New work achieves a pure quantum state without the need for cooling
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Three nano-glass spheres cling to one another. They form a tower-like cluster, similar to…
People judge a potential partner’s sexual history by timing, not total number
Illustration shows a visual timeline shown to participants, representing a potential partner’s sexual history. Each timeline showed the…
Study finds mysterious DNA split in great white sharks defies current explanations
Differences between the nuclear and mitochondrial DNA of white sharks, once thought to be caused by their migration…
Genetic study of Caribbean hamlets questions traditional definitions of species
Phylogeny and nucleotide diversity of the hamlet radiation. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adt0973 Toddlers can name a…
Study reveals wild chimpanzees learn how to communicate from relatives on mom’s side, not dad’s
A chimpanzee offspring of the Kanyawara community. Credit: Ray Donovan (CC-BY 4.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Young chimpanzees learn their communication…
Scientists create gold hydride by combining gold and hydrogen under extreme conditions
Illustration of intense pulses from an X-ray free-electron laser (left) heating compressed samples of hydrocarbons to extreme conditions,…
Astronomers observe a giant outburst of X-ray binary RX J0440.9+4431
The long term Swift/BAT light curve of RX J0440.9+4431 in 15-50 keV covering the 2022-2023 giant outburst duration.…
New measurement of free neutron lifetime achieves world-record precision
Student researcher Katherine Zine from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Nathan Washecheck from North Carolina State University and…
Ultrathin metallic films show tunable, directional charge flow using light at room temperature
Epitaxial strain control of electronic anisotropy in the RuO2/TiO2 (110) heterostructure. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adw7125 In…
Discovery of Planckian time limit opens doors to novel quantum technologies
Image of heavy electrons with quantum entanglement on CeRhSn. Credit: Takuto Nakamura and Shin-ichi Kimura A joint research…
Baby star sets off explosion, gets caught in blast
Artist’s impression of a protoplanetary disk distorted by a shock front created by an expanding bubble. Credit: ALMA…
New study illuminates how diatoms thrive in—and light up—the Southern Ocean
An iceberg spotted near the most southern point of the research cruise’s transect highlights some of the challenges…