Six young early career researchers at UC Berkeley have been awarded a prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship, granted annually to “honor exceptional researchers at U.S. and Canadian educational institutions whose creativity, …
Physicists Rolf Ent from Jefferson Lab, and Richard Milner amd Lindley Winslow from MIT, together with animator James LaPlante from Sputnik Animation, have created a 6 minute video that illustrates …
Nowadays it is best to exercise caution when bringing the words “quantum” and “consciousness” anywhere near each other, lest you be suspected of mysticism or quackery. Eugene Wigner did not …
When I search the internet on physics blogs, a website called Genius Lab Gear comes top of my search results. They list the 13 best physics blogs in 2025. Top …
Key Takeaways Scientists have discovered “berkelocene,” the first organometallic molecule to be characterized containing the heavy element berkelium. The extremely oxygen- and water-sensitive complex was formed from 0.3 milligram of …
The dazzling “RBFLOAT” radio burst, originating in a nearby galaxy, offers the clearest view yet of the environment around these mysterious flashes. A fast radio burst is an immense flash …
Editor’s note (Nicole Yunger Halpern): Jade LeSchack, the Quantum Steampunk Laboratory’s first undergraduate, received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland this spring. Kermit the Frog presented the valedictory …
There was an interesting cosmology article in the Daily Telegraph last week. It was by science editor Sarah Knapton, and it was called Big Bang theory is wrong, claim scientists. …
Seven UC Berkeley faculty members from a broad range of fields are among the 2024 class of fellows elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one …
The MRL helps bring together academia, government, and industry to accelerate innovation in sustainability, energy, and advanced materials. Materials research thrives across MIT, spanning disciplines and departments. Recent breakthroughs include …