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Although the basic idea of quantum physics dates back to the earliest years of the twentieth century, it wasn’t until 1925, on the German island of Heligoland, that Werner Heisenberg had the inspiration that marked the true dawn of quantum…
Cougar cubs have not been documented in Michigan in over 100 years, but state biologists can confirm recent photos officially ended the dry spell. On March 13, Michigan Department of Natural Resources released a trio of images that show a…
Bigelow Laboratory Senior Research Scientist David Emerson collects samples from Edgecomb Eddy on the Maine coast. Credit: Fritz Freudenberger, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Bigelow Laboratory scientists have advanced an exciting method for linking the activity of individual microbes to…
Students walk across Columbia University’s campus in New York City.Credit: Luiz C. Ribeiro/New York Daily News/TNS/Alamy On Tuesday morning this week, PhD student Daniella Fodera woke up at 7 a.m. to a call from the head of her research laboratory…
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost is nearing the end of a two-week mission as the first commercial spacecraft to successfully land on the moon. Its primary objective following the March 2 touchdown inside Mare Crisium crater was to deliver 10 NASA…
Sharks are often observed with hooks, scars or other evidence of encounters with fisherman. This Caribbean reef shark was spotted in the Bahamas with a wire leader hanging from her mouth. It has been illegal to catch sharks in the…
With papers to write, grants to apply for and students to teach, cybersecurity can be a low priority for scientists. Until, that is, it all goes wrong. “Frankly, this is an awful time for science,” says Noam Ross, executive director…
Nature is cruel, majestic, and fascinating. Sometimes, it’s also a bit silly. The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards has released 17 previously unseen submissions to its 2024 competition that celebrate the lighter side of the animal kingdom. From an orangutan…
And even in cases where the grains all conspired to provide maximum overlap, they found, the number of grains intersecting any given point couldn’t be too big. Starting from the 2.5 bound, they were able to prove that the grains…
Addition of iridium leads to increased electron localization and stronger spin-orbit coupling between 3d electrons of iron and cobalt and 5d electrons of iridium, significantly enhancing the magnetic moments. Credit: Takahiro Yamazaki / Tokyo University of Science, Japan Magnetic materials…
