Probing work and heat dissipation in the quantum Hall edges of graphene

Combining our nano-SQUID on tip with scanning gate measurements in the quantum Hall phase of graphene…

One of Europe's last wild rivers is in danger of being tamed

Under a broad plane tree near Albania’s border with Greece, Jorgji Ilia fills a battered flask…

The pirarucu: the giant prized fish of the Amazon

Its white flesh is tender and tasty, it can measure up to three meters long and…

NASA wants international partners to go to Moon too

As it looks to return to the Moon, NASA is open to the idea of international…

All-female spacewalk duo set sights on Moon

What’s even better than venturing out into the vacuum of space? Landing on the Moon, according…

Humpback whale population on the rise after near miss with extinction

A population of humpback whales in the South Atlantic has rebounded from the brink of extinction. …

Pushing quantum photonics

Quantum computers use the fundamentals of quantum mechanics to potentially speed up the process of solving…

Replacing coal with gas or renewables saves billions of gallons of water

The ongoing transition from coal to natural gas and renewables in the U.S. electricity sector is…

Researchers reveal an elusive atomic-scale magnetic 'signal' in a Mott insulator

Probing the properties of a Mott insulator, a team of researchers from Boston College, MIT, and…

New deep-water coral discovered

Pax, Latin for ‘peace’ made its way into the scientific name of a new coral discovered…