Threshold effects enable self-stopping robot swarms
A bunch of microrobots scurrying around at the Institute of Theoretical Physics II of the Heinrich Heine University…
New model explains plutonium’s peculiar behavior
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Normally, materials expand when heated. Higher temperatures cause atoms to vibrate, bounce around and…
SpaceX launch of Amazon Kuiper mission in Cape Canaveral
NASA Crew-11 Arrives at Kennedy Space Center NASA’s Crew-11 arrived at Kennedy Space Center the afternoon of July…
Researchers discover universal rules of quantum entanglement across all dimensions
Quantum entanglement in 1+1 and 2+1 dimensions. Credit: Yuya Kusuki A team of theoretical researchers used thermal effective…
Networks of long-distance female friends help gorillas move between groups
Credit: Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund “I’m not going if I don’t know anyone”—sound all too familiar? Well it’s…
Two spacecraft fly precisely in line to imitate a solar eclipse, capture a stunning image and test new technology
The solar corona, as viewed by Proba-3’s ASPIICS coronagraph. Credit: ESA/Proba-3/ASPIICS/WOW algorithm, CC BY-SA During a solar eclipse,…
Giant, free-floating planets may form their own planetary systems
AI generated image of a young free floating planetary-mass object surrounded by a dusty disk. Credit: University of…
Ultrafast imaging method characterizes thousands of molecules using single-photon camera
Single molecule FLIM setup and acquisition scheme. Credit: Light: Science & Applications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41377-025-01901-2 EPFL researchers have…
Velociraptorine fossil with unusually strong hands suggests a new predatory niche
Holotype of Shri rapax sp. nov. MPC-D 102/117 in 2010, before preparation at the Royal Belgian Institute of…
Fossil evidence reveals early primates evolved in cold climates, not tropical forests
The common ancestor of Primates was found in a cold climate within North America. (A), world paleomap with…
Study finds mysterious DNA split in great white sharks defies current explanations
Differences between the nuclear and mitochondrial DNA of white sharks, once thought to be caused by their migration…
Scientists create gold hydride by combining gold and hydrogen under extreme conditions
Illustration of intense pulses from an X-ray free-electron laser (left) heating compressed samples of hydrocarbons to extreme conditions,…