Lunar photobioreactors could provide food and oxygen on the moon
Images of the PBRs being tested for use on the Moon. Credit: Acta Astronautica (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2025.07.033 Astronauts…
Study finds mysterious DNA split in great white sharks defies current explanations
Differences between the nuclear and mitochondrial DNA of white sharks, once thought to be caused by their migration…
Ultrafast imaging method characterizes thousands of molecules using single-photon camera
Single molecule FLIM setup and acquisition scheme. Credit: Light: Science & Applications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41377-025-01901-2 EPFL researchers have…
Discovery of Planckian time limit opens doors to novel quantum technologies
Image of heavy electrons with quantum entanglement on CeRhSn. Credit: Takuto Nakamura and Shin-ichi Kimura A joint research…
Baby star sets off explosion, gets caught in blast
Artist’s impression of a protoplanetary disk distorted by a shock front created by an expanding bubble. Credit: ALMA…
New study illuminates how diatoms thrive in—and light up—the Southern Ocean
An iceberg spotted near the most southern point of the research cruise’s transect highlights some of the challenges…
New measurement of free neutron lifetime achieves world-record precision
Student researcher Katherine Zine from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Nathan Washecheck from North Carolina State University and…
Discarded particles dubbed ‘neglectons’ may unlock universal quantum computing
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Quantum computers have the potential to solve problems far beyond the reach of today’s…
Ultrathin metallic films show tunable, directional charge flow using light at room temperature
Epitaxial strain control of electronic anisotropy in the RuO2/TiO2 (110) heterostructure. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adw7125 In…
Theories on dark matter’s origins point to ‘mirror world’ and universe’s edge
An artistic illustration of the mechanism proposed by Professor Stefano Profumo where quantum effects near the rapidly expanding…
Gaussian processes provide a new path toward quantum machine learning
Schematic of the main results. Credit: Nature Physics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-02883-z Neural networks revolutionized machine learning for classical…
Meet ‘lite intermediate black holes,’ the supermassive black hole’s smaller, much more mysterious cousin
Merging black holes generate gravitational waves, which astronomers can track. Credit: SXS, CC BY-ND Black holes are massive,…