How river otters’ terrible food hygiene benefits ecosystem health monitoring
Feces (“scat”) from North American River Otters, in a forest at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Credit: Calli…
Study reveals mechanisms of rapidly driven plasma magnetic reconnection
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A research team from the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has…
Coffee fortified with iron—new microparticles can be added to food and beverages to fight malnutrition
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Around the world, about 2 billion people suffer from iron deficiency, which can lead…
Common food thickeners—long thought to pass right through us—are actually digested
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have shown that our gut bacteria can feed on these large…
DUNE experiment set to reveal new details about solar neutrinos
by Nicole Bell, Matthew Dolan, Stephan Meighen-Berger, Jayden Newstead and John Beacom, University of Melbourne Authors Dr Meighen-Berger…
New approach recovers hidden signals at the nanoscale
Graphical Abstract. Credit: Small Methods (2025). DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202500318 In the world of nanotechnology, seeing clearly isn’t easy. It’s…
Astronaut catches gigantic jet on camera
Left: Gigantic Jet Event from the International Space Station, taken by NASA Astronaut Nichole Ayers. (Credit: Ayers) Right:…
IXPE’s ‘heartbeat black hole’ measurements challenge current theories
This illustration of material swirling around a black hole highlights a particular feature, called the “corona,” that shines…
Finding the shadows in a fusion system faster with AI
An artist’s interpretation of the inside of a fusion vessel, where some of the inner surfaces are directly…
Molecular hybridization achieved through quantum vacuum manipulation
Artistic Representation: Individual molecules undergo cooperative coupling in an empty optical cavity. Credit: Generated by ChatGPT-4o Interactions between…
Using sound to remember quantum information 30 times longer
A scanning electron microscope image highlighting a single mechanical oscillator, “tuning fork,” from the new work. The false-colored…
A new map of the stellar life cycle
Northeastern University researchers have shown that our visible universe and invisible dark matter likely co-evolved from the time…