Science
Scientific discoveries and research
This oddball reflective lava world is challenging to understand
Among Kepler and TESS's many surprising exoplanet discoveries are the ultra-short-period (USP) planets. These planets move very quickly and complete an orbit in...
Looking for bats after dark can help science—and change how we see them
What's that chirping sound coming through the detector? Did you feel something whiz past? Those are just some ways people react when they encounter microbats fo...
Giant virus yields potassium channel gene that illuminates complex protein evolution
Researchers have discovered a gene for a tandem potassium channel in an algal virus. The finding supports the view that giant viruses may have contributed signi...
Chemists develop AI tool to convert human ingenuity into life-enhancing enzymes
Many have voiced concerns that artificial intelligence will take jobs away from humans. But assistant professor of chemistry Zhongyue (John) Yang, along with hi...
Calling species 'invasive'—and culling them—isn't done lightly. But it matters to Australia's threatened species
It may sound abstract, but distinctions between "native," "introduced" or "invasive" species can often be life or death. Species considered invasive in Australi...
Ultracold atoms simulate hard-to-observe matter-antimatter pair production
According to quantum electrodynamics, the theory describing interactions between light and electrically charged particles, a sufficiently strong electric field...
Four superconducting cables link two large quantum processors into one
As quantum computers grow more ambitious, many researchers believe the best way forward is to build them in multiple interconnected parts. In these modular desi...
Rare Iron Age Celtic helmet discovered in northeastern Poland far from its homeland
Around 2,400 years ago, at Łysa Góra in Poland, a group of people took a bronze helmet, crushed it, broke it into pieces and threw it into a pit with iron adzes...
Rare fossil discovery reveals new dinosaur species that specialized in eating fruit
Among the ravenous carnivores and lumbering herbivores that roamed the Cretaceous landscape, another kind of dinosaur was evolving that started to eat something...
Young Canadians focus on mental health at key climate trial
At a landmark Canadian trial focused on the government's obligations to fight climate change, the young plaintiffs suing Ottawa over alleged policy failures hav...
Nations commit to get nature goals back on track
Nearly 200 nations struck hard-fought agreements Friday at a U.N. biodiversity summit, but the outcome was accompanied by disappointment over missed opportuniti...
Spatial mapping reveals how human urogenital organs codevelop during organogenesis
A new study has mapped human urogenital development in its native spatial context, revealing how neighboring organs coordinate their development through cellula...