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List of works by Davide Castelvecchi

'Half-pipe' telescope will probe dark energy in teen Universe

scientific article

'It's mindboggling!': Astronomers detect most powerful black-hole collision yet

scientific article published on 02 September 2020

'Loving the minimal FOMO': First major physics conference to go virtual sees record attendance

scientific article published on 24 April 2020

'Wavelet revolution' pioneer scoops top maths award

scientific article published in March 2017

'Test-tube' evolution wins Chemistry Nobel Prize

scientific article published in Nature

2016 in news: The science events that shaped the year

scientific article published in Nature

2017 in news: The science events that shaped the year

scientific article published in Nature

2018 in news: The science events that shaped the year

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

2020 beyond COVID: the other science events that shaped the year

scientific article published on 01 December 2020

365 days: The science events that shaped 2015.

scientific article published in December 2015

3D-printed device helps computers solve cocktail-party problem

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-08-10

A supernova could light up the Milky Way at any time. Astronomers will be watching

scientific article published on 21 February 2022

A tale of math treasure. An exhibition traces the reconstruction of a long-missing collection of writings by Archimedes

scientific article published on October 1, 2011

AI Copernicus 'discovers' that Earth orbits the Sun

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

AI maths whiz creates tough new problems for humans to solve

scientific article published on 3 February 2021

AI pioneer: 'The dangers of abuse are very real'

scientific article published on 04 April 2019

Alien pizza, anyone?: Biochemistry may have taken a different turn on other worlds

scientific article published in 2009

All systems go for second-ever mission to enter Mercury's orbit

scientific article published in Nature

Amateur astronomer catches first glimpses of birth of a supernova

journal article; published in Nature on 2018-02-21

Ancient rivers cut migration routes through Sahara

journal article; published in Nature on 2013-09-11

Are ChatGPT and AlphaCode going to replace programmers?

scientific article published in 2022

Artificial black hole creates its own version of Hawking radiation

scientific article published in Nature

Artificial intelligence called in to tackle LHC data deluge

scholarly article by Davide Castelvecchi published 3 December 2015 in Nature

Artificial intelligence called in to tackle LHC data deluge

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-12-01

Asteroid Ryugu poses landing risks for Japanese mission

scientific article published in Nature

Astronomers close in on new way to detect gravitational waves

scientific article published in 2022

Astronomers explore uses for AI-generated images

scientific article published in February 2017

Astrophysicists unveil glut of gravitational-wave detections

scientific article published in 2021

Axion alert! Exotic-particle detector may miss out on dark matter

scientific article published in Nature

Battle between quantum and thermodynamic laws heats up

scientific article published in Nature

Beguiling dark-matter signal persists 20 years on

scientific article published in Nature

Behavior: People move like predators

scientific article published in 2008

Best map of Milky Way reveals a billion stars in motion

scientific article published on 03 December 2020

Big Bang telescope finale marks end of an era in cosmology

scientific article published in Nature

Billion-star map of Milky Way set to transform astronomy

scientific article published on 01 May 2018

Black hole at the centre of our Galaxy imaged for the first time

scientific article published on 12 May 2022

Black hole pictured for first time - in spectacular detail

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Break More to Break Less

scientific article published on 01 November 2012

Brexit ‘breakthrough’ raises hope — and questions

journal article; published in Nature on 2017-12-08

CERN battles short circuit behind LHC delay

scientific article published in Nature

CERN makes bold push to build €21-billion super-collider

scientific article published on 19 June 2020

CERN suspends physicist over remarks on gender bias

scientific article published in Nature

CERN’s pioneering mini-accelerator passes first test

scientific article published in Nature

Can Islamic scholars change thinking on climate change?

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-08-19

Can we open the black box of AI?

scientific article published on 5 October 2016

Chemical trick speeds up 3D printing

scientific article published in Nature

Chemistry Nobel honours world-changing batteries

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Chemists make first-ever ring of pure carbon

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Chemists who invented revolutionary ‘click’ reactions win Nobel

scientific article published on 5 October 2022

China becomes first nation to land on the Moon's far side

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

China launches second space lab

scientific article published in Nature

China's quantum satellite clears major hurdle on way to ultrasecure communications

scientific article published in Nature

China’s dark-matter satellite launches era of space science

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-12-17

Chinese satellite launch kicks off ambitious mission to Moon’s far side

journal article; published in Nature on 2018-05-21

Citizen scientists take on latest gravitational-wave data

journal article; published in Nature on 2016-03-09

Cloud-seeding surprise could improve climate predictions

journal article; published in Nature on 2016-05-25

Colliding philosophies

scientific article published on 01 April 2009

Colliding stars spark rush to solve cosmic mysteries

scientific article published in October 2017

Controversial dark-matter claim faces ultimate test

scientific article

Coronavirus fears cancel world's biggest physics meeting

scientific article published on 02 March 2020

Cosmic map reveals a not-so-lumpy Universe

journal article; published in Nature on 2017-08-10

Cosmic rays reveal the secrets of thunderstorms

scientific article published in Nature

Cracking a Century-Old Enigma

scientific article published on 01 April 2011

Crunch time for pet theory on dark matter

scientific article published in Nature

Daily briefing: Two breakthroughs add to ‘grand unifying theory of maths’

scientific article published in 2020

Daring Japanese mission reaches unexplored asteroid Ryugu

journal article; published in Nature on 2018-06-26

Dark matter mapped at cosmic scale

scientific article published in Nature

Dark power: Pigment seems to put radiation to good use

Dark-energy mapper will reconstruct 11 billion years of cosmic history

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Deep learning boosts Google Translate tool

scientific article published in Nature

Detailed map shows Milky Way is bigger than we thought

scientific article published in Nature

Disco-ball satellite will put Einstein’s theory to strictest test yet

scientific article published in 2022

Drivers gear up for world’s first nanocar race

scientific article published in Nature

Dumpling-shaped asteroid comes into focus

scientific article published in Nature

Einstein's gravitational waves found at last

scientific article (publication date: 11 February 2016)

Einstein’s lost theory uncovered

scientific article published in Nature

Ephemeral antimatter atoms pinned down in milestone laser test

scientific article published in Nature

Europe sets priorities for hunting cosmic particles

journal article; published in Nature on 2017-11-16

Europe shows first cards in €1-billion quantum bet

scientific article published in Nature

European probe shoots down dark-matter claims

scientific article published in Nature

Exoskeleton boots improve on evolution

scientific article published in Nature

Exotic atom struggles to find its place in the periodic table

scientific article published in Nature

Fermat's last theorem earns Andrew Wiles the Abel Prize

scientific article published in March 2016

Feuding physicists turn to philosophy for help

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-12-23

First hint of near-room-temperature superconductor tantalizes physicists

scientific article published in Nature

First room-temperature superconductor excites - and baffles - scientists

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

Forget everything you know about 3D printing - the 'replicator' is here

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Formula for panic: Crowd-motion findings may prevent stampedes

scientific article published in 2009

Friction of a single atom measured with light

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-06-04

Gather the Wind

scientific article published on 01 March 2012

Giant 'bubbles' spotted around Milky Way's black hole

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Gigantic Japanese detector prepares to catch neutrinos from supernovae

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Global networks of small telescopes will chase companion signals of gravitational waves

journal article; published in Nature on 2017-10-13

Google unveils search engine for open data ⬇️

scientific article published in Nature

Google’s quantum computer hits key milestone by reducing errors ⬇️

scientific article published on 22 February 2023

Gravitational wave detection wins physics Nobel

scientific article published in October 2017

Gravitational waves hint at detection of black hole eating star

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Gravitational waves: How LIGO forged the path to victory

scientific article

Gravitational-wave hunt restarts - with a quantum boost

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Gravitational-wave observatory LIGO set to double its detecting power

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Gravitational-wave rumours in overdrive

scientific article published in Nature

Gravitational-wave troika wins speedy physics Nobel for LIGO

scientific article published in Nature

Guts of giant virus imaged in 3D

scientific article published in Nature

Has giant LIGO experiment seen gravitational waves?

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-09-30

Hawking's latest black-hole paper splits physicists

scientific article published on 01 January 2016

Here’s what the quantum internet has in store

scientific article published in Nature

Higgs hunter will be CERN’s first female director

scientific article published in Nature

High stakes as Japanese space observatory prepares for launch

journal article; published in Nature on 2016-02-09

High-energy cosmic rays come from outside our Galaxy

scientific article published on 01 September 2017

Hint of new boson at LHC sparks flood of papers

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-12-24

Hints of new LHC particle get slightly stronger

journal article; published in Nature on 2016-03-17

Hints of twisted light offer clues to dark energy's nature

scientific article published on 24 November 2020

Holy Cow! Astronomers agog at mysterious new supernova

scientific article published in Nature

How 'spooky' is quantum physics? The answer could be incalculable

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

How an underwater sensor network is tracking Argentina's lost submarine

journal article; published in Nature on 2017-11-27

How big is the proton? Particle-size puzzle leaps closer to resolution

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

How coronavirus dashed Ethiopia's dream of hosting Africa's first major AI conference

scientific article published on 21 May 2020

How fast is the Universe expanding? Cosmologists just got more confused

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

How gravitational waves could solve some of the Universe’s deepest mysteries

journal article; published in Nature on 2018-04-11

How quickly can Iran make a nuclear bomb?

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

How the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the world's biggest physics experiments

scientific article published on 31 March 2020

How to hunt for a black hole with a telescope the size of Earth

scientific article published in March 2017

How will AI change mathematics? Rise of chatbots highlights discussion ⬇️

scientific article published on 17 February 2023

Hunt for gravitational waves to resume after massive upgrade

scientific article published in Nature

IBM's quantum cloud computer goes commercial

scientific article published in Nature

Icy telescope throws cold water on sterile neutrino theory

scientific article published in Nature

Images of the month: August 2014

scientific article published in Nature

Images of the month: October 2014

scientific article published in Nature

Invasion of the drones

scientific article published on 01 March 2010

Iranian researchers welcome nuclear deal

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-07-15

Is facial recognition too biased to be let loose?

scientific article published on 01 November 2020

Is supersymmetry dead?

scientific article published on 01 May 2012

Is the standard model broken? Physicists cheer major muon result

scientific article

Japan will build the world's largest neutrino detector

scientific article published on 16 December 2019

Japan's nuclear revival won't lower carbon emissions enough

scientific article

Japanese space probe drops explosive on asteroid Ryugu

scientific article published on 05 April 2019

Japanese spacecraft probes asteroid's guts for first time

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Japan’s pioneering detector set to join gravitational-wave hunt

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Jumping Parkour robot bounces off walls to gain height

scientific article published in Nature

LHC physicists embrace brute-force approach to particle hunt

scientific article published in Nature

LHC physicists finally uncover Higgs ‘bottom’ decay

scientific article published in Nature

LHC sees hint of boson heavier than Higgs

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-12-15

LIGO detects whispers of another black-hole merger ⬇️

scientific article published in Nature

LIGO spots gravitational waves for third time

journal article; published in Nature on 2017-06-01

LIGO's unsung heroes

journal article; published in Nature on 2017-10-09

LIGO’s underdog cousin ready to enhance gravitational-wave hunt

scientific article published in Nature

Lab-made primordial soup yields RNA bases

scientific article published on 04 October 2019

Life unseen. Microscopic landscapes show a surprising diversity of forms.

scientific article published in December 2010

Lightning makes new isotopes

scientific article published in Nature

Long-awaited accelerator ready to explore origins of elements

scientific article published on 29 April 2022

Long-awaited mathematics proof could help scan Earth's innards

scientific article published in February 2017

Low-cost headsets boost virtual reality’s lab appeal

scientific article published in Nature

Machine learning leads mathematicians to unsolvable problem

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Majority of mathematicians hail from just 24 scientific 'families'.

scientific article published in September 2016

Marmoset see, marmoset do

scientific article published in Nature

Mathematical proof that rocked number theory will be published

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Mathematician who solved prime-number riddle claims new breakthrough

scientific article published on 11 November 2022

Mathematician who tamed randomness wins Abel Prize

scientific article published on 20 March 2024

Mathematicians create warped worlds in virtual reality

scientific article published in Nature

Mathematicians welcome computer-assisted proof in ‘grand unification’ theory

scientific article published on 18 June 2021

Mathematics pioneers who found order in chaos win Abel prize

scientific article published on 18 March 2020

Mathematics prizes have a gender problem — can it be fixed?

scientific article published on 27 May 2022

Mexican shards bear evidence of ancient booze

scientific article published in Nature

Milky Way mapper: 6 ways the Gaia spacecraft will change astronomy

scientific article published in Nature

Minuscule drums push the limits of quantum weirdness

scientific article published in 2021

Mission to Mercury launches successfully

scientific article published in Nature

Mite and ant locked together in amber

scientific article published in Nature

Monumental proof to torment mathematicians for years to come

scientific article published in Nature

Morphing neutrinos win physics Nobel

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-10-06

Murray Gell-Mann, father of quarks, dies

scientific article published on 28 May 2019

Mysteries of turbulence unravelled

scientific article published on 01 August 2017

Mysterious galactic signal points LHC to dark matter

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-05-05

Mystery of dark-matter signal deepens with replication attempts

scientific article published on 19 March 2019

Mystery over Universe's expansion deepens with fresh data

scientific article published on 15 July 2020

Nanothermometer takes the temperature of living cells

journal article; published in Nature on 2013-07-31

Nature's 10

2017 scholarly article

Nature’s 10: Ten people who mattered in science in 2018 ⬇️

2018 scholarly article

Neutrino study made key priority for US nuclear physics

scientific article

Neutrinos reveal final secret of Sun's nuclear fusion

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

Next stop Earth: Hayabusa2 bids farewell to asteroid Ryugu

scientific article published on 14 November 2019

Next-generation LHC: CERN lays out plans for €21-billion supercollider

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Next-generation X-ray source fires up.

scientific article published in September 2015

Novichok nerve agents banned by chemical-weapons treaty

scientific article published on 28 November 2019

Nuclear monitoring agency reaches out to scientists

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-06-19

Number-theory prodigy among winners of most coveted prize in mathematics

scientific article published in Nature

Open-source AI chatbots are booming — what does this mean for researchers? ⬇️

scientific article published on 20 June 2023

Origin of life theory involving RNA–protein hybrid gets new support

scientific article published on 11 May 2022

Particle physicists turn to AI to cope with CERN’s collision deluge

journal article; published in Nature on 2018-05-04

Particle’s surprise mass threatens to upend the standard model

scientific article published on 7 April 2022

People can sense single photons

scientific article published in Nature

Physicists close in on elusive neutrino's mass

scientific article published on 17 September 2019

Physicists doubt bold report of metallic hydrogen

scientific article published in Nature

Physicists doubt bold superconductivity claim following social-media storm

scientific article published in Nature

Physicists excited by latest LHC anomaly

scientific article published in Nature

Physicists harness twisted mathematics to make powerful laser

journal article; published in Nature on 2018-02-01

Physicists in Earth’s remotest corners race to reproduce ‘cosmic dawn’ signal

scientific article published in Nature

Physicists who built ultrafast ‘attosecond’ lasers win Nobel Prize

scientific article published in 2023

Physicists who unravelled mysteries of black holes win Nobel prize

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

Physics Nobel goes to exoplanet and cosmology pioneers

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Physics Nobel won by laser wizardry - laureates include first woman in 55 years

scientific article published in Nature

Physics institute focused on developing countries gets a new leader

scientific article published on 14 November 2019

Physics of 2D exotic matter wins Nobel

scientific article published on 4 October 2016

Physics paper sets record with more than 5,000 authors

scientific article published in Nature

Plant sprouts on the Moon for first time ever

scientific article published on 15 January 2019

Pluto probe offers eye-popping view of neighbouring star Proxima Centauri

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Prestigious AI meeting takes steps to improve ethics of research

scientific article published on 23 December 2020

Problem solved, LOL

scientific article published on 01 April 2010

Quantum Light Switch

scientific article published on 01 September 2010

Quantum computer makes first high-energy physics simulation

journal article; published in Nature on 2016-06-22

Quantum computers ready to leap out of the lab in 2017

scientific article published in Nature

Quantum machine goes in search of the Higgs boson

journal article; published in Nature on 2017-10-19

Quantum-computing pioneer warns of complacency over Internet security

scientific article published on 30 October 2020

Questions for the Next Million Years

scientific article published on 01 September 2012

Rare star probes supermassive black hole

journal article; published in Nature on 2013-08-14

Reimagining of Schrödinger’s cat breaks quantum mechanics — and stumps physicists

scientific article published in Nature

Riskiest landing of Japan's asteroid mission delayed until January

scientific article published in Nature

Rogue antimatter found in thunderclouds

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-05-12

Rumours swell over new kind of gravitational-wave sighting

scientific article published in Nature

SLook, ma--no junctions

scientific article published on 01 June 2010

Science mourns Stephen Hawking’s death

scientific article published in Nature

Science publishers review ethics of research on Chinese minority groups

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Science's status shifts in new Brexit government

scientific article

Seeing with neutrinos: how astronomers are mapping the cosmos without light ⬇️

Silicon gains ground in quantum-computing race

scientific article published in January 2018

Single subatomic particle illuminates mysterious origins of cosmic rays

scientific article published in Nature

Soap-bubble pioneer is first woman to win prestigious maths prize

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Space telescope to chart first map of the Universe in high-energy X-rays

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Spinning into control: High-tech reincarnations of an ancient way of storing energy

Statistical ‘rock star’ wins coveted international prize

scientific article published in Nature

Stirring biopic of the first woman to win top maths prize

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Strange topological materials are popping up everywhere physicists look

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Success of gravity-wave satellite paves way for three-craft mission

journal article; published in Nature on 2017-06-29

Summer books

scientific article published in Nature

Summer books

journal article; published in Nature on 2013-07-10

Super-dense celestial bodies could be a new kind of planet

journal article; published in Nature on 2013-03-13

Superconducting magnet breaks strength world record

scientific article published on 12 June 2019

Taxi-sharing in cities follows universal maths law

scientific article published in Nature

Tech giants open virtual worlds to bevy of AI programs

scientific article published in December 2016

Telescope spots enigmatic fast radio burst

scientific article published in Nature

Tesla biopic, starring Ethan Hawke: eccentric portrayal

scientific article published on 01 August 2020

The Missing Epoch

scientific article published on January 1, 2013

The biggest mystery in mathematics: Shinichi Mochizuki and the impenetrable proof

scientific article published in October 2015

The black-hole collision that reshaped physics

scientific article

The compass within

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

The first-ever image of a black hole is now a movie

scientific article published on 23 September 2020

The forgotten quantum pioneer who turned wartime spy

scientific article published in Nature

The mathematician who helped to reshape physics

scientific article published on 01 August 2020

The mathematics behind Internet virality

scientific article published in Nature

The quantum internet has arrived (and it hasn't).

scientific article published in February 2018

The quest to unlock the secrets of the baby Universe

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

The race to save the Internet from quantum hackers ⬇️

scientific article published on 8 February 2022

The researchers who study alien linguistics

scientific article published in Nature

The science events to watch for in 2020

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

The science events to watch for in 2022

scientific article published on 17 December 2021

The science news events that shaped 2019

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

The shape of atoms

scientific article published on 01 December 2009

The start of everything

scientific article published on 01 September 2009

The strange topology that is reshaping physics

scientific article published in Nature

These ‘quantum-proof’ algorithms could safeguard against future cyberattacks

scientific article published in 2022

This beetle's stab-proof exoskeleton makes it almost indestructible

scientific article published on 21 October 2020

This black-hole collision just made gravitational waves even more interesting

scientific article published on 20 April 2020

Topology. Hypersphere exotica

scientific article published on 01 August 2009

UK and Italy wrestle over mega-telescope's hub

scientific article published in Nature

US advised to stick with troubled fusion reactor ITER

scientific article published in Nature

Ukraine nuclear plant: what happens if it releases a radioactive plume?

scientific article published in 2022

Ukraine nuclear power plant attack: scientists assess the risks

scientific article published in 2022

Ukrainian mathematician becomes second woman to win prestigious Fields Medal

scientific article published in 2022

Universe has ten times more galaxies than researchers thought

scientific article published in Nature

Vaughan Jones (1952-2020)

scientific article published on 29 September 2020

Venice 'time machine' project suspended amid data row ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Warp-speed algebra

scientific article published on 01 January 2010

Welcome To The Quantum Internet: Quantum encryption is here, but the laws of physics can do much more than protect privacy

scientific article published in 2009

Welcome anyons! Physicists find best evidence yet for long-sought 2D structures

scientific article published on 03 July 2020

What 50 gravitational-wave events reveal about the Universe

scientific article published on 30 October 2020

What have we learned from North Korea's fifth claimed nuclear bomb test?

scientific article published in Nature

Why Oppenheimer has important lessons for scientists today ⬇️

Why astronomers reluctantly announced a possible exomoon discovery

journal article; published in Nature on 2017-07-28

Why neutrinos might wimp out

scientific article published on 01 December 2011

Will Russia use chemical weapons in Ukraine? Researchers evaluate the risks

scientific article published in 2022

Will Tesla's battery change the energy market?

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-05-01

World's tiniest machines win chemistry Nobel

scientific article published on 5 October 2016

Young black hole had monstrous growth spurt

scientific article published in Nature

‘Grand unified theory of maths’ nets Abel Prize

journal article; published in Nature on 2018-03-20

‘Mathematics is an unknown land’: meet Fields Medal winner Maryna Viazovska

scientific article published on 15 July 2022

‘Mind-blowing’ IBM chip speeds up AI ⬇️

scientific article published on 19 October 2023

‘Spooky’ quantum-entanglement experiments win physics Nobel

scientific article published on 4 October 2022

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