experiments
Approaching the island of stability: observation of the superheavy element 117
The measured decay properties match previous data, strengthening the case for official recognition of 117 as a new element. New findings obtained in the…
Programming the smart home: ‘If this, then that’
The idea of a smart home sounds promising enough. Who doesn’t want a house full of automated gadgets — from light switches to appliances to heating systems —…
Microscopic Organism Plays a Big Role in Ocean Carbon Cycling, Scripps Scientists Discover
It’s broadly understood that the world’s oceans play a crucial role in the global-scale cycling and exchange of carbon between Earth’s ecosystems and…
A cancer protein’s journey to cell membrane
The cancer protein KRas is a factor in the development of several types of cancer. Mutated KRas, for example, can be found in a large number of all tumour…
A modern twist on Young’s slits
In the eighteenth century, scientists faced a conundrum: is light a wave or a particle? One of strongest pieces of evidence to support the ‘wave view’ — the…
One Kind of Supersymmetry Shown to Emerge Naturally
UC Santa Barbara physicist Tarun Grover has provided definitive mathematical evidence for supersymmetry in a condensed matter system. Sought after in the…