Discoveries Quantum dot technology breakthrough brings it one step closer to a screen near you February 26, 2016
News Electrons in graphene behave like water, not like a metal February 12, 2016 - Updated on June 22, 2020
Materials Novel polymer changes shape just by touching with a finger — lifts 1,000 times its own weight doing so February 12, 2016
News It’s official: scientists have observed gravitational waves! February 11, 2016 - Updated on May 28, 2021
Physics What would happen to a space elevator if it’d broke February 11, 2016 - Updated on November 16, 2020
News Artificial trees capture wasted kinetic energy, power sensors February 2, 2016 - Updated on August 4, 2023
Climate The moon’s phases affect rainfall, says first-of-its-kind study February 1, 2016 - Updated on July 24, 2019
News You can arrange 128 tennis balls in 10^250 ways. A seemingly impossible problem solved January 27, 2016
News Quantum knots tied for the very first time. Why this is important January 21, 2016 - Updated on November 16, 2020
News Sorry to burst your bubble, but this is why you’ll never be Spiderman January 19, 2016 - Updated on April 20, 2023
News Who says incandescent bulbs have to waste energy: MIT design is more efficient than LEDs January 13, 2016 - Updated on November 16, 2020
Inventions Engineers create first true sonic tractor beam January 4, 2016 - Updated on January 5, 2016
Environment Scientists find new phase of carbon at room-temp that’s harder than diamond December 1, 2015
Mathematics Classic formula for ‘pi’ connects pure math and quantum mechanics like a ‘magic trick’ November 23, 2015 - Updated on February 22, 2019
News Kid wins $250,000 scholarship for explaining special relativity November 11, 2015 - Updated on February 25, 2021
Inventions Is this the most accurate tech prediction ever? November 9, 2015 - Updated on April 30, 2023
News Scientists believe they’ve found a particle made entirely of strong nuclear force – a glueball October 15, 2015
Nanotechnology Researchers create a new material from 1 billion tiny magnets which mimics ice, water and steam September 23, 2015
News Researchers devise first electric circuit with a magnetic insulator, which was thought to be impossible September 16, 2015
News Almost total silence: acoustic absorber cancels 99.7% of sound September 14, 2015 - Updated on February 6, 2020
News LHC signals hint at flaws in the Standard Model of Physics September 4, 2015 - Updated on May 14, 2021
News Black holes store information as holograms at the event horizon, says Stephen Hawking August 26, 2015 - Updated on April 2, 2021
News Advances in magnet technology could bring cheaper, modular fusion reactors from sci-fi to sci-reality in less than a decade August 11, 2015
