Physicists achieve high precision in measuring strontium atoms using rubidium neighbor
Small clouds of strontium atoms (blue) and rubidium atoms (red) are trapped together. The well-known properties of rubidium…
yong ju lee grows pavilion from mycelium using 3D printing in seoul
yong ju lee pioneers bio-grown architecture through mycelium  Designed by Yong Ju Lee Architecture, Mycelial Hut is…
2.75-million-year-old stone tools may mark a turning point in human evolution
Map of Turkana Basin with the Namorotukunan Archaeological Site and timeline of currently known events in the Plio-Pleistocene.…
CERN’s electrostatic trap ‘recycles’ anions to illuminate the heaviest elements
Illustration of the ion trap used by the ISOLDE team to measure the electron affinity of chlorine. In…
Astronomers may have found the first stars that formed after the Big Bang
Credit: Neale LaSalle from Pexels For years, astronomers have been on the hunt for the first generation of…
Light can reshape atom-thin semiconductors for next-generation optical devices
A team of Rice University researchers and collaborators showed that a two-layer Janus TMD material—molybdenum sulfur selenide stacked…
Photoinduced non-reciprocal magnetism effectively violates Newton’s third law
A non-reciprocal phase transition to a many-body, time-dependent chiral phase occurs in layered ferromagnets. Credit: Institute of Science…
AC instead of DC unlocks nano-LEDs for VR headsets and near-eye displays
Optical and scanning electron microscope images of a nano-LED device that uses AC power instead of DC power,…
Unprecedented black hole flare spotted 10 billion light-years away
This artist’s concept depicts a supermassive black hole in the process of shredding a massive star—at least 30…
The future of propellantless space travel
A Soyuz-FG rocket launches from “Gagarin’s Start” (Site 1/5), Baikonur Cosmodrome. Credit: Bill Ingalls For over a century,…
Young water recharges aquifers while old water feeds crops, study finds
Seasonal average ages of water stored in soil during the growing season at three sampling sites within the…
Wild giraffes lose their conservation safety net as zoo populations hybridize
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Zoos and private collections teach, inspire, and connect people to animals they may never…