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A new scientific perspective traces quantum mechanics from early theory to lasers, computing and gravitational-wave detection, with limits intact.
Quantum mechanics powers lasers and precision measurements. A century-spanning perspective examines those successes and the questions ahead.
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A 2.6-million-year-old jaw from Ethiopia’s Afar region extends Paranthropus’ known range north by more than 1,000 kilometers.
Discoveries2.6-million-year-old jaw fossil challenges long-held ideas about early homininsJoshua Shavit
A Canadian analysis favors permanent standard time, citing morning light, sleep and mood benefits over year-round daylight saving time.
HealthCanadian analysis weighs the health trade-offs of permanent standard time versus daylight saving timeJoseph Shavit
Gold nanogaps and AI distinguish mirror-image amino acids, offering a possible route to compact instruments for the search for life.
SpaceScientists use AI and nanotechnology to detect signs of life in spaceJoseph Shavit
An artist’s impression of ZTF J0440+2325, where a brown dwarf transfers material onto a red dwarf as the pair orbit each other every 86.65 minutes.
SpaceA small star is slowly consuming a brown dwarf, 300 light years awayJoseph Shavit
Nanoscale polymer structures create more droplets, while heat treatment helps them leave the surface before growing large.
DiscoveriesUltra-thin polymer coating boosts condensation heat transfer up to 5.5 timesJoseph Shavit
Mice slept far less when key brainstem cells were blocked, giving researchers a clearer look at how sleep pressure builds.
HealthWhy do we get sleepy? New study reveals brain cells that help drive sleepRebecca Shavit
Dr. Rupak Mahapatra, an experimental particle physicist, holds a SuperCDMS detector. The highly sensitive devices, which are fabricated at Texas A&M University, are deepening the search for dark matter and have potential applications in quantum computing.
DiscoveriesScientists build ultra-sensitive quantum detectors to search for invisible dark matterShy Cohen
A gamma-ray reanalysis tightens specific limits on violations of Einstein’s light-speed rule by roughly a factor of ten.
SpaceCosmic gamma rays test the limits of Einstein’s speed of light ruleJoseph Shavit
Ediacaran sea floor, Namibia, Southwest Africa - 543 million years ago.
DiscoveriesAnimals may have evolved 200 million years earlier than previously thoughtJoshua Shavit
A small V1 neuron population affected locomotor rhythm without causing the limb hyperflexion seen after broader V1 loss.
HealthStudy of 90,000 spinal neurons links a small cell group to walking speedRebecca Shavit
A proposed laser interferometer could measure energy exchanged with gravitational waves, offering a possible test of quantum gravity.
DiscoveriesPhysicist proposes laser light could transfer energy to a gravitational waveJoseph Shavit
A FAST search finds an unexplained radio signal toward K2-155, but deeper checks favor terrestrial or instrumental interference.
SpaceComprehensive planetary search detected an unexplained radio signal from K2-155, 238 light-years awayJoseph Shavit
A speech clock links voice and language patterns with brain aging, cognition and dementia in 2,928 Latin American adults.
HealthLarge cognitive health study links speech patterns with brain agingMac Oliveau
Ancient flooding patterns reveal evidence that Earth’s crust and mantle rapidly shifted relative to the spin axis several times.
Green ImpactScientists find evidence for several Earth axis shifts during the age of dinosaursJoshua Shavit
A new Mars map shows ancient rain may have concentrated formaldehyde, a key prebiotic molecule, in specific regions billions of years ago.
SpaceRainstorms billions of years ago may have created habitable hotspots on MarsJoseph Shavit
Dramatic plumes spray water ice and vapor from many locations along the famed "tiger stripes" near the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
SpaceScientists recreate Enceladus’s ocean and watch Earth microbes thriveJoseph Shavit