Articles by

Emily Conover

A new method of making diamonds doesn’t require extreme pressure 

Diamonds in nature famously form under immense pressure in Earth’s mantle. But a new laboratory technique...

Separating science fact from fiction in Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’ 

The orbits of a trio of stars can be so chaotic that it’s impossible to precisely calculate...

The largest 3-D map of the universe reveals hints of dark energy’s secrets

A massive survey of the cosmos is revealing new details of one of the most mysterious facets...

Physicists take a major step toward making a nuclear clock

The time is nigh for nuclear clocks.  In a first, scientists have used a tabletop laser to...

Forests might serve as enormous neutrino detectors 

Neutrino detectors don’t grow on trees. Or do they? Forests could one day be used to spot...

Here’s how scientists reached nuclear fusion ‘ignition’ for the first time

One of nuclear fusion’s biggest advances wouldn’t have happened without some impeccable scientific artistry. In December 2022,...

AI chatbots can be tricked into misbehaving. Can scientists stop it?

Picture a tentacled, many-eyed beast, with a long tongue and gnarly fangs. Atop this writhing abomination sits...

A pivotal quantum theory holds up even in extreme electric fields 

To put one of physicists’ most important theories to the test, scientists go to extremes. Extremely strong...