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Carbon black and nanotubes create a durable car coating with extreme darkness and practical manufacturing potential.
Carbon black and nanotubes create a durable car coating with extreme darkness and practical manufacturing potential.
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New research shows that languages worldwide follow the same patterns when reusing words, balancing efficiency with clear communication.
DiscoveriesStudy finds universal rules behind how languages reuse wordsRebecca Shavit
Close up image of a greenland shark taken at the floe edge of the Admiralty Inlet, Nunavut.
Discoveries150-year-old Greenland shark washed ashore in Ireland, offering new clues to healthy agingHannah Shavit-Weiner
NASA’s Perseverance took this selfie at “Witch Hazel Hill” on Jezero Crater’s rim on May 10, 2025. The small dark hole in the rock in front of the rover is the borehole made when the rover collected the “Bell Island” sample. The small puff of dust left of center and below the horizon line is a dust devil.
SpacePerseverance found a 245-foot Martian rock wall formed by asteroid impacts nearly 4 billion years agoJoseph Shavit
Schematic illustration of the hierarchical structure of the Universe, from a galaxy group (a collection of galaxies) to an individual galaxy and the supermassive black hole at its center.
SpacePowerful black hole pushes quasar’s winds across 300,000 light-yearsJoseph Shavit
A mirror neutron experiment involving 25 billion particles rules out earlier signals across nearly all tested field directions.
DiscoveriesResearchers analyze 25 billion neutrons and find that they don’t disappear into a mirror worldJoshua Shavit
Wolfgang Maass from the Institute of Machine Learning and Neural Computation at Graz University of Technology.
AIBrain-inspired AI model adapts and plans without massive data centersShy Cohen
Time, species, and relationship quality mattered more than simply having an animal at home.
DiscoveriesDoes owning a pet lead to better overall health? The answer may surprise youHannah Shavit-Weiner
A rat study links water-based guava extract with lower glucose, healthier blood lipids and reduced oxidative damage.
HealthWater-based guava extract targets elevated blood sugar, cholesterol and heart diseaseMac Oliveau
Micro-CT scans uncovered how six shark species carry spinal designs tuned to their distinct swimming styles.
DiscoveriesFAU scientists discover that shark spines are not one-size-fits-allHannah Shavit-Weiner
Graphical representation of "hot electrons". Electronic entropy phase transitions could rapidly change metal crystal structures before laser-heated atoms become hot.
DiscoveriesLaser-heated electrons can reshape metals in a billionth of a secondShy Cohen
Relief of high officials and a soldier wearing Kassettenmuster-fabric from the Central Palace, left by Rassam in situ.
DiscoveriesResearchers studying the Assyrian Empire’s history discover three new kingsRebecca Shavit
The Falcon 9 moon impact may create a visible flash, towering dust plume and new crater near Einstein Crater on Aug. 5.
SpaceSpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage is about to slam into the Moon on August 5Joshua Shavit
Einstein’s relativity explains why fast travelers age more slowly and why time never passes at one universal rate.
SpaceInside the strange physics of why time stops at the speed of lightJoseph Shavit
Zita Laffranchi, researcher of the Universyity of Cordoba. The Novilara necropolis isotope study reveals gendered diets, limited seafood consumption, mobility, and complex burial status.
Discoveries2,700 year-old Italian cemetery reveals how status, gender, and diet impacted people’s livesRebecca Shavit
A Chicxulub asteroid dust cloud may have trapped lethal heat, ignited wildfires and killed exposed dinosaurs within hours.
DiscoveriesDust from the Chicxulub asteroid baked dinosaurs alive within hours of impactJoseph Shavit
Artist’s illustration of exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s Star.
SpaceAstronomers find four Barnard’s Star planets to be small, uninhabitable, with years lasting only daysJoseph Shavit