Primordial black hole’s final burst may solve neutrino mystery
An artist’s illustration showing a tiny black hole within our Milky Way galaxy (top right), which could emit…
‘Quantum squeezing’ a nanoscale particle for the first time
A single nanoparticle made of glass (a white point near the center of the photo) is confined in…
ChatGPT appears to improvise when put through ancient Greek math puzzle
Credit: AI-generated image The Artificial Intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT, appeared to improvise ideas and make mistakes like a student…
Universal scheme efficiently generates arbitrary two-qubit gates in superconducting quantum processors
Implementation of the AshN scheme with superconducting qubits. Credit: Nature Physics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-02990-x The operation of quantum…
Observations shed light on fragmentation code and growth mystery of high-mass star formation
Comparison of ATOMS 3 mm and QUARKS 1.3 mm continuum images for two protocluster clumps. Credit: The Astrophysical…
A new explanation for Siberia’s giant exploding craters
Graphical abstract. Credit: Science of The Total Environment (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180042 Scientists may be a step closer to…
Some small asteroids can abruptly explode
Impact of asteroid 2023 CX1 on February 13, 2023, as seen from the Netherlands. Credit: Gijs de Reijke…
In the wild, chimpanzees likely ingest the equivalent of several alcoholic drinks every day
Two male chimpanzees eating the plum-like fruit of the evergreen Parinari excelsa tree at Taï National Park in…
Single-shot laser technique captures plasma evolution at 100 billion frames per second
A schematic of the SAPPHIRE diagnostic. The top half of a chirped laser beam passes through plasma, while…
Single device amplifies signals while shielding qubits from unwanted noise
Optical micrograph of the traveling-wave parametric amplifier and converter chip. The periodic square structures along the central transmission…