Fast neutrons from cosmic-ray showers can cause significant errors in supercomputers. Physicists hope to measure the problem and protect devices, says Rachel Brazil
Read article: Cosmic challenge: protecting supercomputers from an extraterrestrial threat
Heavy elements found in an ancient star lying on the fringes of the Milky Way were likely produced by a magneto-rotational hypernova explosion
Read article: Ancient star likely created from a colossal hypernova explosion
By overcoming heating problems, optical tweezers could be more widely used to study biomolecules
Read article: Opto-refrigerative tweezers prevent trapped particles from overheating
Astronomers find evidence for four Earth-sized planets wandering freely through space, unbound to any host star
Read article: Microlensing reveals free-floating planets alone in deep space
Daniel Rayneau-Kirkhope explains how researchers are still unearthing new scientific insights into plant motion, which could lead to novel, bio-inspired robotic structures
Read article: Replicating how plants move
Prediction made by the late theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking 40 years ago receives observational support
Read article: LIGO gravitational-wave signal backs up Hawking’s area theorem
Silver nanoparticles stimulate crystallization in supercooled solutions, enabling potential improvements in heat-storing materials
Read article: Surmounting supercooling to improve heat storage technologies
High-speed nanoscale imaging should benefit from new instrument
Read article: Table-top laser delivers intense extreme-ultraviolet light
Observation suggest that the Crab Nebula was created by a similar explosion
Read article: Electron capture supernova spotted four decades after first predicted
X-ray spectromicroscopy reveals elemental copper and iron in amyloid plaques, suggesting previously undiscovered brain chemistry
Read article: Elemental forms of metals discovered in brains of Alzheimer’s patients
