National Nov 13, 2020
Nobel laureate Koshiba, who proved existence of neutrinos, dies
The scientist was awarded for his pioneering contribution in the field of astrophysics, having confirmed the existence of cosmic neutrinos.
World / Science & Health Sep 12, 2020
Scientists confounded by new findings on universe's mysterious dark matter
Dark matter, mysterious invisible stuff that makes up most of the mass of galaxies including our own Milky Way, is confounding scientists again, with new observations of distant galaxies conflicting with the current understanding of its nature. Research published this week revealed an unexpected discrepancy ...
National / Science & Health Apr 19, 2020
From Tokyo Skytree's observatory, researchers prove time passes faster at a high altitude
A Japanese team of researchers has shown that time at Tokyo Skytree's observatory — around 450 meters above sea level — passes four nanoseconds faster per day than at near ground level.
World / Science & Health Feb 15, 2020
Dimming of supergiant star Betelgeuse more likely due to dust than imminent explosion, ESO says
Astronomers have managed to take pictures of Betelgeuse showing that the star, one of the brightest in the Milky Way, has been losing luminosity over recent months, the European Southern Observatory said on Friday. The mysterious dimming of one of the most visible stars in ...
World / Offbeat Dec 19, 2019
World's smallest gingerbread house sits atop teensy snowman created by Canadian researcher
There was Tiny Tim, and then the Little Drummer Boy — but they had nothing on the microscropic gingerbread house that is believed to be the smallest in the world and was unveiled Wednesday by a Canadian researcher. About half the size of one made ...
World / Science & Health Jul 26, 2019
Einstein's theory of general relativity survives test from star orbiting black hole
Observations of light coming from a star zipping in orbit around the humongous black hole at the center of our galaxy have provided fresh evidence backing Albert Einstein's 1915 theory of general relativity, astronomers said on Thursday. Researchers studied a star called S0-2, boasting a ...
Commentary / World Jun 1, 2019
A glimpse of starlight and hope for science
by Faye Flam
A century ago, English astronomers used a solar eclipse to confirm Einstein's theory of relativity — a revolutionary idea from a German.
National / Science & Health Mar 9, 2019
U.K. and Japan scientists probe radioactive particles from Fukushima meltdowns
Eight years after the Fukushima nuclear meltdown, radioactive particles collected from the site are undergoing new forensic investigation in Britain in an effort to understand the exact sequence of events. A 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck on March 11, 2011, off the Japanese coast, triggering tsunami ...
Commentary / World Nov 10, 2018
Scientists spend too much time on the old
by Noah Smith
Spending billions on a huge particle collider won't give us the breakthrough discoveries we need.
National Nov 8, 2018
Scientists await Japan's decision on planned $7 billion linear collider project
by Kiyotaka Matsuda
Twenty-five years after particle physicists began studying prospects for a linear collider, Japan is poised to decide whether to pay for half of the $7 billion project and build the 20-kilometer-long superconducting tunnel in mountains northeast of Tokyo. Prospective suppliers — from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ...
Business / Tech | FOCUS Aug 8, 2018
A quantum computing startup tries to live up to the hype
by Eric Newcomer
Few corners of the tech industry are as tantalizing or complex as quantum computing. For years its evangelists have promised machines capable of breaking the most impenetrable coded messages, unlocking the secret properties of the physical world and putting supercomputers to shame. But Rigetti Computing, ...
World / Science & Health Jun 16, 2018
CERN starts work to boost collider's power tenfold, shining brighter light on physics mysteries
The European physics research center CERN launched an upgrade of its Large Hadron Collider (LHC) on Friday, six years after the huge particle accelerator solved an enduring riddle by confirming the existence of the elusive Higgs boson. Staffers said the overhaul will boost the "luminosity" ...