Atomic-level engineering enables new alloys that won’t break in extreme cold
Deformation microstructure of the CoNiV-AlTi alloy cryogenically deformed to 30%. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09458-1 Navigating the extreme…
New metrics indicate habitat fragmentation has increased in over half the world’s forests over the last 20 years
Global patterns of forest fragmentation change from 2000 to 2020. Credit: Science (2025). DOI: 10.1126/science.adr6450 Deforestation is a…
Uniting the light spectrum on a single microchip
The experimental setup shown here incorporates on-chip optical parametric oscillator (OPO) technology to generate a frequency comb of…
Trilayer moiré superlattices unlock tunable control of exciton configurations
Figure (a) Schematic of the DXs and QXs in the moiré bilayer and trilayer regions. (b) PL spectra…
Microscopes can now watch materials go quantum with liquid helium
Robert Hovden, an associate professor of materials science and engineering, describes how an upgraded cryo-electron microscope works at…
New quantum sensors can withstand extreme pressure
A schematic image shows a 2D sensor squeezed between two diamond anvils. Credit: Chong Zu The world of…
Seeing a trio of entangled photons in one go
Achieving the entanglement measurement of the W state. Credit: KyotoU / Takeuchi lab The concept of quantum entanglement…
Models explain mysterious feature controlling magnetic properties of the sun
The sun taken from the Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite, showing the quiet corona and magnetic structures like coronal…
Ultra-flat optic pushes beyond what was previously thought possible
An illustrative comparison of a standard refractive lens next to an ultra-flat optic developed by the research team.…
Narrow-linewidth laser on a chip sets new standard for frequency purity
Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ady8963 A record-breaking development in laser technology could help support the development of…
Nano-switch achieves first directed, gated flow of excitons
From left, Zhaohan Jiang, a Ph.D. student in electrical and computer engineering, and Matthias Florian, a research investigator…
Discovery of new moon or ring system orbiting mysterious distant planet Quaoar
Artist’s impression of the icy Kuiper belt object 2002 LM60, dubbed “Quaoar” by its discoverers. Credit: NASA and…