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Image of microbial reef structures. A new study of the Black Sea shows that microbes in a thin, oxygen poor layer act like a biological filter, converting most nitrous oxide to harmless nitrogen gas before it can reach the surface. The work reveals a missing sink in the global N₂O budget and highlights how expanding low oxygen waters may reshape greenhouse gas emissions from the ocean.
Scientists find Black Sea microbes that rapidly remove nitrous oxide in low oxygen waters, revealing a hidden climate safety filter.
Joshua Shavitupda
An MIT team taught a micro-robot to fly like an insect. With AI control, the tiny flapping machine leapt to 447% more speed and pulled off 10 somersaults in 11 seconds, even in windy tests.
AITiny flapping drone matches insect speed with an AI brainShy Cohen
A large national study shows how sleep quality, diet choices, and blood sugar control are closely linked and may shape long term health.
HealthSleep, diet, and blood sugar: Study finds new link between sleep and metabolic healthJoshua Shavit
An artist’s rendering shows TOI-561 b with a thick atmosphere over a global magma ocean, supported by Webb observations indicating the planet isn’t a bare rock despite intense stellar radiation.
SpaceJWST may have found a thick atmosphere in an unexpected place — an ultra-hot super-EarthJoseph Shavit
New particle technology packs antibodies into small injections that may replace long intravenous infusions.
HealthAntibody injections could replace slow IV drips in treating many diseases, MIT scientists findMac Oliveau
Looking up into the LZ outer detector, used to veto radioactivity that can mimic a dark matter signal.
DiscoveriesLZ detector marks a new era in the search for light dark matter and neutrinosJoseph Shavit
A sheep tooth from Arkaim has given scientists the first proof of Bronze Age plague in an animal, offering new clues about how the ancient disease moved across Eurasia.
Health4,000 year old sheep tooth reveals how an ancient plague spread across EurasiaRebecca Shavit
A new study reveals that sorbitol, a popular sugar substitute, may contribute to liver disease when gut microbes fail to break it down.
HealthSugar substitute sorbitol linked to unexpected liver diseaseJoshua Shavit
A new AI tool from Thomas Jefferson University can identify two similar brain tumors using routine MRI scans, improving surgical planning and patient safety.
AIAI tool predicts brain tumors before surgery with near-perfect precisionShy Cohen
A Belgian teenager has earned a doctorate in quantum physics at 15 and now aims to tackle human aging using artificial intelligence.
AI15-year-old physicist sets his sights on creating ‘super-humans’Mac Oliveau
On Oct. 5, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope gave astronomers their clearest view of GRB 250702B’s host galaxy, which is so far away its light takes about 8 billion years to reach us.
SpaceThe seven-hour flash: Astronomers discover the longest gamma-ray burst on recordJoseph Shavit
Climate records from cave stone and elephant teeth reveal how severe drought pushed Homo floresiensis toward extinction.
DiscoveriesSevere drought pushed the ‘hobbits’ of Flores toward extinction 61,000 years agoJoseph Shavit
The photo shows the setup on the general-purpose beamline in the ReA6 vault at Michigan State University’s National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory.
DiscoveriesResearchers reveal nuclear ‘island’ where magic numbers break downMac Oliveau
Spectra is Sandia National Laboratories’ newest supercomputer and the second in the Vanguard program, which explores advanced computer architectures for national security applications.
AIRevolutionary supercomputer uses adaptive chips to boost speed and cut powerShy Cohen
A dress designed by Zoe Alvarez ’25, a fashion design major, and inspired by the magnificent riflebird, uses the ultra-black material (the dots nearest the blue) and other deep-black fabrics. The ultrablack fabric created in the Responsive Apparel Design Lab is the darkest fabric currently reported.
InnovationsScientists turn everyday wool into record-breaking ultrablack fabricRebecca Shavit
A molecule made by gut bacteria acts like a medicine, blocking a key immune trigger and improving blood sugar control in new research.
HealthGut molecule TMA improves blood sugar control and blocks inflammation linked to diabetesJoshua Shavit
Pale rocks found by Perseverance suggest Mars once had heavy rain and long-lasting water that may support past life.
SpaceWhite rocks on Mars point to ancient rainfall and a wetter planetJoseph Shavit