Physicists have finally done what once sounded like science fiction: they have read the X-ray “fingerprint” of a single atom, isolating the signal of one of nature’s smallest building blocks from the ...

When we first learn about atoms, we learn that the simplest has one electron buzzing around one proton, aka hydrogen. But it ...

Science rarely hands us an image that rewires intuition as much as it satisfies curiosity. But one faint, floating ...

In recent years, heat has stopped being just a number on a thermometer and has become something we can literally see at the atomic scale. In 2025, an ...

Using ultracold atoms and laser light, researchers recreated the behavior of a Josephson junction—an essential component of ...

One of the most detailed 3D maps of how the human chromosomes are organized and folded within a cell's nucleus is published ...

"I think every astronomer is going to find something of value here, as NASA's missions enable the world to answer fundamental questions about how the universe got its start, and how it changed to ...

New 3D genome maps reveal how DNA folding controls gene activity, offering fresh clues into disease and cell function.

NASA’s SPHEREx has mapped the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, which are invisible to the human eye but can be used to ...

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In a landmark effort to understand how the physical structure of our DNA influences human biology, Northwestern investigators and the 4D Nucleome Project have unveiled the most detailed maps to date ...

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