What happens when a superconductor becomes so thin that electrons can no longer behave as if they were moving through an ordinary three-dimensional piece of metal? This question has been at the center of my recent work on quantum confinement in metallic films. Over the past few years, I have be...
The NBA issued a wave of punishments on the LA Clippers, Steve Ballmer and Kawhi Leonard. Here are instant reactions.
Inside some fusion energy systems, particles hotter than the core of the sun can become unruly in a few thousandths of a second, far faster than any human operator can react. A new software framework developed by researchers at the U. S.
On today’s Big Take Asia podcast: The latest on Nepal’s deadly floods and how the disaster could undermine the country’s burgeoning hydropower ambitions.
A mysterious giant 10-sided pattern of clouds has recently formed around Saturn's south pole, a new study finds.
Is a kiss just a kiss? Or is it a sign of love, affection, a biological urge, a contract or even an assault? Law, history, evolution and anthropology show that it can be all those things.