Scientists find 74-million-year-old mammal fossil in Chile
This illustration by Mauricio Alvarez depicts ‘Yeutherium pressor,’ a tiny mammal that lived in the time of the…
Astronomers detect most distant fast radio burst, just 3 billion years after Big Bang
Dynamic spectrum and polarization profile of FRB 20240304B. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2508.01648 Using the MeerKAT radio telescope,…
New 3D topological phase of matter exhibits anomalous symmetry at non-zero temperatures
Image depicting the phase transition that occurs in our model as a function of the temperature. The model…
Fresh fossil finds in Africa shed light on the era before Earth’s largest mass extinction
Jacqueline Lungmus, an assistant professor of geosciences at the University of Oklahoma and UW undergraduate alum; Kenneth Angielczyk,…
New research reveals surprising ancestry
‘Tanzania’ variety of sweetpotato. Credit: Benard Yada at National Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI), Uganda The sweet potato…
Ultra-metal-poor star discovered in Milky Way’s halo
On-sky location of GDR3_526285, Small Magellanic Cloud, and Large Magellanic Cloud in Galactic coordinates. Credit: The Astrophysical Journal…
Planets without water could still produce certain liquids, a new study finds
Ionic liquids formed by reacting nitrogen-containing organics with sulfuric acid show high viscosity, diverse colors, and textures. Credit:…
Slowly spinning dark matter halos may explain mysterious ‘little red dots’ in the early universe
Distant galaxies appear scattered across the night sky in this deep field image from the James Webb Space…
How we did it and why it’s historic
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A major breakthrough in quantum technology was achieved in October 2024: the first-ever quantum…
Powerful form of quantum interference paves the way for phonon-based technologies
Rendering of a two-dimensional metal (middle layer) intercalated between a layer of graphene (top) and silicon carbide (bottom).…
Quantum dot technique improves multi-photon state generation
The new approach uses a purely optical technique called stimulated two-photon excitation to generate streams of photons in…
Experimental device demonstrates how electron beams reconfigure plasma structure
Changes in MHD equilibrium before and after flux rope merging. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09345-9 In a scientific…