On Monday, April 8, as most readers certainly know by now, the shadow of the moon will sweep down from space and slide across the surface of the Earth, bringing a total solar eclipse to parts of the ...

Altermagnets are a newly recognized class of antiferromagnets whose magnetic structure behaves very differently from what is ...

IN the interesting article on “Photography of Diffraction and Polarisation” published in the issue of NATURE for August 7, the writer describes various means of producing diffraction effects. It may ...

The characterization of individual components in an unknown crystalline powder mixture is a challenge that has eluded scientists for many years. Now, researchers have for the first time invented a ...

Shadow bands may be the most unusual of the eerie phenomena that can accompany a solar eclipse. Here's what we do and don't know about them. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...