Six-million-year-old ice discovered in Antarctica offers unprecedented window into a warmer Earth
Allan Hills, 2022-2023. Credit: Julia Marks Peterson, COLDEX A team of U.S. scientists has discovered the oldest directly…
Study may lead to improved networked quantum sensing
A four-mode linear network U for generating useful entangled states for continuous-variable distributed quantum metrology. The ratio of…
Gravitational wave events hint at ‘second-generation’ black holes
GW241011 and GW241110 infographics by Shanika Galaudage / Northwestern University / Adler Planetarium. Credit: Shanika Galaudage / Northwestern…
Black hole discovered in nearby Segue 1
Believe it or not, there’s a galaxy at the center of this image. Segue 1 is a very…
Chemists discover antibiotic for drug-resistant bacteria ‘hiding in plain sight’
The biosynthesis pathway of methylenomcyin A as discovered in this experiment. The new precursors, especialliy pre-methylenomycin C lactone,…
Mysterious transient objects in sky linked to nuclear testing and unidentified anomalous phenomena
Four exposures of the 3 × 3 arcmin region of sky centered on the triple transient identified in July 1952.…
How missing nutrients rewire fly brains to seek out beneficial microbes
Cheese and chocolate may hold little culinary appeal for a fruit fly, yet for one deprived of nutrients,…
Virtual reality can help people understand and care about distant communities
A study participant in front of an image of a city. Credit: Jeremy Bailenson / Stanford For many…
Electric signals reveal magnetic spin waves, hinting at faster computing
(a) The Kagomé spin lattice of potassium iron jarosite along with (b) DM vectors comprising the in-plane direction…
Distributed quantum sensor network achieves ultra-high resolution near Heisenberg limit
Generation of multi-mode N00N states using bell states generated by the Sagnac interferometer and transmission of the generated…