Inside the 2025 Nobel Prize in physics
This illustration shows, from left to right: John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis. Credit: Niklas Elmehed, Nobel…
Island spider sheds half its genome, defying evolutionary expectations
The sequencing of the genomes of a spider from the mainland (Dysdera catalonica, left) and one from the…
Direct evidence of universal anyon tunneling in a chiral Luttinger liquid revealed in edge-mode experiment
Image showing the actual device measured in the experiment. The GaAs chip is mounted on a PCB board…
Earth’s continents stabilized due to furnace-like heat, study reveals
UHT differentiation of continental crust. The schematics show the processes involved in the refining of immature continental crust…
Mechanical method uses collisions to break down plastic for sustainable recycling
Graphical abstract. Credit: Chem (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2025.102754 While plastics help enable modern standards of living, their accumulation in…
Dark matter might leave a ‘fingerprint’ on light, scientists say
Differential cross-sections for photons scattered on 1 TeV WIMP dark matter particles as a function of photon energy(x-axis)…
Scientists discover a new way to control mechanical vibrations in metamaterial
Researchers use twisted surfaces to manipulate mechanical waves, enabling new technologies for imaging, electronics and sensors. Credit: Andrea…
Study reveals gene boundaries are dynamic, not fixed
Transcription elongation rates drive the positional coordination of mRNA initiation and termination. Credit: Science (2025). DOI: 10.1126/science.ado8279 Molecular…
Greedy black hole feeds via two spiral arms
Gas is streaming towards the black hole through two spiral arms that are embedded in the disk. These…
Astronomers uncover collisional signature of filamentary structures in galactic G34 molecular cloud
G34 molecular cloud. Three-color composite image of WISE 3.4 (blue), 12 (green), and 22 µm (red) bands (background).…
Breakthrough mirror-image nanopores open door to new biomedical applications
Structures and radius profiles along the channel axis of the designed pores. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-64025-6…
Australia’s only shrew declared extinct
Grey shrew, not a Christmas Island shrew, for which very few photos exist. Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain It’s…