Astronomers discover dozens of new luminous quasars
Cutout images of 18 newly discovered quasars that lie within the SDSS footprint but are not included in…
High-speed method tracks fleeting quantum events
Time-resolved sensing of ballistic single electrons. The transmission of a ‘sensing’ electron (blue arrows) through a barrier (green)…
Rapid-response protocol promises to reveal supernovae only hours after they explode
Artistic elaboration based on images from the original paper. Credit: Galbany et al., JCAP, 2025. Supernovae appear to…
Parker Solar Probe confirms decades-old theoretical models about magnetic reconnection
An SwRI-led study of the sun confirms decades-old theoretical models about solar magnetic reconnection. Measurements from NASA’s Solar…
Spin-orbit approach boosts both speed and stability
a) False-color scanning electron micrograph of a representative NW-device. b) Schematic of PSB. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI:…
Engineers create new class of quantum sensors to detect faint molecular vibrations
Principle of quantum vibropolaritonic sensing. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ady7670 A team of Johns Hopkins engineers has…
Why did Cosmic Noon galaxies emit so many cosmic rays?
The background image is the COSMOS field observed with the South African MeerKAT radio array. An artistic illustration…
X-ray flashes reveal how electron-hole pairs tug at atoms inside quantum dots
Johan Bielecki at the “Single Particles Biomolecules and Clusters/Serial Femtosecond Crystallography” (SPB/SFX) instrument of European XFEL, where the…
Lab-grown stem cells initiate key steps of human egg and sperm formation
This fluorescence microscopy image shows induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) that, for the first time, have been induced…
Triassic freshwater deposits at Petrified Forest preserve diverse tanystropheids
Akidostropheus oligos comparative neural spikes. A: PEFO 49073, B: PEFO 50654, C: PEFO 51322, D: PEFO 45845, E:…