Did a single genetic mutation make horses rideable?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Domestication of the horse was one of the crowning achievements of early humans. It…
Microalgae are more significant for CO₂ absorption in Southern Ocean than previously thought, study reveals
At the end of the last ice age, algal blooms of the species Phaeocystis absorbed large quantities of…
International collaboration doubles detection of cosmic collisions
Credit: CC0 Public Domain An international team of researchers has announced a significant advancement in gravitational-wave astronomy, with…
Uncovering the mysteries of high-temperature cuprate superconductors
The linear relationship of the superconducting gap (Δ0 as it depends on the material’s superconducting critical temperature (Tc).…
Probability theorem gets quantum makeover after 250 years
What would Thomas Bayes think? In 1763, he proposed a new approach to calculate probabilities. An international team…
How a superfluid simultaneously becomes a solid
Initialization of the lattice. Credit: Nature Physics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-02927-4 In everyday life, all matter exists as either…
How an in-between quantum state could boost future technologies
By working in two or more dimensions—as opposed to one dimension, shown in the orange box—researchers have more…
Physicists observe an elusive form of the Hall effect for the first time
This infographic depicts the technique used by the research team to observe the anomalous Hall effect in a…
MRI technology inspires quantum advancement with 2D materials
Purdue University physicist Tongcang Li performs optically detected magnetic resonance spectroscopy in his lab. Li and his team…
Reflective light from wind turbine blades may be luring bats to their deaths
(a) Experimental Y-maze apparatus, used to test the orientation preferences of Lasiurus cinereus and Lasionycteris noctivagans for sections…