Floquet effects unlock graphene’s potential for future electronics
Time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy of Floquet states in graphene. Credit: Nature Physics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-02939-0 Graphene is…
Physicists create a new kind of time crystal that humans can actually see
Spatial configuration, temporal periodicity and many-body interactions of continuous space-time crystals. Credit: Nature Materials (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02344-1 Imagine…
It might help explain how they took over the world
The thumbnail and hand of a kangaroo rat, an example of a rodent with thumbnails that uses its…
Chiral magnetic nanohelices control spins at room temperature
The twisting direction of metal nanoparticles is controlled to be right- or left-handed by adding chiral molecules, which…
‘Ghost sharks’ grow forehead teeth to help them have sex, study suggests
Caught male Spotted Ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei) showing the [extended/erect] frontal clasper (tenaculum) on the front of the head.…
Why we slip on ice: Physicists challenge centuries-old assumptions
The illustration shows what happens on the surface of ice when another object, such as skis, ice skates…
New isolated early-type dwarf galaxy discovered
dE01+09 as seen in Legacy Survey images. The left panel shows a g − r − z combined…
New algorithm hushes unwanted noise in LIGO, may lead to more black hole discoveries
A view from above of LIGO Livingston in Louisiana. Credit: Caltech/MIT/LIGO Lab LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory,…
Ring laser measures Earth’s axis wobble with unprecedented precision
Credit: Astrid Eckert / TUM As Earth moves through space, it wobbles slightly. A team of researchers from…
Mutations driving evolution are informed by the genome, not random, study suggests
MEMDS experimental setup. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2424538122 A study published in…