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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.
One unusually energetic recoil deep beneath South Dakota has survived months of scrutiny, leaving dark matter among the possibilities.
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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
Radio telescopes on the Moon’s far side could detect ancient hydrogen and reveal the universe before the first stars formed.
SpaceThe Moon’s far side could open a window into the universe before the first stars were bornJoseph 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
Bar-Ilan University researchers found declining physics searches worldwide, suggesting students are shifting toward AI tools like ChatGPT.
AIStudents turn to AI as physics searches decline worldwideShy Cohen
El Niño variability in the eastern Pacific has increased by about 36.5% compared with the pre-industrial era, according to a 1,000-year coral record from the Galápagos Islands.
Green ImpactEl Niño is stronger than at any point in the past 1,000 years, coral records revealJoshua Shavit
Complex flow patterns develop in the interiors of rapidly rotating stars. An international research team has now experimentally demonstrated for the first time a flow state characteristic of such celestial bodies. The artistic visualization shows a star characterized by turbulent structures.
SpaceScientists reproduce a long-predicted flow state from deep inside planetsJoshua Shavit
Experiments show strong stellar magnetic fields can stop coronal mass ejections, helping explain why astronomers rarely detect them.
SpacePowerful magnetic fields could be trapping giant stellar eruptions before they escapeJoseph Shavit
Fossilized animal waste may have recycled nutrients and helped complex marine ecosystems flourish during the Cambrian Explosion.
DiscoveriesAncient animal feces may have helped transform Earth’s oceans 540 million years agoJoseph Shavit
SpaceNASA’s Roman Space Telescope launches to map billions of galaxies and hunt distant worldsJoseph Shavit
Drops can become electrically charged as they slide across surfaces. If they then fall onto a coating—such as on a car—the coating can be corroded by the drop’s electrical discharge and permanently damaged.
Green ImpactScientists discover why rain drops can damage metal protective coatingsJoshua Shavit
A powerful pulsed magnet expands the shock layer around spacecraft models, advancing a possible new approach to surviving reentry heat.
SpacePowerful new magnetic system could help spacecraft survive the brutal heat of reentryJoseph Shavit
HealthScientists design new RNA therapy to bypass mutations behind thousands of genetic diseasesJoseph Shavit
A quantum watch uses interference in excited helium atoms to measure elapsed time without counting from a defined starting point.
DiscoveriesQuantum interference offers a radically different way to measure timeJoseph Shavit