Rapid-response protocol promises to reveal supernovae only hours after they explode
Artistic elaboration based on images from the original paper. Credit: Galbany et al., JCAP, 2025. Supernovae appear to…
Astronomers discover dozens of new luminous quasars
Cutout images of 18 newly discovered quasars that lie within the SDSS footprint but are not included in…
Transforming the tip of a mechanical pencil lead into a high-quality electron beam source
Researchers at University of Tsukuba have demonstrated that graphitizing the fractured surface of a mechanical pencil lead enables…
Single quantum device that measures amperes, volts and ohms could revolutionize how we measure electricity
Illustration of a current measurement with the unified system. Credit: Nature Electronics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41928-025-01421-2 A team of…
Theoretical study reveals failure of key quark-gluon plasma probe in low-energy region
Scaling of hadronic elliptic flow as a function of center-of-mass energy in heavy-ion collisions. The top (bottom) panels show…
LHCb collaboration observes ultra-rare baryon decay
Image of an event display reconstructing how we see the Sigma-> p mu mu decay in the LHCb…
Inbreeding is hurting Michigan’s only rattlesnake: Long-term study shows how
Eastern Massasauga rattlesnakes live in Michigan and other Midwestern states. Credit: Eric Hileman Roads, buildings and farms are…
RNA editing tool can take some of the risk out of gene therapy
Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.07.032 The ability to correct disease-causing genetic mistakes using genome editors holds…
Physicists create stable, ‘breathing’ solitons in settings without energy conservation
Breathing nonreciprocal soliton. Credit: Physical Review X (2025). DOI: 10.1103/nrv2-9h8z Solitonic waves—waves that keep their shape and direction…
Fast X-ray transients shine light on how stars end their lives and the distant universe
The jets pierce through the star, emitting X-rays and gamma rays as they stream into space. Credit: NASA/Swift/Cruz…
Scientists discover new phenomenon in chiral symmetry breaking
Novel spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking with in a single crystal. Credit: Spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking in a single…
Ultra-thin materials twist light into optical vortices for faster data transmission
Passing circularly-polarized light through certain van der Waals materials causing the beam to spiral. Credit: Jaegang Jo et…