Scientists Can Use Wires 3 Atoms Wide to Create Fabric That Generates Electricity
These tiny wires made by diamonds can be used for a whole host of possibilities – including making fabric that can generate electricity.
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Scientists Detect Tone Pattern in the Ringing of a Newborn Black Hole for the First Time, Proving Einstein Right Again
100 years after Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves, scientists have confirmed that he was right about black holes—again.
More Than $21 Million Awarded to World's Most Trailblazing Scientists to Further Their Research
More than $21.6 million has been awarded to the world's most trailblazing scientists for this year's Breakthrough Prize announcements.
Researchers Teleport Information to Be Stored Within a Diamond
Japanese researchers have succeeded in teleporting information on a quantum level – and it has huge implications for the future of technology.
The Quantum Realm's 'Fifth State of Matter' is Observed in Space For the First Time
Scientists have observed the fifth state of matter in space for the first time, offering unprecedented insight into the quantum universe.
Veteran Goes From Janitor to Physicist After Teaching Himself Trigonometry Using Only Youtube Videos
Despite suffering from PTSD and a lack of education, Joshua Carroll has fulfilled his dream of becoming a physicist—and it's all thanks to watching Youtube.
Listen to the Superfluid MIT Scientists Have Modeled to Emulate the Sound of a Neutron Star
MIT physicists have created a perfect fluid in the laboratory, a glissando of sound waves that the team sent through as fermions.
Breakthrough 3D Solar Panel Design Increases Light Absorption By 125% - A Potential Game-Changer
The University of York has increased the ability of solar panels to absorb light by a stunning 125 percent using a checkerboard design.
Particle Mystery Deepens As 'Strong' New Evidence Hints at '5th' Force in Nature
Scientists at the Fermi Laboratory in Illinois have found evidence of the existence of a fifth force of nature, but more research is needed.
50 Years Ago NASA Sent a Map Into Space to Help Aliens Find Earth-Now They've Got An Awesome Update
The son-in-law of the man who created NASA's famous map to Earth on Pioneer 10 has used new pulsars to update the map's accuracy forever.
Geophysicists Confirm Plato's Theory-the Earth Is Made of Cubes
Geophysicists at the University of Pennsylvania have determined that the early Greek philosopher Plato was right-the Earth is made of cubes.
How Planets May Be Seeded With the Chemicals Necessary for Life
Leeds University researchers look at how planets may be seeded with the chemicals necessary for life.
This Asteroid is a $10,000-Quadrillion Lump of Iron and a Potential Opportunity to Study an Exposed Planetary Core
As the only entirely-metallic planetesimal known in our solar system, 16 Psyche offers a view of a planet's metal core like ours.
Astronomers Capture Black Hole Eruption Spanning 16 Times the Full Moon in the Sky
Astronomers have produced the most comprehensive image of radio emission from our nearest actively feeding supermassive black hole.
Bill Nye to Host His Own Talk Show on Netflix
In Spring 2017, you will once again be able to watch your favorite science guy's lectures on television with his new talk show "Bill Nye Saves The World".
Solution to Age-old Problem: Physicist Invents Drip-Free Wine Bottle
Whether you like Cabernet, Merlot, or Malbec, wine lovers everywhere can appreciate this new patent for a drip-free wine bottle.
UN to Launch Space Mission for Countries That Can't Afford Their Own
Some nations simply don't have the funding for their own space programs – so the United Nations is giving them a leg up into orbit.
A Man Got the Nobel Prize for Her Discovery. Now, 44 Years Later, She's Awarded Breakthrough Physics Prize and $3Mil
This physicist is responsible for one of the most important astronomical discoveries of the century and she is finally getting the recognition she deserves.
This is the First Ever Image of a Black Hole and Scientists Are Calling It a 'Dream Come True'
For the first time ever, scientists have managed to capture an image of a supermassive black hole - and the results are breathtaking.
Higgs Boson Scientists Win Nobel Prize in Physics
Two theoretical physicists who suggested that an invisible ocean of energy suffusing space is responsible for the mass and diversity of the particles in the universe won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday morning. The theory, elucidated in 1964 by Peter Higgs, 84, of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, and François Englert, 80, of the University Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium, sent physicists on a generation-long search for the Higgs boson (also referred to as the God particle).
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