Turns out, you *can* get something out of a black hole...but it’s not easy
Sci Fi Wire· 3 days agoA new paper has come out showing how magnetic fields can be used to extract huge amounts of energy...
One-dimensional quantum nanowires fertile ground for Majorana zero modes
EurekAlert!· 5 days agoWhy is studying spin properties of one-dimensional quantum nanowires important? Potential...
The US is building its first new particle collider in decades on Long Island. Stephen Hawking called...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA new particle collider is set to be built at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Long Island, New...
Meet the Pi-ton, a Fun New Quasi Particle
Popular Mechanics via Yahoo News· 12 months agoScientists have observed a new quasi-particle called a π-ton in computer simulations. We find newparticles and quasi-particles all the ...
Nobel-winning physicist Murray Gell-Man dies at 89
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGell-Mann died Friday at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His death was confirmed by the Santa Fe Institute, where he held the title of distinguished...
This Is Wild: Astrophysicists Can See Stars Twisting Space and Time
Popular Mechanics via Yahoo News· 12 months agoA pair of extremely fast stars locked in a shared orbit have let scientists measure naturally...
Review: Woody Allen's memoir 'Apropos of Nothing' is a shallow exercise in self-pity
USA TODAY Entertainment via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAs if coping with the ravages of a global pandemic hasn’t made life unpleasant enough, now we’ve all...