Threshold effects enable self-stopping robot swarms
A bunch of microrobots scurrying around at the Institute of Theoretical Physics II of the Heinrich Heine University…
New model explains plutonium’s peculiar behavior
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Normally, materials expand when heated. Higher temperatures cause atoms to vibrate, bounce around and…
Networks of long-distance female friends help gorillas move between groups
Credit: Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund “I’m not going if I don’t know anyone”—sound all too familiar? Well it’s…
Scientists achieve direct measurement of quantum metric tensor in black phosphorus
Researchers have successfully measured the quantum metric tensor in solids for the first time. Credit: Keun Su Kim…
Researchers discover universal rules of quantum entanglement across all dimensions
Quantum entanglement in 1+1 and 2+1 dimensions. Credit: Yuya Kusuki A team of theoretical researchers used thermal effective…
Ultrafast imaging method characterizes thousands of molecules using single-photon camera
Single molecule FLIM setup and acquisition scheme. Credit: Light: Science & Applications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41377-025-01901-2 EPFL researchers have…
New work achieves a pure quantum state without the need for cooling
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Three nano-glass spheres cling to one another. They form a tower-like cluster, similar to…
People judge a potential partner’s sexual history by timing, not total number
Illustration shows a visual timeline shown to participants, representing a potential partner’s sexual history. Each timeline showed the…
Study finds mysterious DNA split in great white sharks defies current explanations
Differences between the nuclear and mitochondrial DNA of white sharks, once thought to be caused by their migration…
Genetic study of Caribbean hamlets questions traditional definitions of species
Phylogeny and nucleotide diversity of the hamlet radiation. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adt0973 Toddlers can name a…
Study reveals wild chimpanzees learn how to communicate from relatives on mom’s side, not dad’s
A chimpanzee offspring of the Kanyawara community. Credit: Ray Donovan (CC-BY 4.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Young chimpanzees learn their communication…
Scientists create gold hydride by combining gold and hydrogen under extreme conditions
Illustration of intense pulses from an X-ray free-electron laser (left) heating compressed samples of hydrocarbons to extreme conditions,…