Transforming the tip of a mechanical pencil lead into a high-quality electron beam source
Researchers at University of Tsukuba have demonstrated that graphitizing the fractured surface of a mechanical pencil lead enables…
Theoretical study reveals failure of key quark-gluon plasma probe in low-energy region
Scaling of hadronic elliptic flow as a function of center-of-mass energy in heavy-ion collisions. The top (bottom) panels show…
Mathematical model reveals how collapsing matter and expanding voids shape universe’s evolution
The plot represents the new model with the x-axis and the y-axis showing the minimum sizes of collapsing…
Ultra-thin materials twist light into optical vortices for faster data transmission
Passing circularly-polarized light through certain van der Waals materials causing the beam to spiral. Credit: Jaegang Jo et…
Where are the interstellar objects 1I/’Oumuamua, 2I/Borisov and 3I/Atlas headed now?
Artist’s impression of Ê»Oumuamua. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser In the past decade, astronomers have witnessed three interstellar objects (ISOs)…
Physicists create stable, ‘breathing’ solitons in settings without energy conservation
Breathing nonreciprocal soliton. Credit: Physical Review X (2025). DOI: 10.1103/nrv2-9h8z Solitonic waves—waves that keep their shape and direction…
Fast X-ray transients shine light on how stars end their lives and the distant universe
The jets pierce through the star, emitting X-rays and gamma rays as they stream into space. Credit: NASA/Swift/Cruz…
RNA editing tool can take some of the risk out of gene therapy
Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.07.032 The ability to correct disease-causing genetic mistakes using genome editors holds…
LHCb collaboration observes ultra-rare baryon decay
Image of an event display reconstructing how we see the Sigma-> p mu mu decay in the LHCb…
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…
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…
Preventing an hour of intense pain in chickens costs less than a hundredth of a cent, say researchers
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new Commentary published today in Nature Food evaluates the impacts of the European…