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Watch: WWE's Roman Reigns confirms he dropped out of WrestleMania 36
WWE superstar Roman Reigns confirmed on Instagram he has dropped out of WrestleMania 36.
Surfing the waves: Electrons break law to go with the flow
If you see people walking down a street and coming to a junction, it's difficult to predict which direction they might take. But, if you see people sitting in separate...
Stratolaunch to launch hypersonic vehicles from world's biggest airplane
Stratolaunch has found another use for the biggest airplane ever built.
U.S. again renews sanctions waivers for Iran nuclear work
The Trump administration has renewed a group of sanctions waivers to allow U.S. and foreign companies to do business with Iran's nuclear program for another 60 days.
Mystery solved: The origin of the colors in the first color photographs
A palette of colors on a silver plate: That is what the world's first color photograph looks like. It was taken by French physicist Edmond Becquerel in 1848. His process...
New explanation for sudden collapses of heat in plasmas can help create fusion energy on Earth
Scientists seeking to bring the fusion that powers the sun and stars to Earth must deal with sawtooth instabilities—up-and-down swings in the central pressure and temperature of the plasma that...
A new tool for controlling reactions in microrobots and microreactors
In a new paper, Thomas Russell and postdoctoral fellow Ganhua Xie, at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, report that they have used capillary forces to...
Physicists weigh in on the origin of heavy elements
A long-held mystery in the field of nuclear physics is why the universe is composed of the specific materials we see around us. In other words, why is it made...
Famous birthdays for March 31: Kate Micucci, Christopher Walken
Actor Kate Micucci turns 40 and actor Christopher Walken turns 77, among the famous birthdays for March 31.
Its top players make millions. Will this finally be esports moment?
It's all that we have right now. With sports shut down across the world because of the COVID-19 pandemic, esports generates new players and fans.
Weighing in on the origin of heavy elements
Nuclear physicists conducted a physics experiment that utilizes novel techniques to study the nature and origin of heavy elements in the universe.
Tiny optical cavity could make quantum networks possible
Engineers have shown that atoms in optical cavities could be foundational to the creation of a quantum internet.
Tiny optical cavity could make quantum networks possible
Engineers at Caltech have shown that atoms in optical cavities—tiny boxes for light—could be foundational to the creation of a quantum internet. Their work was published on March 30 by...
They were supposed to build stages for Coachella. Now they're building coronavirus triage tents
Some L.A. staging and event-production firms have, in a matter of days, remade their companies to build a first line of defense against the coronavirus.
Production of NASA's new X-59 supersonic jet continues amid coronavirus outbreak
Work continues on NASA's new supersonic X-plane, the X-59 test vehicle, despite closures and delays in the space industry caused by the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the...
Column: Trump blocks coronavirus bailout oversight even before it can start
Trump says he won't cooperate with bailout oversight, so what is he hiding?
Lights that are sure to make your home feel cozy
Add a bit of twinkle to your life. (Wyatt Ryan via Unsplash/)Creating an environment that feels warm and cozy helps you feel calm and content at home, and the effect is easier...
Unique structural fluctuations at ice surface promote autoionization of water molecules
Hydrated protons at the surface of water ice are of fundamental importance in a variety of physicochemical phenomena on earth and in the universe. Hydrated protons can be introduced by...
Look: Chris Hemsworth is mercenary in poster for Netflix's 'Extraction'
Chris Hemsworth plays Tyler Rake in "Extraction," a new action movie from "Avengers: Endgame" directors Anthony and Joe Russo.
'Virus-fighting' scientist gets magnets stuck in nose
The astrophysicist was trying to create a necklace which would stop people touching their faces.
Unique structural fluctuations at ice surface promote autoionization of water molecules
Water ice is one of the most abundant solid substances in nature and hydrated protons on ice surfaces critically influence physical and chemical properties of ice. Hydrated protons are easily...
Heart attack on a chip: Scientists model conditions of ischemia on a microfluidic device
Researchers led by biomedical engineers at Tufts University invented a microfluidic chip containing cardiac cells that is capable of mimicking hypoxic conditions following a heart attack—specifically when an artery is...
A chemical embrace from the perfect host
An industrial process that currently consumes vast amounts of energy in petrochemical plants around the globe could be replaced by an alternative process so efficient that it requires no heating...
Using chemical boundary engineering to create steel that is strong and flexible without high carbon content
A team of researchers from China, Germany, Japan and the Netherlands has found a way to use chemical boundary engineering to create steel that is strong and flexible without the...
Resolving spatial and energetic distributions of trap states in metal halide perovskite solar cells
In a new report published on Science, Zhenyi Ni and a research team in applied physical sciences, mechanical and materials engineering and computer and energy engineering in the U.S. profiled spatial and energetic...
Physicists develop new photon source for tap-proof communication
An international team with the participation of Prof. Dr. Michael Kues from the Cluster of Excellence PhoenixD at Leibniz University Hannover has developed a new method for generating quantum-entangled photons...
Energy-harvesting design aims to turn Wi-Fi signals into usable power
Any device that sends out a Wi-Fi signal also emits terahertz waves —electromagnetic waves with a frequency somewhere between microwaves and infrared light. These high-frequency radiation waves, known as "T-rays,"...
Einstein’s letters illuminate a mind grappling with quantum mechanics
Back in the days before the internet — with no e-mail, no texting, no Twitter — people wrote letters. Even famous people, like Einstein. And famous people’s letters were most likely to...