Physicists create the smallest pixel in the world (so far)
Conceptual design of nano-OLED pixels with an individually addressable bottom nanoelectrode. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adz8579 Smart…
Previously unknown microbe turns food waste into energy
Surrey Biofuel Facility. Credit: FortisBC When 115,000 tons of food waste hit Surrey’s processing facility each year, an…
The world needs a better way to share genetic information
Biology is in the middle of a transformation. Over the past five years new sequencing techniques have made…
Common crystal proves ideal for low-temperature light technology
Comparison of field, temperature, dependent dielectric and polarization data for natural and isotopically engineered STO. Credit: Science (2025).…
Neanderthals and Mesolithic hunter-gatherers shaped European landscapes long before agriculture, study reveals
LIG (A) and Early Holocene (B) study area. Legend: 1–Elevations (in meters above sea level, m a.s.l.); 2–No…
Microscopic ‘ocean’ on a chip reveals new nonlinear wave behavior
Electron microscope image of the superfluid wave tank used in the experiments (blue) coupled to an optical fibre…
With a new molecule-based method, physicists peer inside an atom’s nucleus
This image depicts the radium atom’s pear-shaped nucleus of protons and neutrons in the center, surrounded by a…
Scientists create a new form of light matter in a quasicrystal
Realization of 2D polariton quasicrystal based on the Penrose tiling. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adz2484 Researchers have…
Simulations hint at new strongly correlated states of matter in ultracold polar molecules
A self-bound crystal of individual dipolar molecules surrounded by a superfluid ring. I have made the figure myself,…
Planetary scientists link Jupiter’s birth to Earth’s formation zone
Enhanced image of Jupiter by Kevin M. Gill (CC-BY) based on images provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS. Credit: NASA New…