Atomic Josephson contacts: How Bose-Einstein condensates replicate Shapiro steps

The microscopic processes taking place in superconductors are difficult to observe directly. Researchers at the RPTU ...

Pinpointing the glow of a single atom to advance quantum emitter engineering

Researchers have discovered how to design and place single-photon sources at the atomic scale inside ultrathin 2D materials, ...
Women's Health

How to do the splits without hurting yourself in just a few weeks

Being able to do the splits is a remarkable feat. If you're not quite bendy enough to strike the pose (it me), you might think the splits are reserved for a select few elite. Don't count yourself out ...
Ars Technica

Here’s how orbital dynamics wizardry helped save NASA’s next Mars mission

Blue Origin scrubbed Sunday’s launch attempt due to poor weather, a cruise ship in restricted waters near the launch site, and ground system issues. The company says the next available launch ...
C&EN

Quiz: How much do you know about the chemistry of spices?

Yes, I would like to stay up to date on the latest in chemistry news. I would like to receive C&EN's newsletter, as well as other products and services from the ...
Wired

In Orbit You Have to Slow Down to Speed Up

If you watch sci-fi movies, you’d think that flying a spaceship is just like driving a slightly more complicated car (or a Winnebago in Spaceballs). And George Lucas gave us those galactic battles ...
Reuters

Bristol Myers buys Orbital Therapeutics for $1.5 billion in cell therapy push

Oct 10 (Reuters) - Drugmaker Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY.N), opens new tab said on Friday it will acquire privately held cell therapy developer Orbital Therapeutics for $1.5 billion in cash, aiming to ...
The Boston Globe

Bristol Myers to buy Cambridge startup Orbital Therapeutics, building out cell therapy pipeline

Bristol Myers Squibb said Friday that it would buy Cambridge startup Orbital Therapeutics for $1.5 billion in cash, the latest move in a brewing race to develop safer and more scalable cell therapies ...
TechCrunch

Anduril, Blue Origin to study how to transport cargo from orbit to Earth for the Pentagon

Blue Origin and Anduril have landed new study contracts with the U.S. Air Force to explore how their technology, including rockets, could move military cargo around the world. The contracts under the ...
The New York Times

When Musical Directions Don’t Say What to Do, but How to Be

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s notebook What is the purpose of a poem, an illustration or a nonsensical phrase in a score? If it makes musicians stop and think, that’s a ...
New Scientist

How superheavy chemistry could rearrange the periodic table

Researchers have directly observed the heaviest atom yet participating in a chemical reaction and forming a molecule. The finding pushes “superheavy” chemistry, which involves extremely massive ...
GeekWire

Blue Origin and five other companies study how orbital transfer vehicles can aid NASA

An artist’s conception shows the Blue Ring space platform in orbit. (Blue Origin Illustration) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is among six companies that will be producing studies for NASA ...