Vultures as curators and a newly discovered interspecies warning call
Bearded Vultures typically carry food and nest-building material to the nest site. (A) An adult Bearded Vulture with…
Physicists create new electrically controlled silicon-based quantum device
Integrated optoelectronic devices for control of silicon T centres. Credit: Nature Photonics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41566-025-01752-8 A team of…
A grue jay? Rare hybrid bird identified in Texas
A rare hybrid bird identified in a suburb of San Antonio, Texas (center panel, credit: Brian Stokes) is…
Physicist proves unsolvability beyond one dimension for quantum Ising models
A two-dimensional representation of a 10-dimensional hypercube. A RIKEN researcher has shown that quantum Ising models lack local…
Galaxies reveal hidden maps of dark matter in the early universe
The researchers focused on data taken from a region of the sky known as the Cosmic Evolution Survey…
Primordial black hole’s final burst may solve neutrino mystery
An artist’s illustration showing a tiny black hole within our Milky Way galaxy (top right), which could emit…
Quantum computing engineers get atoms chatting long distance
Artist’s impression of two nuclear spins, remotely entangled via the geometric gate applied via the electron. Credit: Tony…
‘Quantum squeezing’ a nanoscale particle for the first time
A single nanoparticle made of glass (a white point near the center of the photo) is confined in…
How harnessing the ‘selfish gene’ could control harmful insect populations
Malaysian stalk-eyed fly (Teleopsis dalmanni). Paul Richards New research is shining a light on one of genetics’ enduring…
How an essential vitamin B-derived nutrient concentrates in mitochondria
Summary diagram highlighting the physiological role of A16 and A42 in mitochondrial CoASH uptake and in regulating mitochondrial…
ChatGPT appears to improvise when put through ancient Greek math puzzle
Credit: AI-generated image The Artificial Intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT, appeared to improvise ideas and make mistakes like a student…
XRISM reveals surprisingly sluggish winds from neutron star differ from black hole outflows
Artist’s impression of the powerful winds blowing from the bright X-ray source GX13+1. The X-rays are coming from…