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Muon g-2 Collaboration Wins 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for 66-Year Quest to Weigh a Wobble
The $3 million prize recognizes three generations of experiments at CERN, Brookhaven, and Fermilab that measured the muon's magnetic moment to 127 parts per billion, sharpening a long-standing test of the Standard Model.
New MXene Synthesis Method Delivers 160-Fold Conductivity Jump, Opening Path to Next-Generation Electronics
German researchers used molten salts and iodine vapor to build atomically ordered MXenes, boosting conductivity 160x over conventional methods.
Zorevunersen's Dravet Data Puts SCN1A Gene Regulation Closer to the Clinic
Early-phase data in 81 children with Dravet syndrome showed large seizure reductions and manageable safety issues as a phase 3 trial moves ahead.
Monash's Disordered Mosaic Metasurface Packs Multiple Optical Functions Into One Flat Device
A Nature Communications study shows engineered disorder can let one metasurface handle broadband focusing and single-shot polarimetry.
JWST Finds 29 Cygni b Likely Formed Like a Planet, Not a Star
JWST observations of 29 Cygni b point to disk accretion, with carbon- and oxygen-rich signatures and a spin-aligned orbit that argue against star-like collapse.
JWST Sharpens Evidence for the Universe's First Stars in a Pristine Helium Clump Beside GN-z11
Two companion JWST studies confirm a spectrally resolved helium emitter with no detectable metals sitting 3 kiloparsecs from GN-z11, the strongest signature yet of Population III stars at redshift 10.6.
IISc Team Clocks Electrons Flowing as a Near-Perfect Dirac Fluid in Ultraclean Graphene, Violating Wiedemann-Franz Law by More Than 200-Fold
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science report a quantum-critical electron fluid in graphene with viscosity near the theoretical lower bound and a dramatic decoupling of heat and charge transport.
Emperor Penguin and Antarctic Fur Seal Declared Endangered as Climate Change Reshapes Antarctica's Ecosystems
The IUCN Red List has reclassified the emperor penguin from Near Threatened to Endangered and the Antarctic fur seal from Least Concern to Endangered, citing sea-ice loss and krill decline driven by climate change.
Converging Experiments Rule Out the Sterile Neutrino as JUNO's First Data Hint at New Physics Beyond the Standard Model
MicroBooNE and KATRIN independently close the door on the light sterile neutrino, while China's JUNO detector surpasses 50 years of precision in just 59 days.
Mitochondrial DNA Analysis of 2,456 Genomes Confirms Humans Reached Australia 60,000 Years Ago via Two Separate Maritime Routes
An analysis of 2,456 mitochondrial genomes published in Science Advances identifies two distinct maritime routes humans used to reach Sahul roughly 60,000 years ago.
SuperCDMS Dark Matter Detector Reaches Near-Absolute-Zero Operating Temperature at SNOLAB, Preparing for First Science Run
The SuperCDMS experiment at SNOLAB has cooled its 24 detectors to near absolute zero, preparing to probe an unexplored low-mass dark matter range within the year.
Scientists Discover 24 New Deep-Sea Species and an Entirely New Branch of Life in the Pacific's Clarion-Clipperton Zone
Researchers identify 24 amphipod species, a new family, and a new superfamily in a region targeted for deep-sea mining.