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Novel quantum gate. A new heralded photonic gate entangles two four-level qudits, using orbital angular momentum instead of polarization.
Two photons, four states each, and a heralded gate that can entangle them, without leaning on polarization.
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The ancient marine amphibians Erythrobatrachus (foreground) and Aphaneramma (background) swimming along the coast of what is now far norther Western Australia 250 million years ago.
Discoveries250-million-year-old Australian ‘sea-salamander’ sheds new light on the dawn of the dinosaursRebecca Shavit
A UC Davis team found FIP viral material in multiple immune cells, including B and T lymphocytes, and signs of replication in lymph nodes.
HealthDeadly cat coronavirus helps guide research into long COVID and other illnesses in humansHannah Shavit-Weiner
Mammals descend trees in different ways, and primates stand apart.
DiscoveriesThe odd ways mammals descend trees and what it means for primate evolutionHannah Shavit-Weiner
Cleaner wrasse quickly scraped off a mirror-only mark, then used shrimp scraps to probe mirror space, researchers report.
DiscoveriesCleaner fish display intelligence and self-awareness — just like mammalsMac Oliveau
Two Physical Review A papers outline how anyons could exist in one dimension, and how cold-atom experiments might spot them.
DiscoveriesNew research discovers quantum particles that exist in one dimensionShy Cohen
In an artist's recreation, 'Spinosaurus mirabilis' stands along the river’s edge over its prey some 95 million years ago.
Discoveries‘Hell-heron’ dinosaur fossils uncovered in the central SaharaJoshua Shavit
A University of Sheffield team reports signs that dark matter and neutrinos may interact, offering a new way to explain a cosmic tension.
SpaceDark matter and neutrinos are linked and interact with each otherJoseph Shavit
Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69, informally known as Ultima Thule. New simulations suggest Kuiper Belt “snowman” objects can form directly from gravitational collapse, without rare events.
SpaceNew simulations reveal the hidden forces shaping ‘snowman’ worlds beyond NeptuneJoshua Shavit
A survey of nearly 65,000 students links heavy social media use with higher odds of loneliness and flags a two-hour-a-day threshold.
HealthMajor college study links heavy social media use with higher odds of lonelinessRebecca Shavit
Paola Tiranti of Northumbria University.
SpacePHD student built the first-ever 3D map of Uranus’s upper atmosphereJoseph Shavit
University of Western Australia researchers found a sleeper shark swimming into the spotlight of a video camera in Antarctica in January 2025.
DiscoveriesGlobal first: A massive sleeper shark was filmed in cold Antarctic watersJoshua Shavit
CDG-2 in the Perseus cluster was found through four globular clusters and a faint glow seen by Hubble and Euclid.
SpaceNearly invisible galaxy may be built mostly of dark matter, Hubble findsJoseph Shavit
Chalmers physicists propose “giant superatoms” that could curb decoherence and route entanglement in quantum devices.
DiscoveriesScientists develop theory for an entirely new quantum system based on ‘giant superatoms’Shy Cohen
A Nature Geoscience study finds that in one of Earth’s hottest eras, rain often arrived in bursts, not steady seasons, drying many mid-latitudes.
DiscoveriesRainfall became irregular during Earth’s hottest periods, raising global warming concernsJoshua Shavit
The geological material is discussed, documented and given a preliminary age assessment while still in the field.
Green Impact228-meter sediment core may predict future Antarctic ice sheet lossRebecca Shavit
Researcher at the site of ‘Ubeidiya. It lies three km south of the Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret) on what is today the flanks of the western escarpment of the Jordan Valley.
Discoveries1.9 million-year-old finding points to the earliest evidence of humans outside of AfricaJoshua Shavit