This means that, due to time dilation, you would age faster on Mars than on Earth. If you were to spend a whole 50 years on the Red Planet, you’d end up a whole 9 seconds older than if you had stayed ...

Using a precisely aligned pair of laser beams, scientists can now hold a single aerosol particle in place and monitor how it ...

Astronomers have captured images of two stellar explosions—known as novae—within days of their eruption and in unprecedented ...

Whether it is a cube of sugar or a chunk of a mineral, a mathematical analysis can identify how many fragments of each size ...

Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr had an ongoing rivalry about the true nature of quantum mechanics, and came up with a thought ...

A green spectacle. With protective eyewear, ISTA PHD student Andrea Stöllner takes a glimpse into the experimental chamber (in the foreground) where two laser beams trap a single particle. One ...

A subtle timing flash may expose the Unruh effect. The approach ties ordinary lab tools to deep quantum physics. Researchers ...

When ice melts into water, it happens quickly, with the transition from solid to liquid being immediate. However, very thin ...

A joint effort between two of the world’s largest neutrino experiments has brought scientists closer to understanding how the universe survived its violent beginnings. The findings could reveal why ...

What initiates the first spark of lightning has long been the core mystery of a thunderstorm. Now, a new experiment at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) is shedding light on the ...

Using lasers as tweezers to understand cloud electrification might sound like science fiction, but at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) it is a reality. By trapping and charging ...