Earthquakes in slow motion

A survey of slow-slip events in Cascadia reveals new insight into the recently discovered phenomenon. …

Ground failure study shows deep landslides not reactivated by 2018 Anchorage Quake

Major landslides triggered by the 1964 magnitude 9.2 Great Alaska earthquake responded to, but were not…

Cracking the mystery of nature's toughest material

Nacre, the rainbow-sheened material that lines the insides of mussel and other mollusk shells, is known…

Why targeted immuno-oncology drugs sometimes fail

Researchers report a discovery that helps scientists understand why some tumors lack immune cell infiltration and…

Google unveils computer with 'quantum supremacy', rivals say wait a qubit

Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Wednesday it achieved a breakthrough in computing research by using a…

U.S. tech firm Maxar taps startup's software for moon mission

(This October 22 story has been refiled to correct headline to say software rather than robotics,…

Explainer: Google hails 'quantum supremacy', but don't chuck out your PC just yet

Researchers at Google say they have achieved ‘quantum supremacy’, in which a computer harnessing the properties…

Protein movement in cells hints at greater mysteries

A new imaging technique that makes it possible to match motor proteins with the cargo they…

How to spot a wormhole (if they exist)

Whether wormholes exist is up for debate. But in a recent article, physicists describe a technique…

Achieving quantum supremacy

Researchers have made good on their claim to quantum supremacy. Using 53 entangled quantum bits (‘qubits’),…