Light has always carried more than brightness. In this case, it also carries direction and twist. That mix may open a new ...

Crystalline arsenic trisulfide shows record photorefractive response and can be laser-patterned at 500-nm resolution without ...

The closest planet to our sun, Mercury, experiences extreme temperature variations. Since the planet has no atmosphere to ...

When it comes to landscape photography, bringing along a tripod seems to be the norm. Here’s why I think shooting handheld is ...

IN 1924, Prince Louis de Broglie put forward the thesis that all material particles, and in particular electrons, have properties analogous to those of a train of waves. This view, which is now ...

The ExoLife Finder (ELF) looks like no telescope ever built. A spectacular crown of 15 five-meter mirrors perches atop a ...

Platinum compounds are widely used in the creation of catalytic materials in the chemical industry, oil refining, medicine, ...

A new imaging technique uncovers how electronic patterns in quantum materials evolve unevenly across space and temperature.

Hertha Sponer (1895-1968) was a German physicist and quantum chemist, best known for her work in spectroscopy and her decades ...

The discovery of age or precipitation hardening in metals, a phenomenon that I have relied on over the years as a cyclist, is ...

Researchers have captured a bacterial enzyme in the act of encircling collagen and pulling a single strand through its ring-shaped body, a mechanism that rewrites the prevailing understanding of how ...

Unlocking the secrets of plant-based foods, Dr Kevin Nott at Oxford Instruments shows how TD-NMR helps scientists understand ...