DNA repair mechanisms help explain why naked mole-rats live a long life
Naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) eating. Credit: Ltshears – Trisha M Shears, public domain, via Wikimedia Naked mole-rats are…
Ancient DNA reveals prehistoric connections and a patrilineal society in early China
Geographic placement and chronology of Baligang subjects. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-63743-1 Scientists from Peking University have…
‘Rosetta stone’ of code allows scientists to run core quantum computing operations
Artist’s impression of the entangled logic gate built by University of Sydney quantum scientists. Credit: Emma Hyde/University of…
Strain engineering enhances spin readout in quantum technologies, study shows
(a) Schematic diagram of the change of hh-divacancy due to the transverse strain εt of (xx−yy). The c-axis…
Rules for creating quasiparticles that can power optical computers, quantum devices
The research team tested materials ranging, from films with randomly arranged molecules to more organized molecular crystals to…
Controlling atomic interactions in ultracold gas ‘at the push of a button’
Two-color engineering of Floquet-Feshbach resonances. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adw3856 Changing interactions between the smallest particles at…
A new scalable approach to realize a quantum communication network based on ytterbium-171 atoms
Science cell with tweezer forming objective lenses. Credit: Covey Lab. Quantum networks, systems consisting of connected quantum computers,…
Hippos survived in Europe well into the last ice age, study finds
Hippos lived at the Upper Rhine in the same time frame as mammoths. In the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen a hippo…
Scientists use X-ray laser to identify new room-temperature phase
Optical images measured simultaneously with five types of P–t curve. Credit: Nature Materials (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02364-x Ice cream…
Multimode quantum entanglement achieved via dissipation engineering
Programmable multimode entanglement generation by dissipative engineering. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adv7838 A research team led by…
Stable ferroaxial states offer a new type of light-controlled non-volatile memory
Terahertz light can reversibly switch an unusual form of structural order in solids—called ferroaxiality—between clockwise and counterclockwise rotational…
Unified model explains extreme jet streams on all giant planets
The gas giants Jupiter and Saturn exhibit eastward-flowing equatorial jet streams, while the ice giants Uranus and Neptune…