Christopher Crockett

Knowable Magazine | Annual Reviews • 17th September 2021

Are we ready? Understanding just how big solar flares can get

Recasting the iconic Carrington Event as just one of many superstorms in Earth’s past, scientists reveal the potential for even more massive, and potentially destructive, eruptions from the sun

Science News • 31st August 2021

How radio astronomy put new eyes on the cosmos

A century ago, radio astronomy didn’t exist. But since the 1930s, it has uncovered cosmic secrets from planets next door and the faint glow of the universe’s beginnings.

Science News • 24th August 2021

‘Flashes of Creation’ recounts the Big Bang theory’s origin story

In ‘Flashes of Creation,’ author Paul Halpern tells the story of George Gamow , Fred Hoyle and their decades-long sparring match about the Big Bang.

Physics • 29th July 2021

Testing the Security of Quantum Key Distribution

Bell nonlocality is insufficient to ensure the security of a type of secure quantum-communications protocol known as DI-QKD.

Science News • 21st July 2021

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has begun its first science campaign

Now about 1 kilometer south of its landing spot, the rover has spotted several promising spots in its search for hints of ancient life.

Physics • 24th June 2021

Predicting the Population of Self-Assembling Droplets in Cells

The number of distinct droplet types in a cell depends on the cell’s molecular components and on how many types of molecules end up in a droplet.

Physics • 2nd June 2021

Visualizing Flow Fields Around Colloids

A new technique for measuring displacements of tiny particles in a fluid reveals a previously unseen hydrodynamic flow pattern that could provide intel on the interface’s mechanical properties.

UCLA • 29th April 2021

How long is a day on Venus? Scientists crack mysteries of our closest neighbor

Fifteen years of radar measurements provide new information on the planet’s spin and internal structure

Physics • 22nd April 2021

Black Holes Obey Information-Emission Limits

An analysis of the gravitational waves emitted from black hole mergers confirms that black holes are the fastest known information dissipaters.

Physics • 16th March 2021

A Noninvasive Quantum Thermometer

A quantum dot can measure ultracold temperatures without the need for direct electrical connections to the outside world.

Physics • 24th February 2021

How a Microorganism Corkscrews While It Breaststrokes

High-speed imaging and simulations show that the single-celled organism called Chlamydomonas reinhardtii beats its flagella on separate planes, explaining how it generates its helical movement.

Science News for Students • 11th January 2021

Our feverish universe is getting hotter every day

Today the cosmos is 2 million degrees Celsius, 10 times hotter than it used to be

Physics • 23rd December 2020

Securing a Wireless Link with Quantum Physics

Researchers shared tamper-proof quantum information across nearly 20 km of open air in an urban environment.

Science News for Students • 23rd December 2020

Rogue planets wander the galaxy all alone

Not all planets orbit stars. Some zip through our galaxy all on their own. And now astronomers have found the smallest of these rogue planets yet.

Physics • 21st December 2020

Connecting Qubits via a Cryogenic Link

A cold waveguide provides a reliable conduit for transferring states between remote qubits, making it potentially useful for building networks connecting superconducting circuits.

Sky & Telescope • 1st December 2020

Specks Between the Stars

When thinking about cosmic wonders, we often sweep interstellar dust under the rug. But these humble particles play a huge role in the universe.

Physics • 13th October 2020

Electrical Control of the “Valley”

Researchers show that they can electrically switch which energy valley electrons occupy in a solid, a key step toward enabling a “valleytronics” approach to information applications.

Science News • 28th September 2020

A ‘lake’ on Mars may be surrounded by more pools of water

New radar data add to evidence of water under Mars’ south pole, but it’s not “a slam dunk yet”

Physics • 15th September 2020

Detecting Acoustic Blackbody Radiation

A nanomechanical resonator detects and isolates acoustic waves from a remote thermal source.

Science News • 27th August 2020

Earth’s building blocks may have had far more water than previously thought

Meteorites suggest that H2O in the mantle comes from local origins, contrary to expectations