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Category: Physical Sciences

Leading the Field in Magnets

Two researchers in protective glasses look into a superconducting magnet experimental setup.

Expert Interview: Soren Prestemon on Magnet Technology

A scientist looks over a complex winding tool used to create magnets.

What is a superconductor quench?

Illustration of a superconducting magnet on a gradient background.

A New Way to View Shockwaves Could Boost Fusion Research

Two researchers wearing lab coats and safety glasses look at experimental equipment bathed in green light.

LZ Sets a World’s Best in the Hunt for Galactic Dark Matter and Gets a New Look at Neutrinos from the Sun’s Core

A circular array of amber, glossy photomultiplier tubes arranged in a grid pattern.

New Data Release from CUORE Features a “Noise-Canceling” Algorithm

Close-up view of an array of cubic, pale crystals held in a copper framework. The structure is composed of multiple repeating units arranged in a symmetrical, grid-like pattern, with small white spacers at the intersections.

Stars Forge Elements in a Way We’re Only Beginning to Understand

More Signs of Phase-change ‘Turbulence’ in Nuclear Matter

Pipes and cables on the exterior of the large blue STAR detector.

How AI and Automation are Speeding Up Science and Discovery

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GRETA to Open a New Eye on the Nucleus

A close-up view of the GRETA interior. Silver-grey modules are arranged in a flower-like configuration around a small central opening. and surrounded by metallic housing with circular ports.

New Technique Sheds Light on Chemistry at the Bottom of the Periodic Table

Two people in safety glasses hold glass beakers containing ball-and-stick models of nobelium molecules. They are surrounded by lab equipment that includes wires, foil-wrapped cables, metal apparatuses, and a computer screen showing data. Images of molecules are projected on the ceiling panels.

Researchers Make Key Gains in Unlocking the Promise of Compact X-ray Free-Electron Lasers

Three researchers in lab coats and hairnets working on a complex machine with wires and equipment, wearing protective orange-tinted glasses.