When Black Holes Eat Their Own
Black holes it seems, are recyclers and a team of scientists have just caught them in the act.…
Light-induced pressurization effect in Au–Ni heterostructures for plasmonic photocatalysis
Design and synthesis of Au-Ni AR photocatalysts The gold-nickel (Au-Ni) heterostructure was selected as the AR plasmonic photocatalyst,…
Environmental Noise Dataset for Sound Event Classification and Detection
The automation of acoustic analysis represents a rapidly evolving interdisciplinary domain of research, combining acoustics, signal processing, and…
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):…
Quantum technology is coming to the real world
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this…
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…