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Emily Conover

Here’s the science behind nuclear weapons testing

Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She...

A quantum trick helps trim bloated AI models

Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She...

Twisted stacks of 2-D carbon act like a weird type of superconductor

Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She...

If another country tested nuclear weapons, here’s how we’d know

Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She...

Water jets may break up into droplets thanks to jiggling molecules

Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She...

There’s math behind this maddening golf mishap

Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She...

Black holes are encircled by thin rings of light. This physicist wants to see one

Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She...

Quantum ‘echoes’ reveal the potential of Google’s quantum computer

Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She...