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An enormous halo of hydrogen gas found in Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) data and superimposed over its location as seen in deep imaging from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
A vast new catalog shows giant hydrogen halos were common around fast-growing galaxies in the early universe.
Joseph Shavitupda
A new study reveals friction can arise without contact, driven by magnetic dynamics that challenge a centuries-old physics law.
DiscoveriesNew form of friction arises purely from magnetic interactions – no contact requiredShy Cohen
A new study found 20 minutes of cycling changed human hippocampal ripple activity tied to memory-related brain networks.
Health20 minutes of cycling can make your brain fitterAmyn Bhai
Manson Icefield, Nunavut, above the location where a subglacial lake drains and fills.
Green ImpactFirst-ever map documents 33 glacial lakes hidden under the Canadian ArcticRebecca Shavit
JWST found TOI-5205 b has a metal-poor atmosphere, challenging ideas about giant planet formation around red dwarf stars.
SpaceGiant planet that shouldn’t exist is forcing astronomers to rethink planetary scienceJoshua Shavit
MIT researchers (from left to right) Hyungeun Song, Guillermo Herrera-Arcos, and Hugh Herr have developed the first “living” implant that uses rewired sensory nerves to revive paralyzed organs.
HealthWorld’s first living implant could help paralyzed organs move againMac Oliveau
Pulsar Fusion reached first plasma in Sunbird, an early step toward a fusion rocket built for faster deep-space travel.
SpacePulsar Fusion’s Sunbird fusion rocket could get us to Mars in half the timeJoshua Shavit
Scientists find that bacteria in your mouth and gut may shape how severely you react to peanuts by altering allergens before they reach your immune system.
HealthMouth and gut bacteria may explain why peanut allergies vary so widelyRebecca Shavit
Laser-driven plasma acceleration brings free-electron lasers closer to compact lab-based instruments.
InnovationsDesktop particle accelerators are opening new frontiers in physicsJoshua Shavit
An artist's conception (not to scale) of the red giant SDSS J0915-7334, which was born near the Large Magellanic Cloud and has now journeyed to reside in the Milky Way.
SpacePristine star reveals the dawn of stars and galaxies in the universeJoseph Shavit
New microgel cuts bleeding in infant-like clotting model and may reduce reliance on adult blood transfusions.
HealthNew injectable clotting gel can make infant surgery less dangerousMac Oliveau
New study reveals three distinct stages of visual time perception in the cortex, from sensory encoding to subjective experience
HealthNew research has scientists rethinking how the brain tells timeMac Oliveau
AI models trained on blood metabolites can estimate time since death with a precision of about one day, aiding forensic investigations.
AIHow AI is revolutionizing time of death estimationsShy Cohen
Study suggests ancient gravitational waves may have helped create dark matter in the early universe.
SpaceGravitational waves may be responsible for dark matter in the universeJoshua Shavit
Engineering simulations of 16 Cretaceous marine reptile jaws show mosasaurs and polycotylid plesiosaurs had fundamentally different biting capabilities that allowed them to coexist.
DiscoveriesBite mechanics of ancient marine predators yields surprising resultsHannah Shavit-Weiner
Danish physicists built the most compact GHZ-type quantum paradox possible, proving three measurement contexts are the minimum and demonstrating it in 37 dimensions with light.
DiscoveriesPhysicists use pulses of light in 37 dimensions to prove quantum paradoxJoseph Shavit
Study finds repeated hydrous mantle melting helps concentrate gold beneath island arcs north of New Zealand.
DiscoveriesGold’s origins lie beneath the ocean deep inside the Earth’s mantleRebecca Shavit