Controlling light is an important technological challenge—not just at the large scale of optics in microscopes and telescopes ...

It's the last clearly observed supernova in the Milky Way, Gassel said.

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected breakdown of nuclear order in a remarkably symmetric atom, challenging long-standing ...

Even in space, what goes up sometimes comes back down: spent rocket stages, defunct satellites and other bits of space debris ...

Abstract: Focusing on the challenge of accurately measuring the dimensions and depths of special-shaped workpieces in industrial production, a promising solution has emerged: integrating monocular ...

Researchers at Tsinghua University developed the Optical Feature Extraction Engine (OFE2), an optical engine that processes data at 12.5 GHz using light rather than electricity. Its integrated ...

Abstract: The floating complementary split-ring resonator (FCSRR) is presented in this letter. Because of its unique resonant mode, the FCSRR is suitable for the perception of rotational motion. The ...

Urbanisation is leading to an increase in outdoor lighting technologies in cities, which can disrupt wildlife habitats in urban greenery and alter their natural biological, physiological, and ...

A plan to build the first transcontinental freight railroad in the U.S. is putting a spotlight on a chokepoint in American rail shipping. Today, no single railroad controls tracks from the West Coast ...

A millisecond used to be a big deal for the world’s quickest traders. A dispute over huge trading profits at one of the world’s largest futures exchanges shows they now think a million times faster.

A gamma-ray burst (GRB) — the most energetic type of explosion in the universe since the Big Bang — is detected once every day, on average. But what happened on July 2, 2025, was highly unusual: ...