Newer blood thinners linked to slower Alzheimer’s decline
Newer blood thinners were linked to slightly slower memory and thinking decline in people with both Alzheimer’s disease…
A new wave equation for light challenges how physics explains the arrow of time
A new wave equation suggests accelerating waves can move only toward positive time, offering a possible microscopic explanation…
JWST captures stunning images of one of the lightest known exoplanets
Astronomers discovered Beta Pictoris d, a gas giant about 2.4 times Jupiter’s mass, after spotting it in VLT…
Scientists observe ‘negative time’ for the first time in a quantum experiment
A photon enters a cloud of atoms and emerges on the other side. When physicists calculate how long…
A cosmic gateway near Earth may connect us to other distant worlds
The solar system sits inside a vast pocket of hot, thin gas. However, that nearby structure has never…
Scientists achieve the impossible by creating matter from empty space
Something has been lurking in empty space, and for the first time, physicists may have caught it leaving…
New analysis finds signs of life on Mars actually came from Earth
A pair of stubborn molecules, prized because they can survive deep time, just passed an important Mars test…
Physicists discover the upper limit of electrical resistance in metals
Electrical resistance is easy to notice and hard to pin down. Power lines shed energy as heat, and…
Schrödinger’s anthill: Quantum entanglement detected inside a centimeter-sized strange metal
A strange metal can fit in your hand, yet still behave in ways that seem to belong to…
Atomic clocks may be powerful enough to detect the quantum fabric of time
Time feels familiar. It marks every moment of daily life, from the ticking of a wall clock to…
Sending short messages back in time may not break the laws of physics
A message from the future sounds like science fiction, until someone starts asking how many bits it could…
Triassic fossil reveals a beaked, bipedal reptile that looked like an ostrich dinosaur
The Late Triassic was full of animals that look almost familiar, right up until you place them on…