Changes in diet drove physical evolution in early humans
The researchers report that hominin teeth, especially molars, became smaller and longer over millennia to accommodate a growing…
Songs below the ice flow like nursery rhymes
Typical behavior of leopard seal vocalizations—the male will sing a sequence of sounds underwater before returning to the…
Nanodevice uses sound to sculpt light, paving the way for better displays and imaging
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Light can behave in very unexpected ways when you squeeze it into small spaces.…
Researchers observe nematic order in magnetic helices, echoing liquid crystal behavior
A simulation shows the magnetic properties of a thin layer of iron germanide. Red and blue areas represent…
Simulations reveal surprising electron temperatures near M87 black hole’s event horizon
Supercomputer simulations are helping scientists sharpen their understanding about the environment beyond a black hole’s ‘shadow,’ material just…
Study outlines alternative approach to detecting inelastic dark matter particles
Despite knowing with a high degree of certainty that dark matter exists, we do not (yet) know what…
A new open-source program for quantum physics helps researchers obtain results in record time
Schematic of the RK4 steps. Dark green objects mark real or complex buffers while blue objects mark the…
New image reveals sharply curved plasma jet at heart of mysterious galaxy
A new image of galaxy OJ 287 reveals for the first time the sharply curved, ribbon-like structure of…
Simulating the Hawking effect and other quantum field theory predictions with polariton fluids
Cavity sketches the experimental system, showing the laser beam with its spatially structured wavefront (orange) that pumps the…
Early human ancestors showed extreme size differences between males and females
New research by UAlbany anthropologist Adam D. Gordon finds substantial sexual dimorphism in some of our early human…