Hidden giant granite discovered beneath West Antarctic Ice Sheet
A pink granite boulder next to a yellow notebook for scale. Credit: Jo Johnson, BAS Pink granite boulders…
Photons exhibit collective behavior only after reaching certain threshold
If few photons are present, they are distributed evenly. (left-hand image; each of the “tables” consists of two…
Exotic roto-crystals can break into individual fragments then reassemble themselves
Spontaneous fragmentation of a rotating crystal comprised of transversely interacting particles into multiple rotating crystal fragments. Credit: Wayne…
The importance of scavenging in our evolution
Factors influencing scavenging behavior in humans. Credit: Carmen Cañizares (@canitanatura) A recent study proposes a new paradigm for…
Magnetized plasmas offer a new handle on nanomaterial design
Rendering of dusty nanoparticles suspended in a glowing plasma cloud, where magnetic fields guide their motion and growth,…
‘Messy’ galaxies in the early universe struggled to settle, Webb reveals
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have captured the most detailed look yet at how galaxies…
Nonlocality-enabled photonic analogies unlock wormholes and multiple realities in optical systems
Concept of photonic parallel spaces and versatile functionalities. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-63981-3 Researchers have harnessed nonlocal…
Hybrid metasurface modulates light at low voltages for energy-efficient optics
Schematic illustration of our SOH free-space modulator. The intensity of the reflected light ∣Er(t)∣2 can be modulated at…
Electrons that can’t find the exit
How can a frog escape from a box? It needs to have enough energy—and it has to find…
Distant galaxy A1689-zD1 found to have unusually low dust-to-gas ratio
False-color JWST/NIRCam RGB image cutout (blue: F150W; green: F277W; red: F444W), overlaid with [C ii]-158µm emission contours showing…