Why it’s not a problem that dinosaurs are sold for millions of dollars—according to art historian
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A juvenile dinosaur fossil, Ceratosaurus nasicornis, has sold at Sotheby’s New York for US$30.5…
How NASA saved a camera from 370 million miles away
The north polar region of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io was captured by the JunoCam imager aboard NASA’s Juno…
How to detect magnetic fields around exoplanets
Artist’s impression of a “hot jupiter” transiting its star. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser Magnetic fields play an important—if sometimes…
New light behavior discovered in gypsum
Schematic representation of s-SNOM exciting and measuring phonon polaritons (top) and topological transition of shear phonon polaritons in…
Optimized model offers more accurate performance predictions
Prototype NASA 1kW Kilopower nuclear reactor for use in space and on planetary surfaces. Credit: NASA Glenn Research…
Quantum internet moves closer as researchers teleport light-based information
Quantum teleportation from telecom photons to erbium-ion ensembles. Credit: Group of Prof. Xiao-Song Ma at Nanjing University. Quantum…
Genetic differences set the size threshold for ant queens versus workers
A colony of clonal raider ants raised in the Kronauer lab, seen from above. Credit: Daniel Kronauer For…
Largest supernova dataset hints dark energy may be changing over time
In 2011, a sky survey captured a Type Ia supernova, SN 2011fe, in the Pinwheel Galaxy about 21…
This ancient pristine galaxy validates the Big Bang
A variety of galaxies are seen in this JWST image. Astronomers are hunting for ancient pristine galaxies that…
A simple experiment simulates planet formation
This photo shows the upper part of the water tornado model. The acrylic glas tank has a diameter…
Ground Breaking Research in Enhancing the Scalability and Performance of Distributed Systems
Kanagalakshmi Murugan’s groundbreaking research optimizes distributed systems, enhancing scalability, performance, and reliability through intelligent data distribution, resource optimization,…
Researchers warn of risks tied to wildlife interactions
A new study led by UC San Diego Assistant Professor Shermin de Silva cautions that human-provided food interactions…