Policy
What the Nobels Are—and Aren’t—Doing to Encourage Diversity
The prize-awarding academies are making changes to their secretive nomination processes to tackle bias, but some say the measures don’t go far enough
Stories by Elizabeth Gibney
Space & Physics
Japanese Mission Becomes First to Land Rovers on Asteroid
Twin probes from Hayabusa2 mission have sent back their first pictures from Ryugu’s surface
Space & Physics
Thousands of Exotic "Topological" Materials Discovered through Sweeping Search
Haul thrills physicists, who previously knew of just a few hundred of these peculiar materials
Space & Physics
Muons: The Little-Known Particles Helping to Probe the Impenetrable
The ubiquitous particles are helping to map the innards of pyramids and volcanoes, and spot missing nuclear waste
Space & Physics
Muons: The Little-Known Particles Helping to Probe the Impenetrable
The ubiquitous particles are helping to map the innards of pyramids and volcanoes, and spot missing nuclear waste
Space & Physics
Universe’s Coolest Lab Set to Open Quantum World
NASA’s Cold Atom Laboratory will allow physicists to play with quantum phenomena like never before
Space & Physics
Universe’s First Moments Mimicked with Ultracool Atoms
Physicists see the hallmarks of cosmic expansion in a ring of cold atoms
Space & Physics
Surprise Graphene Discovery Could Unlock Secrets of Superconductivity
Physicists make misaligned sheets of the carbon material conduct electricity without resistance
Space & Physics
Physicists Plan Antimatter's First Outing--in a Van
Researchers intend to transport the elusive material between labs and use it to study the strange behavior of rare radioactive nuclei
Space & Physics
Scientists Want in on Humanity’s Next Big Space Station
Space agencies are planning a Deep Space Gateway to orbit the Moon
Policy
U.K. Government Appoints Next Chief Scientific Adviser
A former pharmaceutical boss will help navigate the U.K.'s exit from the European Union
Space & Physics
Dark Matter Hunt Fails to Find the Elusive Particles
Physicists begin to embrace alternative explanations for the missing material
Space & Physics
A Quantum Pioneer Unlocks Matter’s Hidden Secrets
Physicist Gil Lonzarich has sparked a revolution in the study of phase transitions driven by quantum fluctuations
Space & Physics
European Detector Spots Its First Gravitational Wave
Black hole merger pinpointed with record accuracy by the LIGO and Virgo observatories
Policy
U.K. Gender-Equality Program Spreads across the World
U.S. plans to try a version covering race and disability; other countries have already embraced the voluntary rating system
Space & Physics
The Race to Reveal Antimatter's Secrets
In the shadow of the Large Hadron Collider, six teams are competing to answer one of the universe’s deepest existential questions
Computing
Europe Set to Invest in Quantum Tech
A billion-euro, 10-year “Quantum Technology Flagship” project will pursue advances in sensors, communications and computing
Space & Physics
Muons Bring New Physics within Reach
A new experiment to measure the behavior of muons in magnetic fields could reveal unknown particles
Space & Physics
The Quest to Crystallize Time
Bizarre forms of matter called time crystals were supposed to be physically impossible. Now they’re not
Space & Physics
Magnetic Hard Drives Go Atomic
Physicists demonstrate the first single-atom magnetic storage
