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University of Birmingham physicist Giovanni Barontini operates equipment designed to trap and cool rubidium atoms.
A 24,000-atom experiment constructs an internal clock from entropy exchange, offering a laboratory test of how time might emerge within a quantum system.
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Adult astrocytes stretched, divided, and moved new nuclei into damaged brain regions during a temporary repair state.
HealthAdult brain cells reveal a surprising ability to repair damaged tissueJoshua Shavit
Baja California and the Gulf of California in an AI-edited illustration using NASA satellite imagery as a reference. Distant tectonic forces near Japan may have helped accelerate the peninsula’s separation from mainland Mexico.
DiscoveriesTectonic forces near Japan may have helped pull Baja California from MexicoRebecca Shavit
A. stephencolberti adult female in sand habitat, body length ~ 1.4 cm.
DiscoveriesStephen Colbert’s trapdoor spider connects comedy, chromosomes and conservationHannah Shavit-Weiner
This artist's illustration shows a white dwarf star surrounded by a debris disk with three asteroids orbiting in the disk.
DiscoveriesWhite dwarf’s intense gravity rips asteroids apart without grinding them into fine dustJoshua Shavit
Earth’s tidal pull could have concentrated heat near the Moon’s core-mantle boundary, as illustrated by the glowing regions in this cutaway. The heating pattern is a model prediction; sizes and distances are not to scale.
SpaceEarth’s gravitational pull could explain the Moon’s long volcanic historyJoseph Shavit
An illustration of a light-controlled molecular motor and neighboring rotor. Changing the motor’s configuration creates an obstruction that sharply slows the rotor’s random, thermally driven motion.
DiscoveriesScientists use light to control random motion inside moleculesJoshua Shavit
Laboratory scene illustrates research using ultracold helium droplets and gold nanoparticles to study how repelling charges arrange themselves on a sphere. The monitor shows a conceptual visualization of the charge pattern.
DiscoveriesTiny gold particles in a helium droplet help solve the century-old Thomson problemShy Cohen
Microscopic pigment structures in fish eyes, also preserved in ancient fossils, offer clues to the evolution of vision.
DiscoveriesScientists discover eye color played a significant role in vertebrate evolutionHannah Shavit-Weiner
New modeling suggests atmospheric breakup, impact heating and dilution made comets unreliable suppliers of concentrated ingredients for life.
SpaceNew discovery challenges the long-held theory that comets seeded life on EarthJoseph Shavit
Illustration depicts two approaching black holes, with blue curves representing mathematical gravitational field sheets. A new theoretical study explores how these structures could reconnect and alter energy exchange between gravity and matter.
DiscoveriesEinstein’s equations offer new clues to extreme gravity and space-time behaviorJoseph Shavit
Nanoscale imaging reveals how living cells in human milk differ in structure, chemistry and nutrient handling.
HealthResearchers discover a hidden world of living cells in human breast milkJoseph Shavit
Access to a fictional character’s private remorse increased forgiveness ratings, with tentative links to forgiving real-life offenses.
DiscoveriesLiterature can inspire us to forgive, Ohio State researchers findRebecca Shavit
Human brain recordings reveal how category-selective amygdala neurons predict later image recognition, beyond emotional content.
HealthScientists find a walnut-sized area of the brain has a giant role in memoryMac Oliveau
Webb spectra suggest 3I/ATLAS carries dusty ice grains resembling material in distant solar system worlds.
SpaceInterstellar comet 3I/ATLAS contains planet-building materials from worlds beyond NeptuneJoseph Shavit
Explore 8,291 known TNOs, Rubin’s new dwarf-planet candidate and the telescopes expanding the solar system’s distant census.
SpaceBeyond Neptune: 8,291 objects and new discoveriesJoseph Shavit
A red giant draws material from a companion star in this illustration. Past mass gain could change how astronomers interpret the giant’s vibrations and estimate its internal magnetic field.
SpaceRed giants with unusual vibrations may have gained mass from companionsJoseph Shavit