Map of bacterial gene interactions uncovers targets for future antibiotics
Dual Tn-seq probes genetic interactions in bacteria. Credit: Science (2025). DOI: 10.1126/science.adt7685 Despite rapid advances in reading the…
Physicists demonstrate first hybrid skyrmion tubes for higher-density quantum computing
Current-induced motion of SyAFM skyrmion tubes. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-63759-7 Typically, the charge of electrons is…
Key wheat genes that control plant height and grain size identified
Functional characterization of the ga3ox2 mutant in wheat. (A) Quantification of gibberellin (GA) concentrations in wild-type and ga3ox2…
Gaia telescope discovers our galaxy’s great wave
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia space telescope has revealed that our Milky Way galaxy has a giant…
Vultures as curators and a newly discovered interspecies warning call
Bearded Vultures typically carry food and nest-building material to the nest site. (A) An adult Bearded Vulture with…
Surveying Io’s Surface with the UNAGI lander
Io imaged by NASA’s Juno Spacecraft in December 2023. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing by Emma Wälimäki © CC…
Combination of quantum and classical computing supports early diagnosis of breast cancer
From imaging to diagnosis: experiment outline. Credit: Yasmin Rodrigues Sobrinho Quantum computing is still in its early stages…
What’s on the table, and what’s missing?
by Rachael Walshe, Kelly Donati, Liesel Spencer, Molly Fairweather, Nick Rose, The Conversation A Sustain employee tending to…
Metal bends the rules by combining electrical conductivity with optical frequency-doubling properties
Mg₃Cl₇, synthesized in a laser-heated diamond anvil cell under high pressure and temperature, was identified as a polar…
Twisted graphene reveals double-dome superconductivity controlled by electric field
Superconducting phase in twisted trilayer graphene (T = 100 mK). Credit: Nature Physics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-03040-2 Superconductivity is…
Floquet Chern insulators based on nonlinear photonic crystals achieved
Linear characterization of AlGaAs PhCs. a, Scanning electron microscope images of the fabricated AlGaAs PhC. b, Angle-resolved linear…
Supercomputer simulations pierce mysteries of galactic nuclei
Supermassive black holes constantly pump dust, gas and heat into their environments, creating accretion disks like this one.…