Tiny ocean crustaceans use genetic and epigenetic tools to weather climate change
Copepods are tiny crustaceans, barely visible to the naked eye, but beautiful under a microscope and hugely important…
JWST uncovers hidden black holes devouring stars in dusty galaxies
Astronomers at MIT, Columbia University, and elsewhere have used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to peer through the…
Researchers demonstrate first bidirectional asymmetric frequency conversion in a single system
(Left) Schematic illustration of the experimental setup used to demonstrate bidirectional asymmetric wave conversion. (Right) Visualization of upconversion…
Science journal pulled a controversial study about a bizarre life form against the authors’ wishes
Credit: Petr Kratochvil/Public Domain A microscopic discovery in a California lake sparked buzz and controversy more than a…
Researchers uncover a topological excitonic insulator with a tunable momentum order
Artistic illustration of a topological exciton insulator: Excitons condense in the bulk of the material, forming a collective…
Physicists identify antiferromagnet with high heat-to-electricity conversion efficiency
The chemical structure of the compensated antiferromagnet. Gold spheres represent cobalt atoms, blue spheres are niobium atoms, and…
New theory unifies quantum and relativistic effects in electron spin-lattice interactions
Credit: Physical Review Letters (2025). DOI: 10.1103/q46t-hck1 “God does not play dice.” This famous remark by Albert Einstein…
Physicists discover new state of quantum matter
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have discovered a new state of quantum…
Complex organic molecules found in young star’s disk hint at cosmic origins of life
This artist’s impression shows the planet-forming disk around the star V883 Orionis. In the outermost part of the…
First direct images reveal atomic thermal vibrations in quantum materials
Illustration of experimental measurement of thermal vibrations in a single atom. Credit: Yichao Zhang et al. Researchers investigating…