New Discoveries

Discoveries Time-varying magnetic fields can create exotic quantum matter

A Cal Poly study shows timed magnetic fields can engineer exotic quantum phases beyond static materials.

Green Impact New tool tracks lost continents and moving plates over the last 320 million years Rebecca Shavit

Discoveries Spider and horseshoe crab relatives emerged 20 million years earlier than scientists thought Hannah Shavit-Weiner

Discoveries Evolution has used the same genetic ‘cheat sheet’ for over 120 million years Hannah Shavit-Weiner

Discoveries Ancient platypus had teeth 25 million years ago, fossils reveal Hannah Shavit-Weiner

Green Impact The Earth is tearing itself apart near Vancouver Island in the Pacific Northwest Rebecca Shavit

Discoveries Researchers discover a new way to control light in empty space Shy Cohen

Discoveries Tyrannosaurus rex walked like a bird on its tiptoes Hannah Shavit-Weiner

Discoveries Antarctic seismic data points to an ancient structure circling Earth’s core Joseph Shavit

Green Impact Decade-long muon calculation shrinks hope for a fifth force of nature Shy Cohen

Discoveries Humans and Neanderthals share ancient DNA linked to human language Joshua Shavit

Discoveries Human teleportation is possible, but would you survive Joseph Shavit

Discoveries Giant octopuses were the ocean’s apex predators 100 million years ago Hannah Shavit-Weiner

Discoveries New scan data of Turkish formation is reviving the Noah’s Ark debate Rebecca Shavit

Discoveries The strange connection between falling balls and quantum weirdness Shy Cohen

Discoveries Strange Physics: Why Wi-Fi and radio waves can pass through walls but light can’t Joseph Shavit

Discoveries DNA evidence points to a massive stone age population collapse Rebecca Shavit