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Nuclear asteroid defense simulations show how X-rays from a standoff blast could fracture a 160-meter asteroid.
A 1-megaton blast damaged nearly an entire simulated asteroid, but researchers could not follow the fragments long enough to know their fate.
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Ice XXI forms when water is rapidly compressed, revealing five freezing pathways and a new high-pressure crystal structure.
Green ImpactNew form of ice can freeze at room temperature, study findsJoseph Shavit
Trust in generative AI slightly outweighs distrust, but a massive Reddit analysis finds public attitudes remain deeply divided.
AINew study reveals what people really think about generative AIShy Cohen
A Swinburne astronomer may have just confirmed one of the quirkiest aspects of quantum mechanics: that seemingly empty space can alter the behaviour of light.
SpaceExtreme X-rays from a magnetar exposes that empty space may not be emptyJoshua Shavit
Quantum entanglement fiber test sends linked photons 62 kilometers through unstable Maryland cable while preserving their connection.
DiscoveriesEntangled photons survive a 38 mile ride through fiber-optic cable strung above Maryland streetsJoseph Shavit
Climate change determined Earth’s top predator 35 million years ago.
Green ImpactGlobal warming 40 million years ago transformed the size of Europe’s carnivorous mammalsRebecca Shavit
Gangaichthys indonepalicus, a tiny blind fish found in groundwater, reveals an unexplored ecosystem beneath the Gangetic Plain.
DiscoveriesTikTok video leads scientists to a new species of transparent fish in IndiaRebecca Shavit
Artists concept. About 12 billion years ago, a dwarf galaxy known as LKH collided with a young Milky Way and merged with it.
SpaceAstronomers discover a lost galaxy buried in the Milky Way’s ancient star clustersJoseph Shavit
The BES III detector of the BEPCII. The collaboration includes approximately 700 researchers from 15 countries.
Discoveries50-year hunt for glueballs closes in on mysterious X(2370) particleJoshua Shavit
Helium X-ray high-harmonic generation reaches 280 eV as correlated electrons appear to break the conventional energy cutoff.
DiscoveriesHelium atoms generate X-rays nearly twice the expected energy limitJoshua Shavit
Radiation belt particle diffusion may be mimicked by predictable particle motion that spacecraft cannot fully resolve.
SpaceSpacecraft may be mistaking how energetic particles move around the EarthJoseph Shavit
The sooty mangabey (Cercocebus atys) is a medium-sized Old World monkey native to the coastal forests and swamps of West Africa, ranging from Senegal to Ghana
DiscoveriesWild monkeys challenge a long-held assumption about the common ancestor of humans and chimpanzeesRebecca Shavit
An AI-generated visualisation of a distant galaxy, containing besides dust, gas and young stars three massive, active black holes (black spheres, not to scale) with bright accretion disks. Other distant galaxies are shown in the background, and few stars in the foreground.
SpaceJWST finds three feeding black holes packed into one early galaxyJoseph Shavit
An atom in a cavity between two mirrors (left) acts as a heat engine in a driven-dissipative quantum system in which energy is continuously added and lost to the environment. The fluctuations in the escaping light (centre) are reduced (right) if only the atom but not the light is described quantum mechanically.
DiscoveriesQuantum coherence links quantum engines with classical thermodynamicsShy Cohen
Researchers found that ultrathin ruthenium dioxide can show spin behavior linked to altermagnetism, opening paths for future electronics.
DiscoveriesDiamond surface electrons could power smaller, cooler electronicsJoshua Shavit
A new study captures the first clear evidence of ambipolar diffusion, a process that allows stars to form from dense cosmic clouds.
SpaceScientists detect key process that triggers new star formationJoshua Shavit
The Infinite Monkey Theorem meets reality: even 200,000 chimps could not type Shakespeare before the universe ends.
DiscoveriesCould monkeys actually write the complete works of Shakespeare?Joseph Shavit