nuclear force. Meanwhile, Einstein's general relativity describes gravity and the fabric of spacetime. /news/2025-07-large-hadron-collider-snap-theory.html Quantum ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵics Fri, 11 Jul 2025 04:25:28 EDT news671426717 Quantum mechanics has a reputation that precedes it. Virtually everyone who has bumped up against the quantum realm, whether in a physics class, in the lab, or in popular science writing, is left thinking something like, "Now, that is really weird." For some, this translates to weird and wonderful. For others it is more like weird and disturbing. /news/2025-07-electron-magnetic-moment-state-values.html Quantum ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵics Wed, 09 Jul 2025 09:20:39 EDT news671271633 Radar systems used by civilian airports and military operations are inadvertently revealing our existence to potential advanced alien civilizations, new research shows. /news/2025-07-airports-heathrow-gatwick-aliens-earth.html Astronomy Astrobiology Tue, 08 Jul 2025 11:00:04 EDT news671188131 Terahertz radiation (THz), electromagnetic radiation with frequencies ranging between 0.1 and 10 THz, could be leveraged to develop various new technologies, including imaging and communication systems. So far, however, a lack of fast and sensitive detectors that can detect radiation across a wide range of frequencies has limited the development of these THz-sensing technologies. /news/2025-07-tairte-photodetectors-highly-sensitive-room.html Condensed Matter Optics & Photonics Thu, 03 Jul 2025 07:50:07 EDT news670648980 Devices taking advantage of the collective quantum behavior of spin excitations in magnetic materials—known as magnons—have the potential to improve quantum computing devices. However, using magnons in quantum devices requires an in-depth understanding of their nature and limitations. A new experimental technique uses superconducting qubits to sensitively characterize magnon behavior in previously unexplored regimes. /news/2025-06-quantum-exploring-magnons-superconducting-qubits.html Superconductivity Quantum ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵics Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:12:04 EDT news670500721 New research published in ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵical Review Letters suggests that superconducting magnets used in dark matter detection experiments could function as highly precise gravitational wave detectors, thereby establishing an entirely new frequency band for observing these cosmic ripples. /news/2025-06-powerful-magnets-high-frequency-gravitational.html Astronomy Sat, 28 Jun 2025 07:30:01 EDT news670238008 In a new study, researchers demonstrate long-term, non-invasive monitoring of blood sodium levels using a system that combines optoacoustic detection with terahertz spectroscopy. The paper is published in the journal Optica. /news/2025-06-terahertz-blood-sodium-needles.html Analytical Chemistry Thu, 26 Jun 2025 10:00:05 EDT news670137645 Scientists at the University of Oxford have unveiled a pioneering method for capturing the full structure of ultra-intense laser pulses in a single measurement. The breakthrough, published in close collaboration with Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich and the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, could revolutionize our ability to control light-matter interactions. /news/2025-06-scientists-technique-capturing-ultra-intense.html Optics & Photonics Thu, 26 Jun 2025 05:00:02 EDT news670068479 Quantum computers can solve extraordinarily complex problems, unlocking new possibilities in fields such as drug development, encryption, AI, and logistics. Now, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have developed a highly efficient amplifier that activates only when reading information from qubits. The study was published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. /news/2025-06-smart-amplifier-power-consumption-paving.html Quantum ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵics Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:00:03 EDT news670071601 A new study is shedding light on why solar radiation is more effective than other forms of energy at causing water to evaporate. The key factor turns out to be the oscillating electric field inherent to sunlight itself. /news/2025-06-oscillating-electric-field-sun-good.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:41:03 EDT news669987662 Multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs), which utilize ferroelectric ceramics, are widely used as electronic components in various devices such as smartphones, personal computers, televisions, and automotive systems. /news/2025-06-reveals-nanoscale-ferroelectric-interfaces.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Tue, 24 Jun 2025 11:12:03 EDT news669982322 While the Standard Model (SM) describes all known fundamental particles and many of the interactions between them, it fails to explain dark matter, dark energy and the apparent asymmetry between matter and antimatter in the universe. Over the past decades, physicists have thus introduced various frameworks and methods to study physics beyond the SM, one of which is known as the King plot. /news/2025-06-tightens-king-plot-based-constraints.html General ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵics Mon, 23 Jun 2025 10:40:35 EDT news669894028 A research team from Penn State has broken a 165-year-old law of thermal radiation with unprecedented strength, setting the stage for more efficient energy harvesting, heat transfer and infrared sensing. /news/2025-06-rewriting-century-physics-law-thermal.html General ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵics Optics & Photonics Fri, 20 Jun 2025 11:03:04 EDT news669636181 A research team including members from the University of Michigan have unveiled a new observational technique that's sensitive to the dynamics of the intrinsic quantum jiggles of materials, or phonons. /news/2025-06-electron-microscopy-technique-captures-nanoparticle.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Wed, 18 Jun 2025 17:19:04 EDT news669485941