How a histone ‘switch’ regulates chromatin dynamics
H3.3S31ph acts as a molecular switch regulating the dynamic transition of nucleosomes from a stable to an activated…
Bright fireball seen over Delhi-NCR may not have been a meteor
A rare and spectacular fireball lit up the skies over Delhi, Gurugram, and parts of Rajasthan in the…
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…
New isolated early-type dwarf galaxy discovered
dE01+09 as seen in Legacy Survey images. The left panel shows a g − r − z combined…
Quantum emitter discovery in diamonds enables a new type of coupling
An NV-hosting nanodiamond on an AFM tip probes a topological waveguide. Suppressing RCP emission at 710 nm reveals…
After viral video of giant manta ray capture, bipartisan Florida lawmakers want change
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Earlier this summer, a viral video ignited a wave of outrage across Florida: Five…
Nutrient-enriched seagrass can store more carbon, but too much nutrition—especially nitrogen—can be its undoing
Jacob Allgeier, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Michigan, created a test plot of…
Webb reveals warm space dust in far-off Makani galaxy’s circumgalactic medium
Apertures used to calculate the strength of the dust emission in the inner halo (purple annulus centered on…
High-throughput phenotyping platform uncovers genetic basis of wheat spike morphology evolution
Credit: Cell Reports (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116120 A collaborative research team led by Lu Fei from the Institute of…
Fabrication technique opens door to new materials for quantum hardware
Superconducting resonators store electromagnetic energy for quantum computers. Credit: Iliya Shiravand and Moeid Jamalzadeh Researchers have demonstrated a…
Crystalline material conducts heat even worse than glass and water—and that’s promising
Postdoc Peter Skjøtt Thorup from Aarhus University holds a small sample of the crystalline material AgGaGe3Se8, which he…