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Direct lab data suggests neutron star X-ray bursts face a weaker element-building bottleneck than expected.
A direct measurement of a key reaction suggests neutron star bursts can keep building heavier elements.
Joshua Shavitupda
Dermcidin, a natural human peptide, may block flu infection and help explain why some people stay symptom-free.
HealthScientists discover natural molecule in the human body that protects against the fluMac Oliveau
A general view of the excavation of Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov Acheulian site. (Note that the original occupation surfaces are tilted due to tectonics).
DiscoveriesAncient charcoal from Israel reveals how early humans used fireRebecca Shavit
University of Rochester optics professor Nick Vamivakas and physics Ph.D. candidate Levi Neukich perform experiments with optically levitated nanodiamonds in Wilmott Hall June 14, 2013. The process allows researchers to test fundamental physics questions related to quantum mechanics as well as provide a tool to perform high sensitivity nanoscale force sensing.
InnovationsQuantum researchers created a new kind of laser built from soundShy Cohen
The gravitational lens system JVAS B1938+666. The black ring and central dot show an infrared image of a distant galaxy distorted by gravitational lensing. The orange emission shows radio waves from the same system. The inset highlights a small "pinch" in the image caused by an additional dense object—about a million times the mass of the sun—shown as a white blob.
SpaceDense dark matter clumps link three strange objects across the universeJoseph Shavit
Microscopy image showing senescent macrophages in red and cholesterol-laden lipid droplets – a key driver of senescence – in green.
HealthUCLA researchers discover key driver of fatty liver disease, inflammation and agingHannah Shavit-Weiner
Zebra finch neurons appear to tunnel through adult brain tissue, offering clues about learning, repair, and human brain limits.
HealthZebra finch neurons offer new clues about learning, repair, and human brain limitsHannah Shavit-Weiner
Chemicals in your tooth enamel record evidence of your diet that can last millions of years.
DiscoveriesAncient teeth unlock million-year-old secrets of where early humans evolvedBreaking Science
Astronomers confirmed three bodies in TOI-201, a rare exoplanet system changing in real time. An artist rendering of the system.
SpaceStrange hidden forces are shaping a rare three-body exoplanet systemJoseph Shavit
New AI wearable reads throat muscle movements and turns silent speech into a synthesized voice.
AINew wearable uses light and AI to turn silent throat movements into audible speechShy Cohen
Tabletop fusion reactor boosts deuterium-deuterium fusion rates by 15% using electrochemical loading in palladium.
InnovationsThunderbird Reactor: New room-temperature fusion reactor that fits on a tabletopJoshua Shavit
Illustrative image. New artificial muscle changes shape in real time, heals damage, and can be reused for future soft robotic systems.
HealthReprogrammable artificial muscle can change its shape, recover from damage, and even be reusedRebecca Shavit
Live reconstruction by artist Sophie Vrard. Fossil evidence shows mammal ancestors like Lystrosaurus laid eggs and used reproduction to survive mass extinction.
Discoveries250-million-year-old fossil proves that mammal ancestors laid eggsHannah Shavit-Weiner
Salama (left) and Akgümüs (right) with the experimental apparatus.
SpaceUndergraduate students built a cavity detector to search for axion dark matterJoshua Shavit
Dougal Main and Beth Nichol working on the distributed quantum computer.
InnovationsOxford scientists achieve quantum gate teleportation between two quantum supercomputersShy Cohen
The strong stellar wind from the supergiant star pushes the jets launched by the black hole away from the star. This causes the jet direction to vary as the black hole and the supergiant star move around their orbit.
Space‘Dancing jets’ from black hole reveal their immense powerJoseph Shavit
China’s state-owned aerospace manufacturer has completed the 36km maiden flight of a hydrogen turboprop airplane.
Green ImpactThe world’s first test flight of a water-powered airplane just took off in ChinaJoshua Shavit