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Ultrathin metallic films show tunable, directional charge flow using light at room temperature

August 5, 2025

Epitaxial strain control of electronic anisotropy in the RuO2/TiO2 (110) heterostructure. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adw7125 In…

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Discovery of Planckian time limit opens doors to novel quantum technologies

August 5, 2025

Image of heavy electrons with quantum entanglement on CeRhSn. Credit: Takuto Nakamura and Shin-ichi Kimura A joint research…

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Baby star sets off explosion, gets caught in blast

August 5, 2025

Artist’s impression of a protoplanetary disk distorted by a shock front created by an expanding bubble. Credit: ALMA…

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New study illuminates how diatoms thrive in—and light up—the Southern Ocean

August 5, 2025

An iceberg spotted near the most southern point of the research cruise’s transect highlights some of the challenges…

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Scientists uncover 75,000-year-old Arctic animal remains in Norwegian cave

August 5, 2025

Cave contents. Credit: Trond Klungseth Lødøen Scientists have uncovered the remains of a vast animal community that lived…

PPhysics

Meet 'lite intermediate black holes,' the supermassive black hole's smaller, much more mysterious cousin

August 5, 2025

Merging black holes generate gravitational waves, which astronomers can track. Credit: SXS, CC BY-ND Black holes are massive,…

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Scientists capture real-time melting of 2D skyrmion lattices using magnetic fields

August 5, 2025

Snapshots of the skyrmion lattice during the melting: an ordered skyrmion lattice on the left while the lattice…

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Physicists discover particles that accelerate when crowded

August 4, 2025

Hundreds of 1mm metal beads are placed between two glass plates of 15 x 15 cm. Credit: Leiden…

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Scientists produce quantum entanglement-like results without entangled particles in new experiment

August 4, 2025

Four-photon FI. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adr1794 In the everyday world that humans experience, objects behave in…

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diamanti bridge reveals modular concrete system in venice

August 4, 2025

Diamanti Bridge debuts modular, 3D-printed design in Venice Presented as part of the Time, Space, Existence exhibition…

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Scientists shrink the genetic code of E. coli to contain only 57 of its usual 64 codons

August 3, 2025

Bacteria with a synthetic genome. Credit: Larissa Ulisko The DNA of nearly all life on Earth contains many…

SScience

Webb takes a fresh look at a classic deep field

August 3, 2025

An area of deep space with thousands of galaxies in various shapes and sizes. Most are circles or…