Astronomers may have found the first stars that formed after the Big Bang
Credit: Neale LaSalle from Pexels For years, astronomers have been on the hunt for the first generation of…
Light can reshape atom-thin semiconductors for next-generation optical devices
A team of Rice University researchers and collaborators showed that a two-layer Janus TMD material—molybdenum sulfur selenide stacked…
Photoinduced non-reciprocal magnetism effectively violates Newton’s third law
A non-reciprocal phase transition to a many-body, time-dependent chiral phase occurs in layered ferromagnets. Credit: Institute of Science…
AC instead of DC unlocks nano-LEDs for VR headsets and near-eye displays
Optical and scanning electron microscope images of a nano-LED device that uses AC power instead of DC power,…
Unprecedented black hole flare spotted 10 billion light-years away
This artist’s concept depicts a supermassive black hole in the process of shredding a massive star—at least 30…
The future of propellantless space travel
A Soyuz-FG rocket launches from “Gagarin’s Start” (Site 1/5), Baikonur Cosmodrome. Credit: Bill Ingalls For over a century,…
Young water recharges aquifers while old water feeds crops, study finds
Seasonal average ages of water stored in soil during the growing season at three sampling sites within the…
Wild giraffes lose their conservation safety net as zoo populations hybridize
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Zoos and private collections teach, inspire, and connect people to animals they may never…
We could use neutrino detectors as giant particle colliders
The IceCube building in Antartica. Credit: Cmichel67/Wikimedia Commons There is a limit to how big we can build…
Dark matter does not defy gravity, study suggests
Map of the distribution of galaxies observed by the DESI collaboration, from which it is possible to accurately…
Modeling black holes is easier with a flicker of light
A sequence of snapshots simulating the rotating Hayward black hole. Credit: Science China Press/Guo, et al A few…
Scientists recreate cosmic ‘fireballs’ to probe mystery of missing gamma rays
The Fireball experiment installed in the HiRadMat irradiation area. Credit: Gianluca Gregori An international team of scientists, led…