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…
How travel fatigue shapes holiday plans
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain You may have spent hours scheduling your holiday plans down to the last minute,…
Parker Solar Probe confirms decades-old theoretical models about magnetic reconnection
An SwRI-led study of the sun confirms decades-old theoretical models about solar magnetic reconnection. Measurements from NASA’s Solar…
High-speed method tracks fleeting quantum events
Time-resolved sensing of ballistic single electrons. The transmission of a ‘sensing’ electron (blue arrows) through a barrier (green)…
Spin-orbit approach boosts both speed and stability
a) False-color scanning electron micrograph of a representative NW-device. b) Schematic of PSB. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI:…
Why did Cosmic Noon galaxies emit so many cosmic rays?
The background image is the COSMOS field observed with the South African MeerKAT radio array. An artistic illustration…
Elegant theory predicts the chaos created by bubbles
High-speed cameras capture swarms of bubbles rising through an LED-illuminated water column, revealing the chaotic flow patterns of…
Early galaxies—or something else? Webb uncovers 300 unusually bright objects
Graphic showing the mysterious objects in the universe that the University of Missouri researchers identified.in their study. Credit:…
Predicting the topological properties of quantum spin liquids using Rydberg atom lattices
The Kagome lattice used in the experiment. The red circle represents the blockade radius Rb = 2.4a set during the…
After repeated explosions, new test for Musk’s megarocket
The massive Starship rocket launches on a test flight from SpaceX’s base in Texas. Elon Musk’s SpaceX announced…