Chip-based devices improve practicality of quantum-secured communication

Researchers have demonstrated new chip-based devices that contain all the optical components necessary for quantum key…

Bombing asteroid Ryugu reveals it is a spritely 9 million years old

The Hayabusa-2 spacecraft bombed the asteroid Ryugu in April. Analysing the crater it left behind suggests…

Bennu in Unprecedented Detail

This global map of asteroid Bennu’s surface is a mosaic of images collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx…

Quasar Tsunamis Rip Across Galaxies

Astronomers have discovered the most energetic outflows ever witnessed in the universe. They emanate from quasars…

Sea otters, opossums and the surprising ways pathogens move from land to sea

A parasite known only to be hosted in North America by the Virginia opossum is infecting…

Bone analyzes tell about kitchen utensils in the Middle Ages

Who in the Middle Ages cooked their dinner in copper pots? And where did they do…

Compact beam steering studies to revolutionize autonomous navigation, AR, neuroscience

In three recent papers, engineers report the first demonstration of optical phased array technology on-chip at…

How molecules self-assemble into superstructures

Most technical functional units are built bit by bit according to a well-designed construction plan. The…

Understanding how COVID-19 affects children vital to slowing pandemic, doctors say

Though COVID-19 so far appears to be largely sparing children, researchers are cautioning that it is…

ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/19/2020

Engineered Heart Tissue: The crew performed sample fixations on selected tissue chambers and performed cell culture…