/ en-us Â鶹ÒùÔº internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Â鶹ÒùÔºics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. At the forefront of discovery, where cutting-edge scientific questions are tackled, we often don't have much data. Conversely, successful machine learning (ML) tends to rely on large, high-quality data sets for training. So how can researchers harness AI effectively to support their investigations? /news/2025-07-human-ai-teamwork-uncovers-hidden.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Thu, 17 Jul 2025 05:10:24 EDT news671947355 It can be found inside gas giants such as Jupiter and is briefly created during meteorite impacts or in laser fusion experiments: warm dense matter. This exotic state of matter combines features of solid, liquid and gaseous phases. Until now, simulating warm dense matter accurately has been considered a major challenge. /news/2025-06-enables-exotic-state.html General Â鶹ÒùÔºics Plasma Â鶹ÒùÔºics Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:21:38 EDT news670083690 Very soon after the Big Bang, the universe enjoyed a brief phase where quarks and gluons roamed freely, not yet joined up into hadrons such as protons, neutrons and mesons. This state, called a quark-gluon plasma, existed for a brief time until the temperature dropped to about 20 trillion Kelvin, after which this "hadronization" took place. /news/2025-05-thermodynamic-properties-quark-gluon-plasma.html General Â鶹ÒùÔºics Plasma Â鶹ÒùÔºics Fri, 30 May 2025 10:00:03 EDT news667816855 In the depths of the San Lázaro rock-shelter in Segovia, Central Spain, archaeologists from the Complutense University of Madrid and collaborators have uncovered a compelling trace of Neanderthal symbolic cognition: a pigment-marked granite stone bearing a human fingerprint, and the deliberate placement of red ocher in relation to three mostly natural indentations, creating the potential image of a human face. /news/2025-05-red-dot-year-fingerprint-stone.html Archaeology Wed, 28 May 2025 09:30:01 EDT news667642425 Wide binary stars with separation greater than about 2000 astronomical units are interesting natural laboratories that allow a direct probe of gravity at low acceleration weaker than about 1 nanometer per second squared. Astrophysicist Kyu-Hyun Chae at Sejong University (Seoul, South Korea) has developed a new method of measuring gravity with all three components of the velocities (3D velocities) of stars, as a major improvement over existing statistical methods relying on sky-projected 2D velocities. /news/2025-05-3d-velocity-analysis-wide-binaries.html Astronomy Tue, 27 May 2025 11:51:05 EDT news667565462 Materials with self-adaptive mechanical responses have long been sought after in material science. Using computer simulations, researchers at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Hyderabad, now show how such adaptive behavior can emerge in active glasses, which are widely used as models for biological tissues. /news/2025-05-uncover-mechanism-enabling-glasses-brittleness.html Soft Matter Mon, 19 May 2025 10:34:13 EDT news666869646 In the intricate world of quantum physics, where particles interact in ways that seem to defy the standard rules of space and time, lies a profound mystery that continues to captivate scientists: the nature of deconfined quantum critical points (DQCPs). These elusive critical phenomena break away from the conventional framework of physics, offering a fascinating glimpse into a realm where quantum matter behaves in ways that challenge our classical understanding of the fundamental forces shaping the universe. /news/2025-04-physicists-uncover-hidden-quantum-world.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Wed, 23 Apr 2025 09:59:04 EDT news664621142 Researchers from the Hefei Institutes of Â鶹ÒùÔºical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a neural network model based on self-attention mechanisms to rapidly predict radiation shielding designs for space reactors. /news/2025-04-intelligent-neural-network-space-reactor.html Space Exploration Tue, 22 Apr 2025 11:10:05 EDT news664539001 At hypersonic speeds, complexities occur when the gases interact with the surface of the vehicle, such as boundary layers and shock waves. Researchers in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at The Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, were able to observe new disturbances in simulations conducted for the first time in 3D. /news/2025-03-hypersonic-3d-simulations-expose-disturbances.html General Â鶹ÒùÔºics Soft Matter Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:05:50 EDT news662205946 Many systems in nature—and in society—can suddenly change their properties: Water freezes at normal pressure at 32°F, a power grid collapses when a central substation fails, or a society splits into opposing factions following a major event. All of these processes are examples of so-called phase transitions—tipping points where a system abruptly shifts into a new state. /news/2025-03-suddenly-insights-hard-transitions.html General Â鶹ÒùÔºics Mon, 24 Mar 2025 15:10:04 EDT news662047406 Researchers at the Fritz Haber Institute have developed the Automatic Process Explorer (APE), an approach that enhances our understanding of atomic and molecular processes. By dynamically refining simulations, APE has uncovered unexpected complexities in the oxidation of palladium (Pd) surfaces, offering new insights into catalyst behavior. The study is published in the journal Â鶹ÒùÔºical Review Letters. /news/2025-03-machine-reveals-hidden-complexities-palladium.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Thu, 06 Mar 2025 15:49:54 EST news660498592 Quantum entanglement—a phenomenon where particles are mysteriously linked no matter how far apart they are—presents a long-standing challenge in the physical world, particularly in understanding its behavior within complex quantum systems. /news/2025-01-physicists-entanglement-microscopy-algorithm-quantum.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Thu, 23 Jan 2025 09:14:05 EST news656846041 A research team discovered a quantum state in which electrons move in a completely new way under a twisted graphene structure. The unique electronic state is expected to contribute to the development of more efficient and faster electronic devices. It may also be applicable to technologies such as quantum memory, which can process complex computations. /news/2025-01-electrons-graphene-fractional-quantum-hall.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:57:07 EST news656686619 Nuclear fission is the most reliable source of antineutrinos, but they are difficult to characterize. A recent study suggests how their emission can be simulated most effectively. /news/2025-01-simulation-method-antineutrinos-emitted-nuclear.html General Â鶹ÒùÔºics Mon, 06 Jan 2025 10:00:37 EST news655380034 Pile up blocks until the tower collapses. But why does the tower always end up collapsing? Is it possible that it can be built ad infinitum? A study published in the International Journal of Solids and Structures explores the fascinating and complex dynamics of the stacking of blocks subjected to hazards. Carried out by Vincent Denoël, an engineer at the University of Liège, this research looks at the stochastic stability of stacks, providing crucial insights for engineering, construction and materials science. /news/2024-12-physics-random-stacking-perspectives-stability.html General Â鶹ÒùÔºics Tue, 17 Dec 2024 15:53:31 EST news653673208 A team of researchers has successfully demonstrated nonlinear Compton scattering (NCS) between an ultra-relativistic electron beam and an ultrahigh intensity laser pulse using the 4-Petawatt laser at the Center for Relativistic Laser Science (CoReLS) within the Institute for Basic Science at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Korea. /news/2024-11-nonlinear-compton-multi-petawatt-laser.html General Â鶹ÒùÔºics Optics & Photonics Mon, 25 Nov 2024 11:33:37 EST news651756805 From subatomic particles to complex molecules, quantum systems hold the key to understanding how the universe works. But there's a catch: when you try to model these systems, that complexity quickly spirals out of control—just imagine trying to predict the behavior of a massive crowd of people where everyone is constantly influencing everyone else. Turn those people into quantum particles, and you are now facing a "quantum many-body problem." /news/2024-10-benchmark-hardest-quantum-problems.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Thu, 17 Oct 2024 14:00:02 EDT news648138838 Solar flares are extremely intense events that occur in the sun's atmosphere, lasting anywhere from a few minutes to several hours. According to the standard flare model, the energy that triggers these explosions is transported by accelerated electrons that hurtle from the magnetic reconnection region in the corona to the chromosphere. /news/2024-09-validity-standard-solar-flares.html Astronomy Mon, 23 Sep 2024 14:37:04 EDT news646321022 By cleverly applying a computational technique, scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding the "pseudogap," a long-standing puzzle in quantum physics with close ties to superconductivity. The discovery, presented in Science, will help scientists in their quest for room-temperature superconductivity, a holy grail of condensed matter physics that would enable lossless power transmission, faster MRI machines and superfast levitating trains. /news/2024-09-mysteries-bizarre-pseudogap-quantum-physics.html Superconductivity Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Thu, 19 Sep 2024 14:55:04 EDT news645976501 Understanding how light travels through various materials is essential for many fields, from medical imaging to manufacturing. However, due to their structure, materials often show directional differences in how they scatter light, known as anisotropy. This complexity has traditionally made it difficult to accurately measure and model their optical properties. Recently, researchers have developed a new technique that could transform how we study these materials. /news/2024-09-method-propagation-anisotropic-materials.html Optics & Photonics Tue, 17 Sep 2024 13:09:55 EDT news645797385 A team of physicists from The University of Hong Kong (HKU), Texas Tech University (TTH), and the University of Michigan (UMich), has made an important discovery in the study of van der Waals (vdW) magnetic materials, a special class of materials with unique electronic and magnetic properties that make them attractive for use in various applications. /news/2024-09-physicists-capture-thickness-transitions-dimensional.html Condensed Matter Thu, 05 Sep 2024 09:24:04 EDT news644747042 A 3D quantum spin liquid has been discovered in the vicinity of a member of the langbeinite family. The material's specific crystalline structure and the resulting magnetic interactions induce an unusual behavior that can be traced back to an island of liquidity. An international team has made this discovery with experiments at the ISIS neutron source and theoretical modeling on a nickel-langbeinite sample. /news/2024-08-langbeinites-talents-3d-quantum-liquids.html Soft Matter Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Fri, 23 Aug 2024 12:01:04 EDT news643633262 A team of scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has developed a machine-learning model to gain an atomic-level understanding of CO2 capture in amine-based sorbents. This innovative approach promises to enhance the efficiency of direct air capture (DAC) technologies, which are crucial for reducing the excessive amounts of CO2 already present in the atmosphere. /news/2024-07-probing-carbon-capture-atom-machine.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Wed, 31 Jul 2024 13:35:43 EDT news641651738 The ATLAS Experiment at CERN has made two years' worth of scientific data available to the public for research purposes. The data include recordings of proton–proton collisions from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at a collision energy of 13 TeV. /news/2024-07-cern-atlas-tb.html General Â鶹ÒùÔºics Mon, 01 Jul 2024 11:23:03 EDT news639051781 In materials science, particularly in the study of glasses, the intermediate range order (IRO) is one of the most intriguing research areas owing to its significant influence over the physical properties of glasses. /news/2024-06-atomic-density-fluctuations-silica-glass.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Mon, 03 Jun 2024 11:00:04 EDT news636631201 Strongly interacting systems play an important role in quantum physics and quantum chemistry. Stochastic methods such as Monte Carlo simulations are a proven method for investigating such systems. However, these methods reach their limits when so-called sign oscillations occur. /news/2024-05-method-wavefunction-quantum-body-problems.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Wed, 15 May 2024 13:45:03 EDT news634999501 An international research team from Innsbruck and Geneva has, for the first time, probed the dimensional crossover for ultracold quantum matter. In the regime between one and two dimensions, the quantum particles perceive their world as being 1D or 2D depending on the length scale on which they are probed: For short distances, their world is 1D, but it is 2D for long distances. /news/2024-04-physicists-track-dimensionality-affect-properties.html Soft Matter Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Wed, 10 Apr 2024 10:59:21 EDT news631965559 Quantum many-body systems are things such as atomic nuclei that consist of many tiny particles moving in complex ways. This makes it extremely difficult to predict how the systems behave as the particles interact. To study these systems, researchers use computational tools called quantum Monte Carlo simulations. /news/2024-04-quantum-states-overlap.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Tue, 09 Apr 2024 10:00:14 EDT news631875612 A new automated workflow developed by scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has the potential to allow researchers to analyze the products of their reaction experiments in real time, a key capability needed for future automated chemical processes. /news/2024-04-statistical-workflow-advance-drug-discovery.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Mon, 08 Apr 2024 15:28:04 EDT news631808881 Entanglement is a widely studied quantum physics phenomenon, in which two particles become linked in such a way that the state of one affects the state of another, irrespective of the distance between them. When studying systems comprised of several strongly interacting particles (i.e., many body systems) in two or more dimensions, numerically predicting the amount of information shared between these particles, a measure known as entanglement entropy (EE), becomes highly challenging. /news/2024-03-method-rnyi-entanglement-entropy-auxiliary.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Thu, 28 Mar 2024 06:50:01 EDT news630753225