Weekly recaps
Recap / Best of Last Week–How the universe became filled with light, challenging evolutionary theories and winter heart attacks
(ScienceX)—It was a good week for space research as a team at UCLA proposed new theories of black holes from the very early universe and the role they might have played in producing the heavy elements. Also, a team at the ...
Recap / Best of Last Week – Hyperentanglement across roof tops, diamond rain and dancing to slow aging
It was a good week for physics as a team at the National Graphene Institute demonstrated that electrons flowing like liquid in graphene could start a new wave of physics regarding the future of nano-electronic circuits. Also, ...
Recap / Best of Last Week – One in 100,000 chance of asteroid striking Earth, how the first animals appeared and growing hair
It was another big week for space science as a team at the University of Arizona reported that they had caught an exploding supernova early, while it was still young. They were able to record it ejecting material at its companion ...
Recap / Best of Last Week – Biggest dinosaur ever, rewriting human evolution and brain damage caused by playing video games
It was a big week for biological history as a team with members from several institutions in Argentina and one in the U.S. reported on their new study that investigated the biggest dinosaur ever: Patagotitan mayorum. When ...
Recap / Best of Last Week – Neutrino interactions observed, Voyager spacecraft reach milestone and risks of lean eating
It was another good week for physics as a team at the University of Chicago built the world's smallest neutrino detector and observed elusive interactions of particles that were predicted to occur back in 1974. Also, a team ...
Recap / Best of Last Week – Milky Way light energy, building DNA from scratch and cognitive crossing training to sharpen brain
It was another good week for physics as James Burridge with the University of Portsmouth published a paper describing how the physics of bubbles could explain language patterns—specifically, the human tendency to copy those ...
Recap / Best of Last Week–Quantum particles move backwards, hyperloop hyperbole and artificial sweeteners linked to weight gain
(ScienceX)—It was big week for physics as a team of mathematicians with the Universities of York, Munich and Cardiff announced a new breakthrough discovery—every quantum particle travels backwards. It was found that they ...
Recap / Best of Last Week—Smallest star ever, best ways to slow climate change and drinking coffee makes you live longer
(ScienceX)—It was another good week for space news as a team led by astronomers at the University of Cambridge announced the smallest star ever discovered—just slightly bigger than Saturn, its gravitational pull is still ...
Recap / Best of Last Week—Reading Maxwell Demon's mind, a battery free cellphone and menstruation doesn't change thinking
(ScienceX)—It was another good week for physics as a pair of researchers offered arguments that provided support for retrocausal quantum theory—an idea in which the future influences the past. Matthew Leifer and Matthew ...
Recap / Best of Last Week – Extra dimensions in gravitational waves, no limit to life span and smartphones weakening our brains
(ScienceX)—It was a good week for physics as a team at Stockholm University discovered that liquid water exists in two different phases—and each has a different structure and density. Also, a team at the University of ...
Recap / Best of Last Week-Paving the way to fusion power, new way to make saltwater fresh and why forgetting can make you smart
(ScienceX)—It was another good week for physics as a team at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne announced that a 100-year-old physics problem had been solved—regarding how much electromagnetic energy can be stored ...
Recap / Best of Last Week–Neural networks and quantum entanglement, no universe without big bang and looking at left-handedness
(ScienceX)—It was another good week for physics as a team with the University of Maryland and JQI described research into using neural networks to take on quantum entanglement to describe wide swaths of quantum systems. ...