Top science news headlines for the week 04

Monday, Jan 19
Earth Sciences
1558

Ancient CO₂ surge triggered widespread forest fires and erosion 56 million years ago

General Physics
927

First direct evidence of Migdal effect opens new path for dark matter search

General Physics
1896

Observing the positronium beam as a quantum matter wave for the first time

Plants & Animals
2859

Austrian cow shows first case of flexible, multi-purpose tool use in cattle

Bio & Medicine
3573

Endometrial mRNA therapy to treat infertility finds early success

Nanophysics
3797

World's smallest capacitor paves way for next-generation quantum metrology

Plants & Animals
1264

Marine wildlife rarely interact with tidal turbines—and usually avoid collisions when they do, observations show

Tuesday, Jan 20
General Physics
663

A twitch in time? Quantum collapse models hint at tiny time fluctuations

Astrobiology
1579

Complex building blocks of life form spontaneously in space, research reveals

Social Sciences
393

ChatGPT found to reflect and intensify existing global social disparities

Cell & Microbiology
696

Scientists discover a hidden RNA 'aging clock' in human sperm

Quantum Physics
496

Physicists bridge worlds of quantum matter

Condensed Matter
742

New quantum boundary discovered: Spin size determines how the Kondo effect behaves

Optics & Photonics
699

An electrically powered source of entangled light on a chip

Wednesday, Jan 21
Archaeology
204

Prehistoric tool made from elephant bone is the oldest discovered in Europe

Cell & Microbiology
255

Key protein can restore aging neural stem cells' ability to regenerate

Archaeology
202

Neanderthals took reusable toolkits with them on high-altitude treks through the Alps

Evolution
139

2.6-million-year-old Paranthropus fossil expands early hominin range

General Physics
1030

Are your memories illusions? New study disentangles the Boltzmann brain paradox

Quantum Physics
653

Metal clumps in a quantum state: Physicists place thousands of sodium atoms in a 'Schrödinger's cat state'

General Physics
173

Unified framework sorts spacetime fluctuations for quantum-gravity experiments

Thursday, Jan 22
Plants & Animals
782

Colorado confirms it won't release more wolves this winter after feds stopped deal with Canada

Earth Sciences
193

Evidence of 'lightning-fast' evolution found after Chicxulub impact

Earth Sciences
661

Scientists may have solved 66 million-year-old mystery of how Earth's greenhouse age ended

Evolution
172

Four-eyed Cambrian fish fossils hint at origins of vertebrate pineal complex

Plants & Animals
436

Chimpanzees are better at solving resource dilemmas in larger, more tolerant groups

General Physics
127

ATLAS confirms collective nature of quark soup's radial expansion

Paleontology & Fossils
6164

Crouzon syndrome diagnosed in a knight from the Order of Calatrava, killed in battle over 600 years ago

Friday, Jan 23
Social Sciences
472

Most men do not subscribe to toxic masculinity traits, study finds

Environment
319

Adoption of electric vehicles tied to real-world reductions in air pollution

Plants & Animals
1145

Scientists observe a 300-million-year-old brain rhythm in several animal species

Quantum Physics
202

Particle permutation task can be tackled by quantum but not classical computers, study finds

Nanomaterials
93

Transforming hydrogen energy by flattening granular catalysts into paper-thin sheets

Plants & Animals
89

40 years of tree-tracking records reveal how global change is impacting Amazon and Andean Forest diversity

Plants & Animals
83

Climate change can alter flower nectar quality and supply, threatening monarch butterfly migration

Saturday, Jan 24
Earth Sciences
185

Ancient Spanish trees reveal Mediterranean storms are intensifying

Nanomaterials
389

Edison's 1879 bulb experiments may have unintentionally produced graphene

Environment
693

Why do onions and chips keep washing up on England's south coast? Here's the science

Archaeology
131

Humanity's oldest known cave art has been discovered in Sulawesi

Environment
77

Cleaner air is (inadvertently) harming the Great Barrier Reef

Analytical Chemistry
125

A new three-way single step rearrangement enables precise ring editing

Earth Sciences
96

Microplastics in the atmosphere: Higher emissions come from land areas than from the ocean, study finds

Sunday, Jan 25
Earth Sciences
175

A new look at trends in human deaths due to climate extremes

Archaeology
304

South African San rock art reveals trance dances and initiation ceremonies

Optics & Photonics
276

Breakthrough laser technique holds quantum matter in stable packets

Cell & Microbiology
289

Bacteria use wrapping flagella to tunnel through microscopic passages, research reveals

Plants & Animals
105

Teaching horses to 'speak up' with symbols: Project aims to boost animal welfare

Condensed Matter
147

Superconducting nanowire memory array achieves significantly lower error rate

Plants & Animals
1135

Yes, feral cats and foxes really have driven many Australian mammals to extinction