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Queen Mary researchers developed a transparent graphene-based soft lens that changes focus with electricity, opening paths for compact optics.
Researchers created a graphene-based soft lens that changes focus electronically without bulky moving parts.
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Grace Johnston led a study that manipulated hormones in a model plant species to make the plant more productive and resistant to disease.
Green ImpactScientists find a way to boost plant grow without sacrificing immunityRebecca Shavit
Black squirrels in Montreal are more common in colder, forested areas, revealing how local climate and rivers may shape urban wildlife.
DiscoveriesSquirrel colors spotlight local evolutionary changes in urban speciesRebecca Shavit
Artist's illustration of a supermassive black hole at the center of a radio galaxy launching powerful jets (shown in pink) all the way into the galaxy's CGM.
SpaceSupermassive black holes leave a glowing trail far beyond their host galaxiesJoseph Shavit
Perseverance found Jezero rocks altered by at least three water systems involving carbonates, silica and later hydrothermal fluids. This Mastcam-Z-enhanced color photo mosaic shows a butte near Jezero crater.
SpaceNASA finds a surprisingly complex history of water on ancient MarsJoseph Shavit
A gravitational tug involving Earth’s inner core may explain why the planet’s day length shifts by milliseconds over decades.
SpaceEarth’s inner core may be quietly changing the length of our daysJoshua Shavit
The 79 CE Vesuvius eruption helped scientists reduce argon-argon dating uncertainty to just 13 years for a 2,000-year-old event.
DiscoveriesThe eruption that buried Pompeii is helping scientists synchronize Earth’s geological clocksJoshua Shavit
AI analysis of 2,057 bird species links rare bursts of body-shape evolution with periods of major climate instability.
Green ImpactClimate shifts sparked rare bursts of bird evolutionRebecca Shavit
Using a specially engineered beam of light from an ultrafast laser, UC San Diego engineers demonstrate a new approach to switch magnetic information in materials without using an external magnetic field.
InnovationsScientists reshape light to control magnetic memory and a material’s magnetic propertiesJoshua Shavit
Enceladus may naturally concentrate biosignatures in ice grains, while experiments show microbes can tolerate its unusual ocean chemistry.
SpaceSaturn’s icy moon Enceladus may make alien life easier to find than scientists thoughtJoseph Shavit
A review of 2,736 trials finds exercise reduces pain across many conditions, with lower-intensity programs showing strong benefits.
HealthScientists study 221,000 people to find which exercise works best for pain reliefJoshua Shavit
A solid-state quantum memory stored single photons for 180 microseconds while preserving nonclassical correlations.
InnovationsQuantum memory stores single photons for record time in major leap towards a quantum internetJoshua Shavit
Adults who played Zelda and Yoshi games reported less loneliness, though the study cannot prove the games caused it.
DiscoveriesPlaying alone does not necessarily mean feeling lonely, gaming study findsRebecca Shavit
MIT neuroscientists found flexible neuron clusters that can store different kinds of information during a task.
HealthMIT study finds brain circuits may work like reusable building blocks for thoughtJoshua Shavit
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission found that Bennu shares a distinctive isotopic fingerprint with asteroid Ryugu and rare CI carbonaceous chondrites.
SpaceAsteroid Bennu may have formed much closer to the Sun than scientists thoughtJoseph Shavit
Artist's visualization of an early galaxy and its surrounding gaseous environment. The orange structures represent metal-enriched gas being expelled from the galaxy, illustrating how young galaxies began dispersing heavy elements into their surroundings within the universe's first 500 million years. The visualization is based on publicly available FIRE-2 cosmological simulation data and is not a direct telescope image.
SpaceJWST finds early galaxies were already spreading the ingredients for planets and lifeJoseph Shavit
People detected buried objects through sand before contact, revealing a previously undocumented form of remote touch in humans.
HealthHumans possess a ‘seventh sense’ that detects hidden objectsJoseph Shavit