Science & Research
115 articles RSS
700 Fossils from China's Jiangchuan Biota Push Complex Animal Origins Back Before the Cambrian Explosion
A trove of late Ediacaran fossils in Yunnan province reveals bilaterians, deuterostomes, and comb jellies existed at least four million years before the Cambrian explosion, reshaping the timeline of animal evolution.
Penn State Team Reveals Iron Telluride Is a Superconductor After Decades of Misidentification as an Ordinary Magnetic Metal
Two back-to-back Nature papers show that removing excess iron atoms from iron telluride unlocks superconductivity at 13.5 Kelvin, overturning a longstanding assumption and suggesting similar hidden quantum states may exist in other correlated materials.
JWST Reveals Metal-Poor Atmosphere on Forbidden Exoplanet TOI-5205b, Challenging Giant Planet Formation Models
Webb telescope finds a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a tiny red dwarf has fewer heavy elements in its atmosphere than its own star, defying all existing formation theories.
Over 600 House Platforms Identified at Ireland's Brusselstown Ring, Making It the Largest Prehistoric Settlement in Britain or Ireland
Queen's University Belfast researchers have identified more than 600 suspected house platforms at a Bronze Age hillfort in County Wicklow, proposing it as Ireland's earliest proto-town, two millennia before the Vikings.
Flinders University's Nano-Cage Filter Removes 98 Percent of Short-Chain PFAS from Tap Water, Tackling the Hardest Class of Forever Chemicals
A molecular cage embedded in silica captures short-chain PFAS that elude conventional filters, achieving 98 percent removal in lab tests and remaining effective after five reuse cycles.
Tel Aviv University Demonstrates Nanoscale Graphene Switch That Flips Stacking Order With Less Than One Femtojoule of Energy
Researchers achieved reversible switching between graphene polytypes at 30-nanometer scale using sub-nanonewton forces and sub-femtojoule energy, opening a path to slidetronic memory and neuromorphic computing.
Hiroshima University Researchers Crack the Code for 3D Printing Tungsten Carbide, One of Industry's Hardest Materials
A Hiroshima University team used a hot-wire laser technique to 3D print defect-free tungsten carbide-cobalt exceeding 1,400 HV hardness, opening a path to cheaper, less wasteful production of cutting tools and industrial components.
Fermilab's Electronically Tunable Quantum Sensor Scans for Dark Photons 20 Times Faster Than Mechanical Methods
A SQUID-based detector that tunes itself electronically rather than mechanically achieved a 20-fold speedup in scanning for dark photon dark matter, covering a 22 MHz frequency range in three days.
Comet MAPS Post-Mortem Yields First Dual-Coronagraph Dataset of a Kreutz Sungrazer's Destruction and a 1,600-Year Orbital Genealogy
The first dual-coronagraph record of a Kreutz sungrazer's destruction and a pre-print tracing the comet's 1,663-year orbit to a daylight comet of 363 AD are reshaping models of cometary survival and the family's ancient genealogy.
New 'Jerk' Seismic Method Predicted 92 Percent of Volcano Eruptions Over a Decade, Now Heading to Mount Etna
Researchers from IPGP and GFZ have validated a single-seismometer technique that detects nanometer-scale ground signals hours before eruptions, and plan to deploy it on Mount Etna in 2026 through the POS4dyke project.
Comet C/2026 A1 MAPS Disintegrated Hours Before Perihelion, Ending Hopes for a Daylight Spectacle
The Kreutz sungrazer broke apart approximately six hours before reaching its closest point to the Sun on April 4, peaking at magnitude -0.6 in coronagraph imagery before its nucleus shattered. Only submicron dust debris emerged on the far side, leaving nothing visible from the ground.
Global Insect Rescue Plan Needs New Monitoring Technology to Measure Whether Conservation Targets Are Working
A Conservation Letters study finds that current biodiversity indicators cannot detect changes in insect populations, calling for AI-powered camera traps, weather radar, and automated identification systems to track whether 2030 conservation targets are protecting the planet's most numerous animals.