A technology once feared too error-prone to underlie a quantum computer is hitting the big time.

Scientists have found a way to achieve negative refraction—where light bends the "wrong" way—using carefully arranged atomic arrays instead of engineered metamaterials. This breakthrough has enormous ...

Seven faculty members from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville have been named to Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers ...

Put simply, aluminum production starts with the metal-rich ore bauxite. After a series of chemical reactions, a powdery ...

Fusion technology is a long way from powering a grid — if it ever will. Dozens of fusion startups have launched anyway.

A huge detector in the Mediterranean Sea spotted the most energetic neutrino from space to date. The particle could shed ...

An unexpected radioactive discovery beneath the Pacific Ocean seabed may provide researchers with a new global geologic time ...

Google and SoftBank’s Vision Fund are new investors in QuEra Computing Inc., participating in a $230 million funding round ...

Elad Harel is used to shining a light on the mysteries of the natural world.    Working at the cutting-edge of ultrafast spectroscopy — the application of short laser pulses to analyze the dynamics of ...

Scientists have long sought reliable methods to date ancient geological events, but a surprising find in deep-sea samples may ...

Wouldn’t it be nice if our bills for electricity could be cut in half? How about other energy prices that always seem to ...

Usvatte-aratchi Two thoughtful short essays on schools and education appeared in The Island newspaper on January 20th and 21st. The first was written by Lokubandara Tillakaratne, and the second by ...