Articles by

Emily Conover

The standard model of particle physics passed one of its strictest tests yet

No one has ever probed a particle more stringently than this. In a new experiment, scientists measured...

Google’s quantum computer reached an error-correcting milestone

To shrink error rates in quantum computers, sometimes more is better. More qubits, that is. The quantum...

Here’s why icicles made from pure water don’t form ripples

Icicles made from pure water give scientists brain freeze. In nature, most icicles are made from water...

Water is weird. A new type of ice could help us understand why

Ice cubes float in water because they’re less dense than the liquid. But a newfound type of...