Scientists know well how conventional materials conduct heat. However, things are not as straightforward under extreme ...

For over a century, astronomers have marveled at the beauty and complexity of spiral galaxies, which feature arms covered in ...

If you took introductory physics, you learned about the “fundamental forces.” It goes something like this: All interactions ...

Most of the time, the Earth and Sun’s magnetic fields are misaligned, leaving our planet’s field less open to the aurora-causing effects of the solar wind. However, towards the equinox, the two fields ...

USTC researchers created a long-lived Schrödinger-cat state, boosting quantum metrology and precision measurements. Their ...

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The Analyzer for Cusp Electrons (ACE) is designed to measure electron activity in the region of the northern magnetospheric ...

Researchers show that Cartan's First Structure Equation, which relates to edge and screw dislocations in crystal lattices, can be recast in the same form as a basic mathematical formula that governs ...

Merging some esoteric physics principles with an advanced instrument creates a magnetic microscope with resolution better ...

The ability to conduct heat is one of the most fundamental properties of matter, crucial for engineering applications.