'Check your ingredients': A new blueprint for using Fermi's 'Golden Rule'

Underpinning much of modern technology, from smartphones to scanning tunneling microscopes to particle colliders, is Fermi's ...
Quanta Magazine

We Know Simple Fluids Can Flow. Turns Out, Some Can Fracture.

Researchers thought that what enabled complex fluids to break apart was their elasticity. But a crack in a nonelastic simple ...

New test certifies quantum measurements that simpler methods cannot mimic

Proving that one quantum measurement is more powerful than another has long been difficult. Physicists from Heinrich Heine ...

We Tested Dozens of Cat Litters—These Are the Only Ones That Kept Our Homes Smelling Fresh

Best clumping cat litters for hiding odors, preventing tracking, and having a dust-free litter box, even in a multiple-cat ...
EdSurge

I Built the Chemistry Platform I Needed in My Own Classroom

Chemistry is a subject built on relationships. Atoms connect, electrons move, bonds form, molecules bend, acids and bases ...
Nature

Virus-like particles: mimicking pathogens to train immunity

VLP technology shows remarkable versatility. Dozens of vaccine candidates are in development for infectious diseases, inflammatory conditions and even cancer. These particles are made up of viral ...