Cracks in Antarctic ‘Doomsday Glacier’ ice shelf trigger accelerated destabilization
An image showing ice flow speed at the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica. Credit: University of Manitoba Thwaites…
Saturn’s icy moon may host a stable ocean fit for life
A new study has constrained the Enceladus’s global conductive heat flow by studying its seasonal temperature variations at…
Three nonlinear optical materials achieve sub-200-nm cutoff edges for advanced photonics
a) The central symmetry produced by the [GdO3F4] polyhedra; b) the [B3O6] groups connected by the same O…
Ultrafast VUV pulses fully characterized for probing valence electron dynamics
Electron FROG apparatus. a. measured spectra of pulses tuned across the VUV, b. and c. electron FROG traces…
Mathematician calculates physical limits to how tall we can grow
We can confirm that a large watermelon as a head is a poor fashion choice. Credit: Morgan Knoxlee…
Charge carrier pairs in cuprate compounds shed light on high-temperature superconductivity
A short pulse excites a pair of charge carriers in oxygen atoms (red). Its energy could be measured.…
Bees and fish exposed to crop chemicals show significant behavioral changes
The honeybee (Apis mellifera) served as the model organism for pollinating insects. Credit: André Künzelmann / UFZ Plant…
Single organic molecule triggers Kondo effect in molecular-scale ‘Kondo box’
by Li Xiangyang; Zhao Weiwei, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences Illustration of a molecular…
Chasing and splashing molecules create resilient order from apparent chaos, study shows
Non-reciprocal interactions drive large-scale collective motion, where one species chases the other forming spatiotemporal patterns. Credit: Max Planck…
SXDF-NB1006-2 is a young starburst galaxy experiencing ionized gas outflows, observations find
NIRCam images of SXDF-NB1006-2. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2510.25721 An international team of astronomers has employed the James…
Entanglement swapping using sum-frequency generation between single photons demonstrated for first time
Experimental setup for the SFG-based entanglement swapping One entangled photon pair is generated from each of the two…
Compact laser system shows 80% efficiency for ultrashort light pulses is possible
Multipass optical parametric amplifier with laser beam: The new system demonstrates the development of highly efficient and compact…