‘Pop III.1’ model explains origins of black holes and early cosmic ionization
Computer simulation of the ionized bubble around a Population III.1 supermassive star, progenitor of a supermassive black hole,…
Astronaut catches gigantic jet on camera
Left: Gigantic Jet Event from the International Space Station, taken by NASA Astronaut Nichole Ayers. (Credit: Ayers) Right:…
Common food thickeners—long thought to pass right through us—are actually digested
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have shown that our gut bacteria can feed on these large…
Astronomers detect most distant fast radio burst, just 3 billion years after Big Bang
Dynamic spectrum and polarization profile of FRB 20240304B. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2508.01648 Using the MeerKAT radio telescope,…
New 3D topological phase of matter exhibits anomalous symmetry at non-zero temperatures
Image depicting the phase transition that occurs in our model as a function of the temperature. The model…
Researchers discover all-new antifungal drug candidate in campus greenhouse
The fungal pathogen Candida albicans under attack by a new drug candidate discovered at McMaster University. The new…
Experimental device demonstrates how electron beams reconfigure plasma structure
Changes in MHD equilibrium before and after flux rope merging. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09345-9 In a scientific…
Ultra-metal-poor star discovered in Milky Way’s halo
On-sky location of GDR3_526285, Small Magellanic Cloud, and Large Magellanic Cloud in Galactic coordinates. Credit: The Astrophysical Journal…
Wave-like domain walls drive polarization switching in sliding ferroelectrics, study finds
Anomalous temperature dependence of polarization switching in sliding ferroelectrics, driven by superlubric domain wall motion. Unlike typical behavior,…
How we did it and why it’s historic
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A major breakthrough in quantum technology was achieved in October 2024: the first-ever quantum…
Quantum dot technique improves multi-photon state generation
The new approach uses a purely optical technique called stimulated two-photon excitation to generate streams of photons in…
Slowly spinning dark matter halos may explain mysterious ‘little red dots’ in the early universe
Distant galaxies appear scattered across the night sky in this deep field image from the James Webb Space…