Scientists miniaturize quantum optics to boost next-gen processors
Germany has taken another major step toward realizing scalable quantum computers with the launch of SmaraQ, a collaborative…
They make their own water
Laser-heated diamond-anvil cell experiments on silicate melts in a hydrogen medium. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09630-7 As more…
Young sun-like star’s dual-temperature plasma ejections offer clues to early planetary environments
An artist’s impression of a mass ejection event from EK Draconis. Hot, fast plasma is shown in blue,…
Perovskites reveal ultrafast quantum light in new study
Evaporated FAPbI3 films exhibit good quality. Credit: arXiv: DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2502.13609 Halide perovskites—already a focus of major research into…
How missing nutrients rewire fly brains to seek out beneficial microbes
Cheese and chocolate may hold little culinary appeal for a fruit fly, yet for one deprived of nutrients,…
Virtual reality can help people understand and care about distant communities
A study participant in front of an image of a city. Credit: Jeremy Bailenson / Stanford For many…
Scientists create new type of semiconductor that holds superconducting promise
Josephson junction structures—quantum devices made of two superconductors and a thin non-superconducting barrier—using different forms of germanium (Ge):…
Isotopes illuminate early Martian climate
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover took this selfie at a location nicknamed Mary Anning, after a 19th-century English paleontologist.…
A faster, more affordable way to produce quantum nanodiamonds holds promise for medicine and industry
The apparatus in which the luminescent nanodiamonds were prepared. Credit: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the…
Solar gamma rays could unlock mystery of sun’s hidden magnetic fields
Credit: NASA New research conducted by an international team of physicians has found that high-energy gamma rays might…
New species of trapdoor spider discovered, just in time for Halloween
A species of trapdoor spider, named Aptostichus ramirezae, was newly identified by UC Davis scientists. Credit: Emma Jochim/UC…
Preparation guide developed as Mars samples await transport to Earth
This formation, called Cheyava Falls, is located in the Bright Angel region of Jezero Crater, where Perseverance took…