Mathematical proof debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation
Credit: AI-generated image It’s a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation…
Unusual sharks face highest extinction risk
Credit: Berthold Grünhagen from Pexels If current extinction trends continue, global shark populations will lose much of their…
Halloween fireballs could signal increased risk of cosmic impact or airburst in 2032 and 2036, research suggests
Fragment of clear Libyan Desert glass refracts intense sunlight in the Great Sand Sea of Egypt, during a…
Scientists create new type of semiconductor that holds superconducting promise
Josephson junction structures—quantum devices made of two superconductors and a thin non-superconducting barrier—using different forms of germanium (Ge):…
How missing nutrients rewire fly brains to seek out beneficial microbes
Cheese and chocolate may hold little culinary appeal for a fruit fly, yet for one deprived of nutrients,…
Study may lead to improved networked quantum sensing
A four-mode linear network U for generating useful entangled states for continuous-variable distributed quantum metrology. The ratio of…
Isotopes illuminate early Martian climate
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover took this selfie at a location nicknamed Mary Anning, after a 19th-century English paleontologist.…
Perovskites reveal ultrafast quantum light in new study
Evaporated FAPbI3 films exhibit good quality. Credit: arXiv: DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2502.13609 Halide perovskites—already a focus of major research into…
Virtual reality can help people understand and care about distant communities
A study participant in front of an image of a city. Credit: Jeremy Bailenson / Stanford For many…
New species of trapdoor spider discovered, just in time for Halloween
A species of trapdoor spider, named Aptostichus ramirezae, was newly identified by UC Davis scientists. Credit: Emma Jochim/UC…
Preparation guide developed as Mars samples await transport to Earth
This formation, called Cheyava Falls, is located in the Bright Angel region of Jezero Crater, where Perseverance took…
A faster, more affordable way to produce quantum nanodiamonds holds promise for medicine and industry
The apparatus in which the luminescent nanodiamonds were prepared. Credit: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the…