Nuclear puzzle: In the nucleus, neutrons can be stable, but free neutrons decay after a short period. Exactly how short is in dispute because experiments on neutrons stored in bottles and neutrons in ...

Twirling pair Artist’s impression of Gliese 229Ba and Gliese 229Bb orbiting each other to create Gliese 229B. The brown dwarf pair orbit a cool M-dwarf star (shown in the distance) every 250 years.

Three’s company Artist's impression of V404 Cygni showing the black hole (right) surrounded by a swirling disc of matter that is being pulled from the nearby companion star (left). The distant ...

Getting attached: Flatter, more even particles called nanoplatelets allow more molecules to attach tightly, compared to other shapes like nanodots and nanorods. (Courtesy: Dr. Han Xiao, Dr. Minyi ...

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Location of events: Geographic locations of each identified bouncing packet (red dots), with background magnetic field strength shown on the colour scale. White dashed lines are L-shell contours, ...

An unseen low-mass companion star may be responsible for the recently observed “Great Dimming” of the red supergiant star Betelgeuse. According to this hypothesis, which was put forward by researchers ...

First in human Image of a human retina taken with the Akepa photonic chip, showing the retinal layers and key clinical features used for disease diagnosis and monitoring. (Courtesy: Siloton) UK health ...

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From hunting for evidence of subatomic particles to speeding up the diagnosis of disease, generative artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming science and led to the 2024 Nobel Prize for Physics.

Particle pioneer: Mark Thomson will become the 17th director-general of the CERN particle-physics laboratory when he takes up the position in 2026 (courtesy: CERN) With a PhD in physics from the ...