Articles by

Emily Conover

Discoveries that enabled quantum computers win the Nobel Prize in physics

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

These parachutes unfurl thanks to the Japanese art of kirigami

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

Scientists made a biological quantum bit out of a fluorescent protein

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

A ‘ringing’ black hole matches scientists’ predictions

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

This laser would shoot beams of neutrinos, not light

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

Frilly bug feet inspire a water-striding robot

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

Astronauts need oxygen. Magnets could help

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

How alien ‘canals’ sparked debate over life on Mars

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