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Cal Poly physicists show timed magnetic fields can create exotic quantum states with no static counterpart.
A Cal Poly study shows timed magnetic fields can engineer exotic quantum phases beyond static materials.
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This high-resolution photo of the planet Mercury probably resembles the rocky exoplanet LHS 3844 b. Results from JWST observations favour an airless rocky planet with a dark, basalt-like surface, likely space-weathered by irradiation and meteorite impacts.
SpaceJWST finds a dark, airless exoplanet covered in rock like MercuryJoshua Shavit
Blood tests tracking monocyte aging may help identify mood and cognitive symptoms of depression in women with and without HIV.
HealthStudy links biological aging to cognitive effects of depressionMac Oliveau
JWST found a massive early galaxy with almost no rotation, challenging standard ideas of how giant ellipticals form. Image is actually Giant elliptical galaxy NGC 1316 in Fornax Cluster, used for illustrative purposes only.
SpaceA dead galaxy from the early universe is forcing astronomers to rethink galactic evolutionJoseph Shavit
AI-written papers and reviews are rising fast, and one major journal says they are straining peer review and lowering writing quality.
AIAI is flooding peer review, and editors say it’s making science harder to judgeShy Cohen
This artist’s impression displays TRAPPIST-1 and its planets reflected in a surface. The potential for water on each of the worlds is also represented by the frost, water pools, and steam surrounding the scene.
SpaceAstronomers map the climate of Earth-like exoplanets for the first timeJoseph Shavit
Stem-like CAR T cells produced strong low-dose responses and less severe toxicity in post-transplant blood cancers.
HealthStudy finds low-dose CAR T therapy can drive complete cancer remissionMac Oliveau
New tool tracks where any place on Earth sat up to 320 million years ago, helping decode ancient climate and fossil records.
Green ImpactNew tool tracks lost continents and moving plates over the last 320 million yearsRebecca Shavit
Artistic reconstructions by M. Hattori illustrating oblique views of the dorsal (top) and ventral (bottom) morphologies. The sanctacaridid-like morphology of the posteriormost body region is speculative.
DiscoveriesSpider and horseshoe crab relatives emerged 20 million years earlier than scientists thoughtHannah Shavit-Weiner
Ancient Amazonian dark earth boosted young tree growth and reshaped root microbes in a Brazil field study.
Green ImpactAmazonian dark earth increases tree diameter by up to 88%Rebecca Shavit
Human evolution is still unfolding through disease, diet, technology, genetic editing, and even the pressures of life in space.
HealthThe next phase of human evolution is already underwayJoseph Shavit
Astronomers studying the interstellar comet found that its water is packed with an unusually heavy form of hydrogen called deuterium.
Space3I/ATLAS had a far colder birthplace than our Solar SystemJoseph Shavit
Vivek Shenoy, Eduardo D. Glandt President’s Distinguished Professor in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), at left, walks through some of the mathematics behind mollifier layers, with doctoral candidate Vinayak Vinayak, at right.
AIPenn engineers use AI to solve some of science’s most difficult math problemsShy Cohen
Harvard researchers mapped smell receptors in mice, showing the nose is far more organized than scientists believed.
HealthHarvard researchers discover how the human nose decodes smellsHannah Shavit-Weiner
Study finds butterflies and moths reused the same wing-pattern genes for 120 million years, pointing to predictable evolution.
DiscoveriesEvolution has used the same genetic ‘cheat sheet’ for over 120 million yearsHannah Shavit-Weiner
A handful of roasted coffee beans highlights the natural compounds researchers are studying to better understand coffee’s potential health benefits.
HealthDrinking coffee linked to slower aging and better healthMac Oliveau
Ancient platypus fossils from South Australia reveal a toothed species with a body plan close to today’s platypus.
DiscoveriesAncient platypus had teeth 25 million years ago, fossils revealHannah Shavit-Weiner