Top science news headlines for the week 29

Monday, Jul 13
Archaeology
69

Hidden in Maya wall writings: A named astronomer emerges from 1,200-year-old calculations

Quantum Physics
324

World's first superconducting quantum heat engine offers path to larger quantum computers

Astronomy
223

Study reports the first detection of a sugar in interstellar space

Earth Sciences
30

Scientists strike invisible gold in the deep sea—locked inside fool's gold

General Physics
160

Firefly brightness holds a cautionary tale about accepting older measurements

General Physics
117

Hidden fifth dimension could tune dark matter resonance, new theory proposes

Archaeology
60

3,400-year-old gold diadems and mouth-pieces from Cyprus blend the art of Egypt, Greece and the Near East

Tuesday, Jul 14
Quantum Physics
462

Physicists confirm 20-year-old theory that could boost quantum technology

Earth Sciences
33

Two atmospheric patterns may explain why some heat waves in Europe persist

Earth Sciences
209

Ocean acidification emerging as a planetary signal linking today's carbon emissions to Earth's deep-time memory

Cell & Microbiology
5

Six years of drought reshape soil microbiomes in tallgrass prairie, study finds

Social Sciences
12

Widespread misuse of crowd-control weapons by law enforcement at immigration enforcement protests

Social Sciences
86

Why we may still be choosing our friends like it's the Stone Age

Environment
5

Composting and water cremation: How the eco credentials of alternatives to burial add up

Wednesday, Jul 15
General Physics
39

Doughnut‑shaped topology reveals new way to classify knitting, crochet and other textiles

Astronomy
211

A new stellar census strengthens the case for a 13.8-billion-year-old universe

Ecology
40

Naked mole-rat queens produce an odorous chemical that ensures that only they can reproduce

Space Exploration
52

Alien world chemistry found inside meteorite that struck New Jersey home

Quantum Physics
218

Physicists create first room-temperature quantum material

Bio & Medicine
14

Stealth anticancer nanoparticles made from mussel proteins that 'lie in wait and attack only cancer cells'

Earth Sciences
24

Antarctic change drives slowdown of global ocean circulation