Condensed Matter 16 hours ago

New material with wavy layers of atoms exhibits unusual superconducting properties

MIT physicists and colleagues have created a new material with unusual superconducting and metallic properties, thanks to wavy layers of atoms only billionths of a meter thick that repeat themselves over and over to create ...

Plants & Animals Sep 17, 2024

'Scuba-diving' lizards use bubble to breathe underwater and avoid predators

Presenting the world's smallest (and scrappiest) scuba diver: A species of semi-aquatic lizard produces a special bubble over its nostrils to breathe underwater and avoid predators, according to new research from Binghamton ...

Ecology Sep 17, 2024

Antarctic krill can lock away similar levels of carbon as seagrass and mangroves, finds study

Small marine crustaceans are as valuable as key coastal habitats for storing carbon and should be similarly protected, according to new research.

Earth Sciences Sep 16, 2024

An AI tool for scanning sand grains opens windows into recent time and the deep past

Stanford researchers have developed an artificial intelligence-based tool—dubbed SandAI—that can reveal the history of quartz sand grains going back hundreds of millions of years. With SandAI, researchers can tell with ...

Plants & Animals 22 hours ago

Moderate levels of exotic species invasions may help maintain biodiversity, study suggests

Globally, more than 13,000 plant species, equivalent to the entire native flora of Europe, have been naturalized outside their native ranges. A study, jointly conducted by scientists from China and the U.S., provides new ...

Archaeology 21 hours ago

10,000-year-old human DNA provides insights into South African population history

A team of researchers from the University of Cape Town (South Africa) and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig (Germany) have analyzed human remains from the Oakhurst rock shelter in southernmost ...

Analytical Chemistry 21 hours ago

Advances in hydrogen research: More efficient isotope separation in sight

The lightest of all elements, hydrogen, is in great demand due to its promising role as a sustainable resource in the energy transition. A team from Leipzig University and TU Dresden, as part of the Hydrogen Isotopes 1,2,3H ...

General Physics Sep 13, 2024

A fundamental magnetic property of the muon measured to unprecedented precision

Scientists have measured the magnetic moment of the muon to unprecedented precision, more than doubling the previous record.

Condensed Matter Sep 12, 2024

Wave scattering simulation unlocks potential metamaterials

A new software package developed by researchers at Macquarie University can accurately model the way waves—sound, water or light—are scattered when they meet complex configurations of particles.

Plants & Animals Sep 18, 2024

Scientists quantify energetic costs of the migratory lifestyle in a free flying songbird

Millions of birds migrate every year to escape winter, but spending time in a warmer climate does not save them energy, according to research by the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior (MPI-AB). Using miniaturized loggers ...

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