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…
The genetics behind why some fish remain tiny
A tiny goby of the species Coryphopterus personatus swims near a Caribbean reef. U-M postdoctoral researcher Emily Troyer…
Humans evolved fastest among the apes, 3D skull study shows
Skull diversity across great apes (orange) and gibbons (blue). Skulls are not to scale. Credit: Dr. Aida Gomez-Robles…
Graphene partially screens van der Waals interactions depending on layer thickness, study reveals
SEM image showing that graphene is approaching a graphene sheet over a cavity. Credit: Chuanli Yu and Zhaohe…
Dual torque from electron spins drives magnetic domain wall displacement
Image for electron spins acting on the antiferromagnetically-coupled artificial magnetic structures with domain wall. Credit: Takeshi Seki A…
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…
Chemists discover clean and green way to recycle Teflon
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research demonstrates a simple, eco-friendly method to break down Teflon—one of the world’s…
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…
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…