Scientists from Northwestern, other institutions cool down chamber for groundbreaking dark matter search

An international team involving Northwestern University​ announced Tuesday that it has reached a major milestone in its quest ...

Discrete time crystal acts as a usable sensor for weak magnetic oscillations

The bizarre properties of discrete time crystals could be harnessed to detect extremely subtle oscillations of magnetic ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Historians Say They’ve Discovered a Long-Lost Page From the Archimedes Palimpsest, a Treasure Trove of Rare Ancient Mathematical Treatises

Three leaves had been missing for more than a century. Researchers found one of them when they decided on a whim to check the archives of a French museum ...
Shacknews

How to complete the Introducing: Sekiguchi Contract - Marathon

Where to find the Necrotic Sample and the shell scanner in Orientation so you can finally speak with Nona.

Ice satellite detects powerful geomagnetic storm with precision

It seems improbable that a satellite designed to monitor polar ice sheets and floating sea ice could accurately measure a disturbance in Earth's magnetic field. But that is just what ESA's CryoSat ...
Scientific American

A 100-year-old theory might explain what’s wrong with quantum mechanics

Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger developed quantum theory’s wave equation, which describes quantum systems as waves that ...

Scientists Solve a 70-Year Mystery Behind the Universe’s Strange Magnetic Fields

Researchers have identified a potential mechanism that explains how turbulent plasma can produce the vast, ordered magnetic fields observed across the universe Cosmic magnetic fields are everywhere, ...
Wall Street Journal

‘How Africa Works’ Review: Policies and Prosperity

Why did East Asia’s economy grow so rapidly in recent decades and Africa’s so slowly? How might Africa replicate East Asia’s success? A vast literature addresses these questions, but new books keep ...
IEEE

Analysis and Correction of Beam Misalignment in the In Situ Magnetometer for Rotation Sensing

Abstract: Due to their significant potential for ultrahigh sensitivity, in situ magnetometers have emerged as an essential part of Xe isotope-based nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) gyros for inertial ...
USA Today

Ski jumping at 2026 Winter Olympics: How it works, competition schedule

MILAN — It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s … a ski jumper! The high-flying sport returns at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Predazzo, Italy, with six events, including the debut of individual women's large ...
ZDNet

Google's AI Mode can search your email and photos now too - how it works

Google Search can now reference users' Gmail and Photos accounts. The feature is part of a broader push for more personalized AI. It's only available to some users for the time being. Google will make ...
New York Sun

Erica Schmidt’s New Work, ‘The Disappear,’ Melds Acerbic Wit With Unabashed Goofiness

In directing her own play, Ms. Schmidt has enlisted a top-drawer ensemble of stage and screen veterans. Miriam Silverman (Mira Blair), Dylan Baker (Michael Bloom), and Hamish Linklater (Benjamin ...