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…
The Universe May Collapse in a Reverse Big Bang — And Scientists Just Estimated When
Our universe might not expand forever. Based on evolving data about dark energy, physicists now propose a model…
Quantum simulations that once needed supercomputers now run on laptops
Picture diving deep into the quantum realm, where unimaginably small particles can exist and interact in more than…
Nobel physicist clears up Greek mix-up
A handout photo made available by the University of California at Santa Barbara shows John Martinis, the 2025…
Are observers fundamental to physics, or simply byproducts of it?
Are observers central to physics, or are they more accurately framed as bystanders to and byproducts of phenomena…
Scientists Just Took a Giant Step Toward Scaling Up Nuclear Fusion
A team of researchers at MIT think they may have lowered one of the major barriers to achieving…
Physicists prove 65-year-old effect of relativity by making an object appear to move at the speed of light
Using ultra-fast laser pulses and special cameras, scientists have simulated an optical illusion that appears to defy Einstein’s…
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…
A magnetically levitated conducting rotor with ultra-low rotational damping circumventing eddy loss
Detection and fabrication of diamagnetically levitated disk We magnetically levitate a diamagnetic, conductive pyrolytic graphite (PG) disk within…
Blazing Outflow Shrinks Mass of Universe’s Brightest Quasar by 10x : ScienceAlert
Peering back into the early years of the Universe requires scientists to make a lot of assumptions. But…
‘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…
Physicists Predict Cosmic Expansion Could Reverse in 20 Billion Years (and End Everything We Know)
IN A NUTSHELL 🌌 Physicists propose the universe may eventually collapse under its own gravity due to evolving…