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…
By removing common biases, study debunks U-shaped happiness curve with age
A causal diagram illustrating overcontrol bias. Arrows order variables in time and show possible direct causal effects. Notes:…
Investigating genetic structure and predicted habitat expansion of endemic tree species in Southeast Asia
Credit: University of Tsukuba Researchers at University of Tsukuba have investigated the genetic diversity and future distribution of…
Rare disease possibly identified in 12th century child’s skeletal remains
Left (upper) and right (lower) ulna comparison. Note the thickening of the left ulna. Credit: Başaran In the…
Event Horizon Telescope images reveal new dark matter detection method
Simulated images of the supermassive black hole M87*. Left panel shows radiation from astrophysical plasma and right panel…
Freely levitating rotor spins out ultraprecise sensors for classical and quantum physics
A photograph of a black graphite disk floating above a stack of three, round magnets. Credit: Adrian Skov…
Ultrafast laser pulses reveal solid-state bandgaps in motion
Schematic of extreme-ultraviolet high-harmonic interferometry of solids.Two phase-locked near-infrared pulses generate high-order harmonics in a solid sample. Interference…
Nobel Prize for quantum breakthroughs energises India’s leap into the future
Imagine a machine so clever it could solve in minutes what would take today’s most powerful supercomputers millions…
Nanoscale X-ray imaging reveals bulk altermagnetism in MnTe
Schematic of X-ray magnetic circular dichroic scanning transmission X-ray microscopy, with the experimental observation of altermagnetic domains and…
Expanded black hole collision catalog features nearly 4,000 detailed simulations
In this still from a binary black hole simulation, the upper half shows the horizons and past trajectories…
Superconductivity distorts crystal lattice of topological quantum materials
Researchers at Okayama University used high-resolution synchrotron X-ray diffraction to detect tiny lattice distortions (about 100 parts per…
Completed Plato spacecraft is ready for final tests
Engineers mount the sunshield and solar array module to the rest of ESA’s Plato spacecraft. Credit: European Space…