Neanderthal DNA helps explain how faces form
Model of increased Neanderthal enhancer activity and the hypothesized impact on jaw development. Credit: Development (2025). DOI: 10.1242/dev.204779…
Euclid has eight extra years of fuel—a scientist has a brilliant plan to use it
Artist’s depiction of Euclid in space. Credit: ESA/C. Carreau It’s almost become expected that many space telescopes and…
New AI framework can uncover space physics equations in raw data
The overall PhyE2E framework. Top: the training dataset was augmented with a large-scale synthetic dataset generated by an…
Scientists observe a new form of temporal order
Artistic visualization of a “time rondeau crystal,” where driven 13 carbon nuclear spins in diamond display both order…
New quantum sensing method measures three light properties at once with high precision
Experimental scheme for simultaneous estimation of three parameters. Credit: The European Physical Journal Plus (2025). DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06805-z A…
Turning the faint quantum ‘glow’ of empty space into a measurable flash
AI illustration of the proposed experiment—Time-Resolved and Superradiantly Amplified Unruh Effect. Credit: Navdeep Arya Researchers from Stockholm University…
Stable molecule trapped with deep ultraviolet light for the first time
The experimental setup: Magneto-optical trap for laser cooling of aluminum monofluoride (AlF). Credit: FHI Researchers from the Department…
‘Impossible’ merger of two massive black holes explained
A still image from a computer simulation of a black hole’s formation and evolution. Credit: Ore Gottleib/Simons Foundation…
Within a second after the Big Bang, particle interactions may have created black holes, boson stars and cannibal stars
Fraction of dark matter density in PBHs fBH, as a function of PBH mass MBH, for a fixed…
X-ray techniques map and measure the invisible properties of altermagnets
Calculated RPED patterns of MnTe for circular po-larized light with helicity q || L~ [1100] at the L3-resonance…
Tropical spiders craft giant doppelgängers as decoys
Spider-like decoys observed by the researchers. Credit: Ecology and Evolution (2025). DOI: 10.1002/ece3.72371 The extraordinary anti-predator strategy of…
The ‘anti-weather’ of Venus
Surface of Venus, as seen by Venera 13. Credit: Venera 13/Don P.Mitchell Conditions on Venus’s surface have largely…