We decoded the oldest genetic data from an Egyptian, a man buried about 4,500 years ago
Geographic location and date of the Nuwayrat individual in context. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09195-5 A group of…
Protostellar jet detection in Milky Way’s outer region reveals universal star formation
Protostellar outflows and jets discovered in the outer galaxy. The left panel shows CO line emission images obtained…
Physics pioneer key to microscopy ‘revolution in resolution’
An atom as seen in a field ion microscope. Credit: From the Eberly Family Special Collections, Penn State University…
Scientists tap ‘secret’ fresh water under the ocean, raising hopes for a thirsty world
The wireline drilling core barrel is visible from the underside of the Liftboat Robert platform, from the Gaspee,…
Fomalhaut star’s warped ring shows evidence of sculpting by ancient planets
The bright star in the center, Fomalhaut, is surrounded by an ancient debris disk of uneven brightness. The…
3D-printed micro ion traps could solve quantum tech’s miniaturization problem
Comparison of ion trap variants. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09474-1 The existing bottleneck in efficiently miniaturizing components for…
Floquet effects unlock graphene’s potential for future electronics
Time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy of Floquet states in graphene. Credit: Nature Physics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-02939-0 Graphene is…
Physicists create a new kind of time crystal that humans can actually see
Spatial configuration, temporal periodicity and many-body interactions of continuous space-time crystals. Credit: Nature Materials (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02344-1 Imagine…
It might help explain how they took over the world
The thumbnail and hand of a kangaroo rat, an example of a rodent with thumbnails that uses its…
Chiral magnetic nanohelices control spins at room temperature
The twisting direction of metal nanoparticles is controlled to be right- or left-handed by adding chiral molecules, which…