The sun’s mysteriously hot corona may be due to invisible plasma
13 March 2018
The surface of Saturn's largest moon Titan might be covered in salt-like crystals that could be among the ingredients for nitrogen-based microbes
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Found 33 results for Anil Ananthaswamy
Young babies disapprove when they see adults acting immorally
9 March 2018
Even four-month-old infants expect adults to go comfort another baby that is crying – a finding that suggests we may be born with a foundation of morality
Quantum trick lets one particle send messages two ways at once
26 February 2018
For two people to send each other a message, it usually takes a minimum of two particles. But quantum superposition makes it possible with just one
Dark matter could be produced by twisted gravitational waves
9 February 2018
If gravitational waves – ripples in space time – have a handedness, primordial particles could interact with them to form a dark matter superfluid that spreads through the cosmos
Mystery dark matter may be ordinary neutrons that have decayed
11 January 2018
Dark matter makes up a lot of the universe, but we still don’t know what it is. Could it be neutrons decaying into strange particles that shun normal matter?
Parallel universes could solve a big problem with black holes
20 December 2017
The black hole firewall paradox has been vexing physicists for years. But if quantum laws lead to the creation of other universes, the headache disappears
Space-time and gravity might be born from the quantum world
18 December 2017
To reconcile quantum mechanics and gravity, a new theory flips the usual script. Space-time and gravity may emerge from quantum effects, not the other way round
The forces that govern matter and light could be united at last
17 November 2017
A new grand unified theory seems to unite electromagnetism and the weak and strong nuclear force without resorting to supersymmetry
Free-fall experiment could test if gravity is a quantum force
15 November 2017
The effort to reconcile general relativity with quantum mechanics always hits one snag: gravity. An experiment could finally tell us if it is a quantum force
Light’s quantum weirdness survives after going to space and back
25 October 2017
Photons act both like waves and particles, and their dual nature has now been seen even after bouncing them off a satellite in low Earth orbit
