Issues

After subtle modifications, a technique borrowed from nuclear magnetic resonance can suppress the bane of quantum information processing: decoherence.

Their distribution of redshifts manifests the falling cosmic rate of star formation since its heyday some two billion years after the Big Bang.

An old technique gets a makeover using radar that combines high power and interferometry.

An experiment at MIT’s Alcator tokamak has demonstrated a technique that could make fusion plasma easier to confine.

But a government-industry consortium might provide a boost for US PV manufacturers.

Science adviser to George W. Bush says researchers, models, and decision tools could bring more rationality to science budgets and policies.

New high-resolution data and images, derived from the light gathered by separated telescopes, are revealing that stars are not always as they seem.

Being able to determine and re-create what a room sounds like is useful not only in concert halls and opera houses but also in classrooms, houses, and virtual reality.

Our bones are full of microscopic cracks, but the hierarchical character of the bones’ structure—from molecular to macroscopic scales—makes them remarkably resistant to fracture.

Rich and challenging physics lies behind the gigantic ocean waves that seem to appear without warning to damage ships or sweep people off rocky shores.