A giant virus wags its tail
Tail attachment. Scanning (SEM) and transmission (TEM) electron micrographs of the Pelagodinium PelV1 system at the early stages…
The universe’s first stars unveiled in turbulent simulations
This image is from a ground-breaking simulation of the universe’s primordial gas clouds. The universe’s very first stars…
Scientists say they have solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars
In this photo provided by the Hakai Institute, researcher Alyssa Gehman from the Hakai Institute counts and measures…
Chemistry, not just geometry, triggers unusual electron behavior in new quantum material
Atomic orbitals (red & blue), which determine how far electrons can move around their originating atom in a…
ALMA observations reveal dual fragmentation modes in high-mass star-forming cloud
Left: Morphological structure of the HFS in target region I18308, showing core spacing distribution. The HFS molecular cloud…
The US just got a new X-ray laser toolkit to study nature’s mysteries
Georgi Dakovski, SLAC lead scientist and qRIXS instrument lead, stands beside the qRIXS instrument. SLAC researchers have introduced…
Organic molecule achieves both strong light emission and absorption for displays and imaging
This image depicts the structure of the proposed organic molecule, alongside the energy level diagrams of two-photon absorption…
North Atlantic faces more hurricane clusters as climate warms
This image from NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite on September 14, 2020, shows five tropical systems spinning in the Atlantic…
New theory may solve quantum ‘jigsaw puzzle’ for controlling chemical reactions
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In the past, chemists have used temperature, pressure, light, and other chemical ways to…
Physicists capture elusive instability and exotic vortices
The swirling patterns in Vincent van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” can help us visualize quantum Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI).…
New research reveals surprising ancestry
‘Tanzania’ variety of sweetpotato. Credit: Benard Yada at National Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI), Uganda The sweet potato…
Chitons offer blueprint for advanced dental and industrial materials
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and Japan’s Okayama and Toho universities have…