Calling the shots

Blood spatter can provide a lot of information to an investigator at a crime scene. Unfortunately, current methods do not tell the whole story. Alexander Yarin and his colleagues have shown that investigators can gather more accurate information. Their blood spatter research...

A tiny version of this physics toy is revealing quantum secrets

A simple toy is helping scientists understand new details of a mysterious quantum process. The rhythmic click-clacking of the metal balls in Newton’s cradle has long entertained physics students. Now, scientists have re-created the...

Mysterious IceCube event may be caused by a tau neutrino

Eight years ago, the IceCube detector, a research center located at the South Pole to detect neutrinos emanating from the cosmos, was commissioned. Three years later, it began to register the first momentous results. The detection of high-energy neutrinos by IceCube made...