Physicists reveal surprising insights from taxi drivers
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Taxi drivers who slow down when searching for passengers are not only more efficient…
Why do giraffes have such long legs? Animal simulations reveal a surprising answer
The imaginary ‘elaffe,’ with the lower body of an eland and an extended giraffe neck, would use even…
Scientists create new bullet-proof fiber that is stronger and thinner than Kevlar
Graphical abstract. Credit: Matter (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2025.102496 Kevlar has met its match. For decades, it has been the…
Do black holes really need singularities?
This artist’s concept portrays the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, known as…
First observation of single top quark production with W and Z bosons
This is an event seen in the CMS detector with a signature consistent with production of a top…
Pixelized galaxy cluster strong lens modeling improves precision of Hubble constant measurement
A strongly lensed supernova: SN Encore in galaxy cluster MACS J0138.0-2155. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Justin Pierel,…
Physicist discusses the Higgs boson and whether it might change the fate of the universe
The CMS detector is one of the two large-scale experiments happening at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) headquartered…
Abandoned coal mine drainage identified as a significant source of carbon emissions
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For the past 250 years, people have mined coal industrially in Pennsylvania, U.S.. By…
How a chorus of synchronized frequencies helps you digest your food
Comparison between experimental peristalsis and the modeling data. (Left) Circles are the period of oscillations recorded in the…
Overlooked East Antarctica melting may skew sea level forecasts
(a) Maps of annual averaged (over the last 3 simulated years) ocean heat content vertically integrated (GJ = 1 × 109 J, shown everywhere…
Strong magnetic field helps answer a question about the ‘new duality’ in materials physics
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As someone who studies materials, Lu Li knows people want to hear about the…
A new dimension for spin qubits in diamond
Artist’s concept illustration showing a two-dimensional collection of interacting spins in a diamond lattice. Credit: Brian Long The…