Articles by

Emily Conover

A controversial room-temperature superconductor result has now been retracted 

A stunning claim of a room-temperature superconductor that grabbed headlines has fizzled. The paper was retracted November 7 from...

Tiny accelerators get electrons up to speed using lasers

One day, powerful particle accelerators might fit in your pocket. Two teams of physicists have built tiny...

An enduring Möbius strip mystery has finally been solved

Any attempt to better understand Möbius strips is bound to run into some kinks. The twisted loops...

Technique to see the ultrafast world of electrons wins 2023 physics Nobel

Glimpses of the ultrafast world of electrons are changing scientists’ vision of the inner workings of atoms...

50 years ago, scientists dreamed of lasers that could kick off nuclear fusion

Excerpt from the September 29, 1973 issue of Science News ...

Astronomers call for renaming the Magellanic Clouds

Names have significance, especially when they’re written in the stars. A group of astronomers is coalescing around...

Mathematicians have finally discovered an elusive ‘einstein’ tile

A 13-sided shape known as “the hat” has mathematicians tipping their caps. It’s the first true example...

The mystery of Christiaan Huygens’ flawed telescopes may have been solved

17th century scientist Christiaan Huygens set his sights on faraway Saturn, but he may have been nearsighted....