Ancient lead exposure may have shaped evolution of human brain
Infographic shows lead exposure to humans in modern times versus our ancestors; how teeth fossil and brain tissue…
Generation of harmful slow electrons in water is a race between intermolecular energy decay and proton transfer
Schematic representation of intermolecular coulombic decay and proton transfer in liquid water. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61912-w…
A new attempt to explain the accelerated expansion of the universe
by Birgit Kinkeldey, Zentrum für angewandte Raumfahrttechnologie und Mikrogravitation (ZARM) Expansion of the universe. Credit: Christian Pfeifer (AI-assisted)…
3D-printed metamaterials harness complex geometry to dampen mechanical vibrations
This 3-D printed kagome tube can passively isolate vibrations using its complex, but deliberate, structure. Credit: James McInerney,…
Can we hear gravitational-wave ‘beats’ in the rhythm of pulsars?
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Pulsars suggest that ultra–low-frequency gravitational waves are rippling through the cosmos. The signal seen…
Compact laser-plasma accelerator can generate muons on demand for imaging
Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator (BELLA) detected and characterized directional muons. Credit: https://pxhere.com/es/photo/788784?utm_content=shareClip&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pxhere Muon beams can now be created…
Anomalous metal sheds light on ‘impossible’ state between superconductivity and insulation
(a) Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a reference device, taken before depositing the global top gate. The square…
Software solution can correct image blurring by James Webb Space Telescope
Before and after the image sharpening process. Credit: Max Charles/University of Sydney A pair of Sydney Ph.D. students…
Direct evidence of universal anyon tunneling in a chiral Luttinger liquid revealed in edge-mode experiment
Image showing the actual device measured in the experiment. The GaAs chip is mounted on a PCB board…
Earth’s continents stabilized due to furnace-like heat, study reveals
UHT differentiation of continental crust. The schematics show the processes involved in the refining of immature continental crust…