A big step toward ultra-precise nuclear clocks
Realizing next‑generation nuclear clocks by studying how thorium‑doped crystals behave over time.
Super Jupiters can grow like planets after all
There's a comforting idea in planetary science. That no matter how strange a distant world looks, its beginnings might still feel familiar. For decades, astronomers...
This new mineral sunscreen fixes the white cast problem
A novel shape of zinc oxide helps reduce chalkiness in mineral sunscreen.
Interface engineering boosts perovskite solar cell performance
A tiny structural tweak makes perovskite solar cells work better.
Scientists spot ultrafast ‘jiggles’ inside a superconducting fluid
Terahertz microscope reveals motion of electrons in a superconductor.
Jupiter is smaller and squashier than we thought
NASA’s Juno mission redefines size, shape of Jupiter.
Study reveals Greenland was ice-free as recently as 7,000 years ago
Findings suggest this part of Greenland is highly sensitive to modest warming, with implications for future retreat.
New gravitational wave detection tests Einstein’s theory of gravity
Cosmic ripples and a century-old theory.
How fire-loving fungi evolved to digest charcoal
When a wildfire tears through a landscape, most life retreats or disappears. Plants burn. Animals flee. The soil itself is left dark, dry, and...
Why Our Best Exercise Plans Fall Apart
It usually starts with good intentions. You plan the workout. You even feel motivated. The clothes are ready. The time is blocked. This time...
Earth’s First Sponges Were Soft, Not Spiky, Study Finds
If you imagine the earliest animals on Earth, you might picture something simple but sturdy. Maybe a sponge-like creature anchored to the sea floor,...
Late Jurassic predators likely fed often on baby dinosaurs
This novel food web is the first study of its kind to use trophic analysis to examine Morrison Formation ecological interactions.
What does love really Mean? Scientists are finally getting closer to an answer
Most of us don't struggle to feel love. We struggle to explain it. You can sit across from someone you care about deeply, look...
High body weight may quietly raise your risk of vascular dementia
Most of us think about weight in terms of clothes, mirrors, or maybe blood sugar and cholesterol. But very few of us connect it...
Feeling alone can hurt the heart more than we realize, new study finds
Why feeling alone can quietly make heart disease harder to live with
Scientists find a DNA repair glitch that pushes aging into fast-forward
The loss of a functional SPRTN enzyme not only leads to the accumulation of damaged DNA in the cell nucleus.
Muscle stem cells become more resistant but less restorative over time
Ssome molecular changes associated with getting older may actually be protective adaptations.
Webb detects bright galaxy from just 280 million years after the Big Bang
NASA Webb pushes boundaries of observable universe closer to Big Bang.
Researchers show the universe’s primordial ‘soup’ was surprisingly viscous
The plasma behaves like a liquid.
Bats use a hidden sound map to fly through darkness, new study reveals
If you have ever watched a bat cut through the night sky, it almost feels unreal. No light, no landmarks, yet no crashes either....
Mindfulness training helps autistic adults manage stress, new clinical study shows
Stress can feel like background noise for many autistic adults. Not loud enough to be obvious at first. But always there. The constant sensory input....
Air fryer vs frying pan: Which produces less air pollution?
One of the first studies detailing the spectrum of pollutants emitted from air frying.
Giant prehistoric kangaroos were likely able to hop, fossil study suggests
Fossils show giant prehistoric kangaroos could still hop
