Twisted bilayer graphene reveals two distinct strongly interacting topological phases
Electron interaction plays a critical role in the Hofstadter energy spectrum of moiré quantum materials. Credit: Minhao He.…
Multiple new species of ‘living fossil’ fish found hiding in plain sight after more than 150 years
Reconstruction of a large mawsoniid coelacanth from the British Rhaetian. Credit: Daniel Phillips The modern coelacanth is a…
Physicists devise an idea for lasers that shoot beams of neutrinos
Comparison of the SR and ordinary fluorescence decay rates in 86Rb. Credit: Physical Review Letters (2025). DOI: 10.1103/l3c1-yg2l…
New method tracks gene expression changes to reveal cell fate decisions
The new method, spVelo, incorporates two types of neural networks: a Variational Autoencoder that models gene expression and…
Ant species clones workers; a primordial black hole candidate; an anti-tumor carotenoid
M. ibericus queens lay males from two different species. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09425-w This week: Researchers reported…
Mars has a solid core, resolving a longstanding planetary mystery, according to new study
Credit: NASA Scientists have discovered that Mars has an interior structure similar to Earth’s. Results from NASA’s InSight…
Mutations driving evolution are informed by the genome, not random, study suggests
MEMDS experimental setup. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2424538122 A study published in…
Macaws learn by watching interactions of others, a skill never seen in animals before
Credit: Springer Nature One of the most effective ways we learn is through third-party imitation, where we observe…
Chance sighting during tiger survey leads to first-of-their-kind photos in India of the smooth-coated otter
Photographs of Smooth-coated Otters captured in Nandhaur range, Nandhaur Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttarakhand, India. Credit: Journal of Threatened Taxa…
There is less room to store carbon dioxide, driver of climate change, than previously thought
A female jumps towards the carbon pole to cross a body of water during a Fierljeppen competition in…
3D-printed micro ion traps could solve quantum tech’s miniaturization problem
Comparison of ion trap variants. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09474-1 The existing bottleneck in efficiently miniaturizing components for…
Iberian harvester ant queens are cloning different species to produce hybrid workers
Picture of lived M. ibericus and M. structor males laid in the same colony. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI:…