Category: 7. Science

Researchers are increasingly focused on understanding strongly correlated quantum systems, and a new study details the Mott-insulating phases within the Bose-Hubbard model on quasi-one-dimensional ladder lattices. Lorenzo Carfora, from the…

Crew members of China’s Shenzhou-20 mission…

Astrophysicists from the University of Illinois and the University of Chicago have developed an innovative method to measure the Hubble constant — the rate at which the Universe is expanding — using the subtle background hum of…

Only a tiny slice of Switzerland’s population makes it past 100 years old – about 0.02 percent. That rarity raises a simple question: Do people who reach 100 have measurable biological traits that set them apart from everyone else?

A team…

Chinese astronauts have described what happened when they were nearly stranded in space last year after a suspected piece of space junk struck their return capsule.

Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie, the crew of the ill-fated Shenzhou-20…

Mars dominates the planetary news with exciting reports. Two NASA rovers, working nearly 3,700 kilometers apart, made discoveries that addressed the question: how far did Mars come toward conditions that, on Earth, supported…