Located billions of light-years away, the "Cosmic Owl" is a pair of colliding ring galaxies spotted by the JWST. It's also an "exceptional natural laboratory" for studying how galaxies evolve.

Seeing an aurora is often considered a bucket list experience. Learn how a cartographer used maps to improve his chances.

Each time a cell divides, a small section of each chromosome's protective cap—the telomere—is worn away. Most cells use an ...

The quantum rules shaping molecular collisions are now coming into focus, offering fresh insights for chemistry and materials science. When molecules collide with surfaces, a complex exchange of ...

Feb 27, 2025 Quantum interference in molecule-surface collisions The quantum rules shaping molecular collisions are now coming into focus, offering fresh insights for chemistry and materials science. ...

Physicists close in on a simpler route to quantum degenerate molecules “The field is currently progressing towards control at the quantum level over more and more complex systems. Our work is a step ...

As several ribosomes are usually traveling along the mRNA at the same time, the unexpected stopping of a ribosome in the middle of the mRNA strand leads to a molecular crash, in which the ribosome ...

News Release 13-Dec-2021 Experts deliver a perspective of quantum interference in molecular collisions Peer-Reviewed Publication University of Science and Technology of China ...

Forecasted future: An illustration shows a possible view of the merging Milky Way–Andromeda system as seen from Pluto, which may get tossed to the galaxy's outskirts, along with the solar system.

Collision experiments provide the means for a detailed understanding of molecular interactions at the individual particle level. Theoretical and experimental physicists within the Institute for ...

Molecular orbital imprint in laser-driven electron recollision. Felix Schell, Timm Bredtmann, Claus Peter Schulz, Serguei Patchkovskii, Marc J. J. Vrakking, Jochen Mikosch. Science Advances, 2018, Vol ...