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).…
Mount Everest visible from Bihar: Astronaut shows how Himalayas look from space
A breathtaking image of Mount Everest, as seen from the International Space Station, has gone viral online after…
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…
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,…