Exercise weight loss explained; chimpanzees like alcohol; auditing quantum computers
Two male chimpanzees eating the plum-like fruit of the evergreen Parinari excelsa tree at Taï National Park in…
Scientists reveal process of gas accretion in massive star formation
Hierarchical gas kinematic structures. Starting from the upper left and moving clockwise from large to small scales: upper…
Controlling electron interference in time with chirped laser pulses
Illustration of chirped laser-assisted dynamic interference. Credit: Federico Vismarra, ETH Zürich In quantum mechanics, particles such as electrons…
Neutron detector mobilizes muons for nuclear, quantum material
Lead muon detector developer Polad Shikhaliev looks on as JungHyun Bae, a Wigner Distinguished Staff Fellow at ORNL,…
Researchers are first to image directional atomic vibrations
Schematic of a q-selective EELS set-up. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09511-z Researchers at the University of California, Irvine,…
Ecologists document two new species of bass
The Bartram bass is one of two new species of black bass documented by UGA researchers. Credit: Special…
Chandra finds black hole that’s growing at 2.4 times the Eddington limit
An artist’s concept of a supermassive black hole, a surrounding disk of material falling towards the black hole…
Physicist proves unsolvability beyond one dimension for quantum Ising models
A two-dimensional representation of a 10-dimensional hypercube. A RIKEN researcher has shown that quantum Ising models lack local…
Physicists create new electrically controlled silicon-based quantum device
Integrated optoelectronic devices for control of silicon T centres. Credit: Nature Photonics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41566-025-01752-8 A team of…
A grue jay? Rare hybrid bird identified in Texas
A rare hybrid bird identified in a suburb of San Antonio, Texas (center panel, credit: Brian Stokes) is…