Titan and Pluto exhibit the same mysterious spectral feature—and researchers can't figure out its origin

Researchers are constantly sifting through new spectral data gathered by powerful telescopes, like the James Webb Space ...

Metal hydride molecule trapped with laser light opens path to ultracold hydrogen

Controlling and trapping molecules, units of a substance consisting of two or more chemically bound atoms, with laser light ...
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Microsoft, Atom Computing update their quantum computing progress

With dozens of companies, from small startups to tech giants, pursuing quantum computing, there’s a steady flow of results as they try to find a path to utility. We typically focus on new technologies ...

Ultrafast X-rays allow researchers to 'watch' how molecules rearrange during a chemical reaction controlled by light

Since the 1980s, researchers have sought to use laser light to control chemical reactions relevant to photochemistry, ...

Europe’s First TES Spectrometer Makes Previously Impossible X-Ray Experiments Possible

Europe's first TES spectrometer is transforming X-ray research with up to 1,000 times greater sensitivity, making once impossible experiments finally possible. Europe’s first and only TES spectrometer ...

Faster tests reveal six fluoropolymer microplastics, including four rarely tracked types

Scientists around the world have been searching food, water and other environmental media for microplastics and for per- and ...