New research shows that the second law of thermodynamics, which states entropy increases over time, also applies to closed ...

Altermagnetism was first theorized in 2019 and experimentally confirmed in 2024 by researchers at Mainz University. It ...

Every year, the high-profile academic journal "Science" names ten groundbreaking discoveries in a top list of scientific breakthroughs. For 2024, "Science" chose the drug lenacapavir and its potential ...

Physicists in Germany have developed a new way of defining the standard unit of electrical resistance. The advantage of the ...

Why Trust Us? By hot swapping similar ideas, scientists built a model of quantum geometry that they can actually measure. The result shows how the spherical orbit of an electron qubit acts outward ...

Scientists have found an elusive third form of magnetism that could help solve a longstanding puzzle about superconductors.

Researchers successfully developed a multifunctional sensor based on semiconductor fibers that emulates the five human senses ...

Dead stars — or neutron stars — normally spin at breakneck speeds, but a team of astronomers has clocked the new-found star taking a leisurely six-and-a-half hours to undertake just one spin ...

It has been crucial to the development of "spintronics," electronics based on the spin of the electron, and was the basis for the proposal of the spin transistor. The effect depends on the product ...

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Body mass index, or BMI, has long been criticized as a flawed method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts is sharing new recommendations. BMI is a formula that uses a person's ...