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Solar Orbiter found a sharp change in heavy-ion composition inside the Sun’s vast heliospheric current sheet.
A plunge in the iron-to-oxygen ratio shows the Sun’s enormous magnetic boundary carries a chemical fingerprint into space.
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A silicon-photonic processor captured energy levels, a symmetry transition and topological behavior using one spectroscopy method.
InnovationsQuantum chip opens new way to read complex quantum systemsShy Cohen
JWST found four candidate pairs of little red dots that may reveal how rapidly growing black holes merged in the early universe.
SpaceJWST finds mysterious red objects pairing up in the early universeJoseph Shavit
Campi Flegrei’s crust is weakening as uplift and earthquakes continue, but current monitoring does not point to an imminent eruption.
Green ImpactAlmost 500 years after its last eruption, Italy’s supervolcano is growing restlessJoseph Shavit
A new interferometer directly measured the quantum phase of free fall, matching a prediction tied to Einstein’s equivalence principle.
DiscoveriesA falling quantum object just passed a century-old test of Einstein’s gravityJoshua Shavit
Nanoscale imaging shows ice can form across flat microcline surfaces without relying only on cracks or step edges.
DiscoveriesAtomic images reveal why one common mineral is superior at producing iceRebecca Shavit
Star formation plunged over 4.5 billion years, but cosmic neutral hydrogen barely changed, pointing to a different bottleneck.
SpaceThe universe still has plenty of hydrogen, so why is it making fewer stars?Joseph Shavit
Artist concept of Mars's warm southern interior. Mars’s southern mantle may be 200 to 400°C hotter than the north, revealing a deep divide beneath the planet’s surface.
SpaceMars’s mantle may be hundreds of degrees hotter beneath one hemisphereJoseph Shavit
Ghost archaic ancestry reveals DNA from two unknown human lineages still carried by people around the world.
HealthTwo unknown human ancestors still live in our DNAJoshua Shavit
NIST physicists John Bollinger and Matt Affolter adjust a laser system used to trap beryllium ions, creating crystals that could help uncover elusive dark matter.
InnovationsNIST scientists invent a quantum crystal detector to hunt for dark matterJoseph Shavit
A buried Wash volcanic complex may be the source of Kinnekulle ash spread across northern Europe 454 million years ago.
Green ImpactAncient English supervolcano blasted ash across northern Europe 454 million years agoJoshua Shavit
The LUX-ZEPLIN main detector, pictured here in a surface lab before installation underground at Sanford Lab, saw a surprising event in its search for dark matter.
DiscoveriesLUX-ZEPLIN detector makes surprising discovery in search for dark matterShy Cohen
The Tasmanian tiger’s unusual skull suggests it snapped at smaller prey rather than overpowering livestock like a wolf.
DiscoveriesCentury-old myth about the Tasmanian tiger may have been dangerously wrongRebecca Shavit
Air conditioning cuts heat-related mortality by 57% in the U.S., but Yale researchers find its protective benefits eventually level off.
HealthAir conditioning cuts heat-related deaths by more than half, but its protection has limitsJoseph Shavit
Scientists find that the brain tracks subtle differences in each breath, revealing a precise link between breathing and neural activity.
HealthEvery breath you take, every distinct pattern in the brain you makeJoshua Shavit
Researchers developed a small-molecule drug that tricks cancer cells into burning more sugar while blocking their backup fuel source.
HealthExperimental drug turns cancer’s sugar hunger against tumorsJoshua Shavit
First author Philip Leindecker looks into the ultrahigh-vacuum chamber of a quantum computer at PSI that operates with trapped ions.
DiscoveriesStrange behavior in focused laser light could change how quantum computers control qubitsJoseph Shavit