Simulating failure to find the strength in composites

Fiber-reinforced composites are widely used in aerospace and other high-tech industries. Understanding how their microstructure and…

Researchers discover symmetry-breaking phase transitions after isotopic doping

A joint team, while exploring phase diagrams in dense H2–HD–D2 mixtures, has reported a new discovery…

The entire universe may once have been spinning all over the place

A strange asymmetry in the rotation of galaxies we see today hints that the early universe…

Scientists develop paper-based sensors for carbon dioxide

A new sensor for detecting carbon dioxide can be manufactured on a simple piece of paper,…

Universal virus detection platform to expedite viral diagnosis

The quick, accurate detection of a virus on a wide scale is the key to combating…

Researchers propose new approach to enable high-spectral-efficiency noncoherent underwater acoustic communication

The seafloor wireless observation network (SON) plays an important role in real-time ocean observation. The nodes…

Terahertz radiation can disrupt proteins in living cells

Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics and collaborators have discovered that terahertz radiation, contradicting…

Out-evolving coronavirus by evolving our own scientific ingenuity and social practices

If there is one thing that the coronavirus pandemic has exposed, it is that there is…

Researchers discover a new type of matter inside neutron stars

A Finnish research group has found strong evidence for the presence of exotic quark matter inside…

The cascade to criticality

Combined theoretical and experimental work has resulted in a novel mechanism through which criticality emerges in…