Keeping high-power particle accelerators at peak performance requires advanced and precise control systems. For example, the primary research machine at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas ...

By using controlled microwave noise, researchers created a quantum refrigerator capable of operating as a cooler, heat engine, or amplifier. This approach offers a new way to manage heat directly ...

We are used to heat flowing from hot objects to cool ones, and never the other way round, but now researchers have found it is possible to pull off this trick in the strange realm of quantum mechanics ...

As the world's best athletes take to frozen tracks, snow-covered courses and ice-lined arenas at the Winter Olympics, the ...

We’re already halfway through February, and predictably, a ton of new tech and gadgets have already been announced. This past week saw Beats finally release the long-awaited Powerbeats Pro 2, its ...

From DIY levitation tricks to clever braking systems, these swirling paths of electrons keep finding new ways to surprise and inspire.

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