We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
A plastic structure separates white noise into pitches, like a rainbow splits light into colors, offering a novel way to manipulate sound.
From jury duty to tax audits, randomness plays a big role. Scientists used quantum physics to build a system that ensures those number draws can’t be gamed.
Move over belly flops and cannonballs. Manu jumps, pioneered by New Zealand’s Māori and Pasifika communities, reign supreme.
A puzzle over muons’ magnetic properties could have broken the standard model. But the theory bounced back.
Scientists suggest the missile defense plan will face big hurdles, especially given its projected timeline and cost.
The quantum-based magnet technique could allow scientists to spot ultralight dark matter particles.
The new book, Women in the History of Quantum Physics, spotlights the oft-forgotten contributions of women scientists in the field.
With greater control over the quantum realm, physicists are poised to make major leaps in quantum computing, quantum gravity and more.
Private listening out in the open is possible thanks to acoustic metasurfaces that precisely bend and direct sound waves.
