Quantum calculations provide a sharper image of subatomic stress
A proton (pink) and an electron (blue) experience stresses in the hydrogen atom. Investigating stress in subatomic particles…
Physicists achieve record precision in measuring proton-to-electron mass ratio with H₂⁺
Detailed view of the experimental setup. The hydrogen molecule ions are cooled by means of laser light to…
Unprecedented gamma-ray burst hints at rare black hole
The orange dot at the center of this image is a powerful explosion that repeated several times over…
Supermassive black holes shrouded by dust in the early universe
An artist’s impression of a dust-shrouded quasar in the early universe. Credit: NAOJ Astronomers have discovered “dust-shrouded supermassive…
Sharks now roam the open ocean. But for 200 million years, they only lived near the sea floor
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain When you picture a shark, you probably think of a large, powerful predator cruising…
How evolution explains autism rates in humans
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution finds that the relatively high rate of…
Overcrowding kills infant gorillas in Rwanda habitat
Around half of the babies will fall victims to vicious inter-family fights, experts say. Celebrities, politicians and conservationists…
What is a quantum computer’s speed limit? Entanglement can provide an answer
Example of an edge case in the three-partite system ˜AAB. As two eigenvalues avoid a level crossing, they…
Archaeologists uncover rare beetle ornament in ancient Hallstatt cremation burial
Pronota of Phyllobius sp. beetles: A) contemporary representative of Phyllobius sp. with pronotum marked; B) pronota of Phyllobius…
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…